April 15, 2012 in the afternoon in Volgograd, activists of the "Narodny militia named after Minin and Pozharsky" (NOMP) joined the Easter procession. The media recorded about ten imperial flags and a swastika from one of the nationalists. The clergy apologized to the rest of the participants in the procession. "Some political forces enjoy the authority of the church and want to establish themselves in public eyes by joining the procession.

April 16, 2012 it became known that in Saratov initiated administrative case for hours. 1 Article. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public displaying Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) against a local blogger Alexander Strygin.

On April 16, 2012, the Berdsk City Court of the Novosibirsk Region announced that he satisfied the claim of the prosecutor of the city of Berdsk and made a decision on the recognition extremist video “The whole truth about Russians! / AKAB "Kibbutz 69", posted on the social network "VKontakte" and on other resources on the Internet. The basis for filing a claim with the court was the results linguistic research carried out during the audit.

On April 7, 2012, Alexander Verkhovsky, director of the Sova information and analytical center, gave a lecture at the Sakharov Center at the School of Human Rights on manifestations of radical ethno-xenophobia in Russia and methods of countering it by the state. The lecture was published on the Gogol.TV website on April 11, 2012. See video. Sources Verkhovsky A. The fight against extremism in Russia and in the world // Gogol.TV. 2012. April 11.

On April 16, 2012, the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Region announced that the verdict of the justice of the peace of the Leninsky district of the city of Orenburg against Georgy Karnaukhov, a vocational school student, came into force. G. Karnuahov found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by hatred and enmity).

On April 13, 2012, it became known that the Unified Spiritual Administration of Muslims (EDUM) of the Penza region announced its withdrawal from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European part of Russia. A corresponding notification was sent to the Ministry of Justice. Let us recall that several organizations previously left the Council of Muftis of Russia.

On April 16, 2012, the results of another survey were published on the attitude of Russians to the action of the punk group “Pussy Riot” in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. According to VTsIOM , 71% of Russian residents are aware of the action that took place (36% are well informed, 35% are generally informed). 46% regard the action as hooliganism (48% of Orthodox Christians, 51% of Muslims, 48% of atheists), 21% as sacrilege, 10% as a PR campaign, 4% as a manifestation of extremism.

On April 16, 2012, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region announced the completion of the investigation of the criminal case against a 24-year-old resident of the city of Kemerovo, accused under Part 2 of Art. 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (threat to kill motivated by national hatred), paragraph "a" part 2 of Art.

On April 15, 2012, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter. In total, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, worship services and cemeteries on April 14 and 15 visited by over 7.1 million residents of Russia. According to the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, festive services in 287 churches and monasteries were visited by about 186 thousand people. In the Samara region, 208 temples and monasteries were visited by 130 thousand people.

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky Сontents: Summary Legal regulations concerning religious organizations Problems relating to places of worship : Problems with the construction of religious buildings : Problems relating to existing religious buildings Preferential treatment accorded certain religious organizations by the authorities Other examples of discrimination and unwarranted interference : The liquidation of religious organizations and denial of registration : Discrimination against

April 14, 2012 at the construction site of the modular temple a picket was held in the Moscow district of Khoroshevo-Mnevniki . About 50 people - residents of the surrounding houses protested against the construction. Soon representatives of the Orthodox the public.

Vyacheslav Datsik, nicknamed "Red Tarzan, accused of robbery and arson of a church, was transferred to Moscow to undergo a forensic medical examination at the institute Serbsky Psychiatry. This was announced on April 16, 2012 by Datsik's lawyer Vadim Degtyarev. At the last meeting, the judge granted petition of the state prosecutor for the appointment of Datsik for a second forensic psychiatric examination.