On August 23 and 24, 2012, the Moskovsky District Court of Cheboksary re- examined the case of choosing a preventive measure for the elders of local religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses, Igor Efimov and Alexey Nikolaev, accused of creating an extremist community (parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and incitement of hatred (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), they decided to extend their

On the night of August 25, 2012, four worship crosses were cut down: one on the site of the martyr’s church. Victor in Arkhangelsk, three more - at the entrances to the village of Smelovsky, Verkhneuralsky district, Chelyabinsk region. In the second case, the crosses were sawn into pieces. An investigation into the incidents has begun. On August 28, 2012, a statement by the Narodnaya Volya movement appeared on Facebook, claiming responsibility for the destroyed crosses.

In August 2012 in the city of Kondopoga Republic of Karelia, two criminal cases were initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). Cases were initiated against a 29-year-old local resident who is accused of publishing in December 2010 and June 2011 there are several anti-Caucasian comments on the Internet. Unfortunately, the details unknown.

August 27, 2012 became it is known that the prosecutor's office of Chelyabinsk filed a lawsuit with a claim for recognition as extremist several publications of Jehovah's Witnesses. Unfortunately, it is not reported which the materials in question. According to the regional prosecutor's office, "according to the conclusions of experts, distributed magazines, brochures and books ("The Watchtower Proclaims Jehovah's Kingdom", "Wake up!" and many others) contain extremist statements.

We publish the appeal of the Alliance of Heterosexuals for LGBT Equality "to the democratic socio-political organizations of St. Petersburg, which were part of the organizing committee of the rally on June 12, 2012, and to the participants in future rallies" dated August 26, 2012.

In August 2012 in Arkhangelsk there were the investigation of the criminal case on inciting ethnic hatred was completed (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Will soon be in the dock A 58-year-old local resident who is accused of having published on March 30 this year on the website of the information agency "Echo of the North" a comment insulting immigrants from Chechnya.

August 13, 2012 Pechenga District Court of Murmansk of the region satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized the audio recording "Horss-Action.mp3" as extremist and video "Zlaya Rossiya.240.mp4". Recall that both videos were published in 2009 on the Internet. VKontakte Alexei Rogovsky and Ivan Sverchkov, who were convicted under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (initiation of a national hate).

August 23, 2012 at the meeting Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC), uniting more than nine dozens of Internet companies, discussed the mechanism for implementing the law on control over the information on the network, which should come into force on November 1, 2012. IN in particular, it was about the functioning of the registry of banned sites.

August 25, 2012 Diocesan Council of the Arkhangelsk of the diocese extended an appeal in connection with the "information attack" on the diocese.

In August 2012 in the village of Kanevskaya Krasnodar Territory, the investigation of the case on the initiation of national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Will soon be in the dock A 28-year-old resident of the village of Kubanskaya steppe, who is accused of being August 2010 covered a bus stop and a shopping kiosk with inscriptions calls for physical reprisal against people from the Caucasus.

On August 27, 2012, it became known that the head of the administration Astrakhan Region Kanat Shantimirov during a meeting on opposition to the radicalization of local Muslims expressed concern about the growth number of followers of radical Islam in the region. According to him, in 16 settlements of the region emissaries of Wahhabis were identified, including those from Kazakhstan. Among the radical currents, the local group "Ata Zhol" was mentioned.

On August 23, 2012, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR) sent a letter to the head of VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeev with a request to comment on the appearance on the Russia 24 channel of a story about the baby Gabriel of Bialystok, where it was reported that Gabriel was “kidnapped from his home by a Jew and taken to Bialystok, where was brutally tortured." The FEOR considered this passage anti-Semitic and demanded a refutation.

August 20, 2012 in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Kamchatka Territory, a 36-year-old unemployed local resident was detained, whom suspected of publishing xenophobic materials on the Internet. Unfortunately, it is not yet known which materials are in question. reported. Nothing is known about the initiation of a criminal case. Sources Criminal liability threatens a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for extremism on the Internet // Evening NEWS of Petropavlovsk. 2012. August 21.