On September 11, 2012, it became known that parishioners Kazan mosque "Nurulla" appealed to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, challenging the legitimacy of amendments to the regional law “On freedom of conscience and religious associations. According to the applicants, these amendments adopted in August 2012, contrary to federal law. As an interested person in the application is indicated President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

On September 9, 2012, the police detained the pastor of an evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity in Novokosin (Moscow) by Vasily Romanyuk. worship, which he spent on the ruins of the demolished temple, was regarded as unauthorized rally. The pastor was taken to the police department, where a protocol was drawn up against him. about an administrative offence. Sources Alekhina M. Demolished someone else's cross // Novye Izvestia. 2012. September 10.

On August 27, 2012, the Pravoberezhny District Court of the city of Lipetsk recognized a website as extremist. This was done after the prosecutor's office of the Pravoberezhny district of Lipetsk sent an application to the court after checking the information received from the Center for Combating Extremist Activities of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Lipetsk Region.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative cases of the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremism laws in the months of July and August 2012.

On September 11, 2012, it became known that the CO on the Central to the Barnaul district of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Altai Territory based on materials pre-investigation check initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

On August 29, 20112, it became known that a case against a 52-year-old doctor, a resident of the Leningrad Region, was sent to the Pskov City Court.

On September 11, 2012, the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kostroma Region completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 28-year-old resident of the city of Kostroma, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity). The criminal case with the approved indictment was sent to the court for consideration on the merits.

On August 24, 2012, the Novy Urengoy City Court satisfied the demands of the prosecutor and recognized several articles from the website of the Caucasus Emirate organization as extremist and ordered providers to restrict access to them.

On August 14, 2012, the Prosecutor's Office of the Samara Region announced that it had opened a case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (mass distribution of extremist materials included in published federal list of extremist materials, as well as their production or storage for the purpose of mass distribution) in relation to A. Averyanov.

On September 11, 2012, Vedomosti reported that the patriarch Kirill wrote to President Vladimir Putin about the upcoming amendments to the Civil Code concerning land issues. These amendments were approved by the State Duma in the first reading in the spring. Then the patriarch turned to the president. According to the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, this bill "affects the legitimate interests of religious organizations" .

On September 10, 2012, the Supreme Court of the Chuvash Republic released Jehovah's Witness elders Alexei Nikolaev and Igor Efimov from custody. Both of them are accused of creating an extremist community (parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and inciting hatred (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and were kept in custody as a preventive measure.

On September 10, 2012, the prosecutor's office of the Sterlitamaksky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan announced that an indictment had been approved against Vitaly Zenov, a 28-year-old resident of the city of Sterlitamak, accused under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of a person’s human dignity), paragraph “b” part 2 of Art.

On August 23, 2012, in Moscow, after the end of the Anzhi - AZ football match, several clashes occurred between Dagestani fans and local nationalists - fans of capital clubs. At the Chistye Prudy metro station, about 100 people attacked a train in which Anzhi fans were traveling from the Lokomotiv stadium to Cherkizovo. “ Apparently, there are casualties, as there are many blood stains on the platform.

September 9, 2012 in Chelyabinsk on suspicion of organizing Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, a 36-year-old native of the region was detained. In a relationship he was prosecuted under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of activities extremist organization). According to the investigation, the detainee was distributing Hizb literature. ut-Tahrir" in the Sibai, Baymak, Khaibullinsky and Abzelilovsky regions of Bashkortostan.

On September 10, 2012, the Leninsky District Court of the city of Novosibirsk passed a sentence under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a public association in respect of which court issued a final decision to ban the activity in connection with the implementation of extremist activities) to A. Mogilev, born in 1953. He has been assigned punishment in the form of a fine in the amount of 12 thousand rubles.