On October 1, 2012, it became known that the case against lawyer Dagir Khasavov , who was previously charged under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). According to the lawyer's lawyer, no corpus delicti was found in his actions. Recall that on April 24, 2012, in an interview with REN TV, Khasavov said that in Russia need a Sharia court.

On October 1, 2012, the Moscow City Court adjourned to October 10 consideration of a complaint against the sentence of members of the punk band Pussy Riot, convicted for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

On October 1, 2012, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow recognized the film “Innocence of Muslims” (“Innocence of Islam”) as extremist material. Thus, the request of the Moscow prosecutor's office was granted. We are talking about a scandalous amateur film about the Prophet Muhammad, the appearance of which caused protests in several countries of the Muslim world.

From September 24 to October 6, 2012 in Warsaw takes place annual conference of the OSCE. October 1 expert Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" Olga Sibireva took part in the working session 11 - "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief." We publish the text of the submitted report. Dear chairman, dear participants of the conference!

October 1, 2012 near the building of the Moscow was to take place hearing the city court, in which the cassation complaints against the sentence of "Pussy Riot", actions were held group opponents. About twenty Orthodox believers, kneeling and holding icons in their hands, read prayers. Some people held a religious procession around the building.

In September 2012, from racist and neo-Nazi motivated attacks three people were injured in Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region. A total of 11 people have died and been injured from racist violence since the beginning of the year 132 people, 1 received a serious death threat. The racist attacks were recorded in 23 regions of Russia. On September 15, the nationalists traditionally took part in the general opposition action - the third "March of Millions". However, their number it was small.

On September 28, 2012, operatives of the centers for countering extremism of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions reported that they had detained several Nazi skinheads selling TNT. The first detention took place in Chelyabinsk at the Thermal Engineering Institute.

On September 28, 2012, the Investigative Department for the city of Novy Urengoy of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the YaNAO reported that the investigation of the criminal case against a local resident (born in 1986) accused under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred and enmity, and also to humiliate the dignity of a group of persons on the grounds of nationality, origin, committed in

September 28, 2012 Nagatinsky Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of Kamoliddin Khamidov (born 1994), suspected of assaulting journalist Sergei Aslanyan, until October 23, 2012. A criminal case has been initiated against K. Khamidov case under n. «b» h. 2 Article. 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate infliction minor health damage motives of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hate).

On September 26, 2012, the Irkutsk Regional Court ruled on cassation appeals against the verdict of the Angarsk City Court in the case of assault on camp of environmentalists in the Irkutsk region in July 2007. The verdict was upheld by four convicts who received real terms of punishment for intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm, negligently resulting in death (part 4 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

On October 1, 2012, an employee of the Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" took part in the working session of the annual conference of the OSCE in Warsaw - "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief". We publish recommendations of the SOVA center presented at the conference along with a speech our representative.

SOVA Centerfor Information and Analysis took part in the 2012 OSCE Human DimensionImplementation Meeting in Warsaw (September 26 – October 6). Here we publishthe report made by the center’s speaker Olga Sibireva at session 11 "Freedom of thought,conscience, religion or belief" on October 1, 2012.

October 1, 2012 in Biysk unknown persons sawed down and stole a half-meter bronze cross crowning statue of Saints Peter and Fevronia. Representatives of the local deanery contacted the police. The initiation of a criminal case has not yet been reported. Recall that this is not the only a case of vandalism in the Altai Territory: in early September 2012, unknown people knocked down two worship crosses at the entrance to the village of Pervomayskoye.

On October 1, 2012, the Investigative Department for Surgut of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra announced the completion of the investigation of a criminal case against a 21-year-old local resident, accused under Part 1 of Art.

September 28, 2012 Prosecutor's Office of the Rostov Region announced the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism) in connection with the committed act of vandalism in the farm Fomin, Rostov region. Recall that in Fomin on the night of September 26-27, 2012, was cut down .