October 3, 2012 year in Warsaw in the session "Tolerance and non-discrimination II", held within the framework of the annual OSCE conference, by an expert of the Information and Analytical SOVA Center presented an analytical report. We publish recommendations of the SOVA center presented at the conference together with the speech of our representative.

October 2, 2012 Novo-Savinovsky District Court of Kazan refused to satisfy the claim of Andrey Zheleznov-Lipets demanding compensation for "moral harm" from imams Rustem Safin and Mars Akhmetov. According to the plaintiff, "open propaganda of religious superiority Muslims" during the rally 19 August, he, as an "Orthodox believer", "inflicted moral suffering." As moral compensation, he asked for 2,000 rubles. Sources Case card No.

October 3, 2012 Central District Court of Tyumen satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized as extremist leaflets "To everyone who works in power structures" and "Russia is in the hands of traitors".

On October 3, 2012, the Sovetsky District Court of Orel refused recognize the popular city website orlec.ru as extremist. The court satisfied the demands of the prosecutor's office only partially, recognizing extremist materials that were posted on the site and served as cause for legal action. Recall that "Orlets", positioning itself as a free online encyclopedia, provides the ability to publish anonymously to everyone "ironically" speak out on the subject of the life of the city.

In October 2012, a verdict was passed in Yekaterinburg in the case of inciting national hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was a 31-year-old employee of one of the city’s universities, who is accused of publishing Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” on the Internet.

October 3, 2012 Leninsky District Court of the city of Tyumen delivered a verdict in a criminal case on inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was 51-year-old Tatyana Salakhova, who was accused of producing anti-Gypsy leaflets and distributing them in public places, in particular, on the walls of a shop and a public bath Microdistrict "Lesobaza" Tyumen.

On October 3, 2012, the Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow denied Ivan Kvasnitsky, the head of the Club of Orthodox Large Families of Berdsk, a claim for compensation for moral damage by members of the Pussy Riot group. I. Kvasnitsky demanded that N. Tolokonnikova, M. Alekhina and E.

October 2, 2012 at the entrance to the exhibition hall of the Center contemporary art "Winzavod" in Moscow was again held unauthorized picket of opponents of the exhibition of works by the artist Evgenia Maltseva "Dukhovnaya scold." The administration of "Winzavod" was forced to close the exhibition until the evening. Several dozen Cossacks took part in the protest action. Many were with icons and banners. No arrests have been reported.

From September 24 to October 6, 2012 in Warsaw takes place annual conference of the OSCE. October 3 expert Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" Olga Sibireva took part in the working session 14 - "Tolerance and non-discrimination II". We publish the text of the submitted report. Dear chairman, dear participants of the conference! In my presentation, I would like to highlight three issues which, as we can judge from the experience of Russia, arise in the sphere of countering racist crimes.

SOVA Center for Information and Analysis took part in the 2012 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw (September 26 – October 6). Here we publish the report made by Natalia Yudina at session 14 "Tolerance and non-discrimination" on October 3, 2012. Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the conference! In my speech I would like to point out three issues that, based on our experience in Russia, tend to arise in the sphere of counteracting racist crime.

On October 3, 2012, Interfax reported that he there are several cases of replacing the Apple logo with a cross symbol. According to journalists, Orthodox believers and clergy refuse the image of an apple on the technique, which they use, "for religious reasons". « A bitten apple is a symbol of what is described in Bible of original sin, it is anti-Christian ,” they say.

On October 2, 2012, the Ongudaysky District Court of the Altai Republic issued a verdict in the case of inciting national and religious hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

At the end of September 2012 in the media there was information that Victoria Sergeeva is trying to challenge the will his father, Valery Fedoseev, a member of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. According to will, all the property of the deceased, which included several buildings in Slantsevsky district of the Leningrad region, became the property of a religious organization.

October 2, 2012 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) monitoring results Russia's obligations to the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on the legal situation in Russia containing recommendations to the Russian leadership. Resolution It also talks about the problems covered by the SOVA center.