In November 2012, in the city of Semiluki, Voronezh Region, a verdict was passed in the case of a 24-year-old school teacher of history and natural science. The young man was accused of posting several banned songs by the neo-Nazi group Kolovrat and photographs with swastikas and other Nazi symbols on the VKontakte social network.

In November 2012, a court in Vladimir passed a sentence under Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred). In the dock was a 19-year-old local resident, who was accused of publishing a video with a scene of bullying on the Internet over the anti-fascist. It is reported that the video was given to him by a friend. The court found the young man guilty and sentenced him to 100 hours of compulsory work.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative cases of the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremism legislation, covering the month of October 2012. Rulemaking In the second half of October, the State Duma adopted a final revision for anumber of the Criminal Code articles related to espionage and treason.

On November 7, 2012, it became known that the defense of the convict Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova filed application to Zubovo-Polyansky the district court of Mordovia at the place where their client is serving her sentence with a demand to postpone the execution of her sentence until the child reaches 14 years. The requirement of lawyers is based on Art.

In November 2012, the GU The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region reported that in the framework of the case of the creation in the region of a cell of the banned organization "Spiritual-Clan Power of Rus'" four defendants were searched. Recall that the DRDR was recognized as an extremist organization by the decision of the Moscow Regional Court dated April 5, 2011. (More details about the "Spiritual-ancestral State of Russia" can be found here) .

On November 7, 2012, it became known that the investigative department of the Investigative Committee in Togliatti did not find signs of extremism in the image on the posters , appeared in the city on the eve of the mayoral elections in March this year. Statement Guild of Experts in Religion and Law of Initiation criminal case under Art.

November 7, 2012 in Moscow in the framework of the criminal case Part 1 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization), initiated in October 2012 against unidentified persons, the FSB conducted a series of searches in the homes of persons suspected of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir". During the searches, religious literature included in the Federal list of extremist materials.

On October 25, 2012, the Democrat website began collecting signatures in defense of the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory, the building of which is claimed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The authors of the appeal ask Governor Valery Shantsev and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not to transfer the building of the conservatory. They justify their request by the fact that the conservatory has long been engaged in educational activities and is the center of culture in the region.

November 7, 2012 it became known that in St. Petersburg a criminal case was initiated against Vladimir Smirnov, who tried to strengthen on the gates of the cathedral mosque a pig's head and a model of an explosive device. To him charged with Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred and enmity). The accused was taken into custody. Previously, V.