On December 24, 2012, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Samara Region spread a message about the search for Ivan Churanov, a citizen of Vologda, who is a suspect in a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred), initiated on May 5, 2011 in connection with the distribution of the leaflet of the Volya party "Do Russians want war?".

On November 28 and 30, 2012 in Podolsk (Moscow region) a Congo-born Junior Wa Bobu Mpinda was attacked by a group of young people. Both attacks were accompanied by cries of "Monkey", "Why did you come to Russia, black . " The victim went to the police and emergency room. A native of the Congo has bruises on his face and chest, his right leg is cut. Sources Information provided by the Civic Assistance Committee.

On December 21, 2012, the Civic Chamber sent to the Ministry of Defense, Recommendations to the State Duma and the presidential administration to change the text of the military oath "from taking into account the religious views and national characteristics of a significant part military personnel”: replace the word “I swear” with “I promise”.

Despite the fact that it had previously been decided to postpone the second reading draft law "On Education" for an indefinite period, the State Duma approved the bill on December 18 in the second, and on December 21 in the third, final reading. The bill was supported by 294 deputies. Faction voted against Communist Party of the Russian Federation and 52 deputies from A Just Russia.

On December 17, 2012, Zenit fans released the “Selection-12” manifesto, where they spoke out against gays and black players in the club. In the appeal, the fans stated that they are not racists, but due to the abundance of foreign players, “ the club loses its regional identity,” and they stop associating themselves with it .” Fans called the absence of blacks on the team “ an important tradition and nothing more.” “Thanks to its preservation, the club has its own identity in the football world.

We are publishing the abstracts of Alexander Verkhovsky's speech at the seminar “Article 282: Save Cannot Be Abolished. Where to put a comma? at the Memorial Human Rights Center on December 20, 2012. These theses compiled from introductory and closing speeches with the most minor amendments and should be considered as preliminary outline a position on the issue. The first fundamental question of all such discussions is whether it is possible to persecute "for words".

On December 20, 2012, Orthodox activists detained during during the LGBT rally at the State Duma on December 19, were released from the police department. Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo) and two other activists were fined 500 rubles for petty hooliganism. Sources Detainees on the "Kissing Day" were released from the police department // Grani.ru. 2012. December 20.

On December 24, 2012 it became known that the Department of Internal Affairs for the Central Administrative District of Moscow responded to an employee's request advertising agency Andrey Lukyanov, which in May 2012 on Kudrinskaya square was illegally detained and beaten by the police, mistaking an activist of the art group "Voina" for a wanted man Oleg Vorotnikov .

In December 2012, the Kirovsky District Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory announced that it had convicted 21-year-old Krasnoyarsk resident Ruslan Meirivan ogly Agaev. Recall that Agayev in 2010, being a student at the Trade and Economic Institute, tried to promote radical views in the mosque of Krasnoyarsk.