On March 5, 2013 Roskomnadzor announced warnings issued at the end of February 2013 for violation of the requirements of Art. 4 Laws Russian Federation "On the Mass Media" and the Federal Law "On Counteracting Extremist activity".

Thefollowing is our monthly review of incidents of xenophobia and radicalnationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for February 2013. Thereview is based on material gathered by Sova Centerin the course of our daily monitoring. At least four people were injured this month in racist-and neo-Naziattacks, in St. Petersburg and the Moscow region. Since the beginning of the year, 23 people have fallen victim toxenophobic violence in Russia,with three of those being killed as a result.

On March 5, 2013, it became known that the Tambov authorities the results of public hearings recommended the construction of a mosque “in case lack of technically justified points. During the hearings, the construction of the mosque was supported, although in During the polls, many local residents spoke out against it. In addition, the collection signatures against construction. Construction opponents fear high-profile calls to prayer.

On March 4, 2013, in the Kaliningrad region, the Bagrationovsky District Court passed a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities) in a criminal case against 25-year-old Orshulevich.

March 5, 2013 it became known that the Russian neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich (Tesak) detained February 14 in Minsk, left for Moscow. " The investigation allowed him to leave Minsk, but he is obliged to appear for interrogations upon first demand. He is still a suspect in this case and has been released from the temporary detention facility on a promise to appear," an official representative of the Investigative Committee for Minsk said on Tuesday .

On March 5, 2013, it became known that the Office Ministry of Justice for Primorsky Krai denied registration to two local religious organizations of Muslims "Islam" - in Partizansk and Arsenyev. The Ministry of Justice considered unreliable provided by these organizations information about the founders. was previously liquidated Recall that the Kazyyat department Muslims of Primorsky Krai.

On March 5, 2013, it became known that the criminal case in regarding Yuri Piotrovsky , who doused the icon in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior with ink in Moscow, submitted to the court. He is charged under part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism committed based on religious hatred and enmity). Earlier it was reported that in relation to Y. Piotrovsky there were filed under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism).

Last week, a scandal unexpectedly broke out: the media found out that the Federal List of Extremist Materials was included in the text, the text of which is identical to the note from the website kremlin.ru. This happened by decision of the Central District Court of Omsk, which recognized the next issue of the newspaper “Radical Politics” as extremist material.