On April 11, 2013, Georgy Borovikov, the leader of the RFO "Pamyat", the former head of the Moscow branch and the head of the "court of honor" of the "Russians" organization, was detained in Moscow. Together with Borovikov, two of his "comrades-in-arms" Vladislav Bragin and Andrey Shishkanov were arrested. All three are charged under s. "a", "d" part 2 of article 161 (robbery, using violence or threats violence committed by a group of persons by prior agreement).

The following is our review of the primary andmost representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislationin March 2013.Lawmaking In mid-March it was announced that a bill on theinsult of religious feelings, after having received negative official feedbackfrom the Russian government, was not revoked from the Duma and is to beconsidered according to plan in a first reading in April.

On March 11, 2013 Cheboksary hosted public hearings on the construction of an Orthodox church in the park them. Chapaev. As a result of the vote, 44 people voted in defense of construction, 47 against. IN Currently, there is neither a project for the temple, nor permission from the authorities for construction. Recall that Chapaev Square was laid out as part of the museum complex. The discussed area of ​​the site where the church will be located is 0.75 hectares.

On April 11, 2013, it became known that the Zamoskvoretsky inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit with the Koptevsky District Court demanding that Lev Puchkov's books "Terrorist" and "Xenophobe" (Eksmo publishing house) be recognized as extremist. The books were found in the apartment of Denis Voloshin, convicted of a hate-motivated murder in November 2011. The novels "Terrorist" and "Xenophobe" were sent for examination.

On April 11, 2013, it became known that a criminal case was sent to the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan against Alexander Marov and Elena Gorbushkova, who are accused of attacking informals. Recall that earlier it was reported that the ultra-right was charged with paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing light bodily harm motivated by ideological hatred).

On April 5, 2012, a native of Cameroon suffered from the actions of police officers. The police chased him away from the Tekstilshchiki metro station for distributing flyers. This was accompanied by xenophobic insults and wishes to "go to Africa". Cameroonian got torn coats, tightened the scarf, hit in the face, threatened with deportation. Sources Information provided by the Civic Assistance Committee.

On April 10, 2013, the prosecutor's office of the Tersky district of the KBR announced that it had filed a lawsuit with the court to recognize the material as extremist. On May 15, 2012, the material of the pre-investigation check was registered in the book of registration of reports on crimes of the May Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the ICR for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

April 12, 2013 the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church published "Explanation of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society in connection with what is happening on some Orthodox exhibitions and fairs”, directed against the “near-Orthodox sect of the god Kuzi”. " The main income of the sect , - says in the message - brings participation its members at Orthodox exhibitions.

11 April 2013 in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Region, four people were sentenced defendants in the case of organizing a cell of the banned religious movement Tablighi Jamaat." All four were found guilty and fined. farit Bikeev, sentenced under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of an extremist organization) to a fine of 250 thousand rubles; Temirbulat Durbeltaev, Akhmetkali Bimukhanov and Kanat Krushenov were fined under Part 2 of Art. 282.

12th of April 2013 in Magnitogorsk, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan (41 years old) was detained, who suspected of being a member of the Islamic Party of Turkestan. According to police, he " was on the territory of the Urals Federal District, measures to attract new supporters " and " kept in touch with like-minded people in various regions of the country, including those living in Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions, Dagestan, and with foreign associates .

On April 12, 2013, an arson was committed in St. Petersburg hostels in which labor migrants lived. It is reported that the fire in the house number 59 on the Baltiyskaya street fire began after several young people threw bottles through a window on the second floor with incendiary mixture. 3 people were injured and taken to hospital burned cities. The incident became known in June 2013 from news about arrest of suspects. The arson was allegedly motivated by hatred.

in Moscow in connection with the riots on Manezhnaya Square in December 2010. On April 12, 2013 , Pavel Vazhenin (b. 1979), an ex-ally of the DPNI, an activist of the "Russians" organization, was detained According to the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vazhenin is charged under Part 2 of Art. 213 (hooliganism), Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). According to police, Vazhenin was arrested in absentia.