In April 2013, the Leninsky District Court of the city of Kemerovo considered an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution extremist materials). In the dock was a 44-year-old local resident, who was accused of publishing the book "The ABC of the Home" on the file-sharing network terrorism”, which was banned by the decision of the Central District Court Novokuznetsk August 7, 2009 (item 468 of the Federal List of Extremist materials).

April 24, 2013 it became known about that the Investigative Committee for the Khanty-Mansiysk District denied the Muslims of Surgut in initiating a criminal case under article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (exceeding official powers) in relation to police officers who forced them to trim their beards in early March 2013. Recall that the incident occurred on March 3 in Surgut cafe located next to the mosque.

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky Summary Rulemaking KEY TRENDS OF 2012 : “Excessive vigilance” : Internet and anti-extremism : Accidental victims of unlawful anti-extremism MAIN AREAS OF PERSECUTION : Religious groups : Political and civil activists : Media stories Some statistics Summary Anti-extremist legislation is inherently politicized, since it involves the imposition of sanctions for ideologically motivated acts.

On April 24, 2013, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan announced that Guzalia Galimova, a resident of Ufa, was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). Recall that the case against Galimova was initiated on February 1, 2013.

On April 24, 2013, Elena Cheshuina, the former director of school No. 15 in the city of Miass, Chelyabinsk region, who was accused of “instilling religion in school,” sent an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation and went on a hunger strike.

April 20, 2013 in the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg was held another rally against the construction of the Orthodox Church of the Myrrh-bearing Women in Malinovka Park. More than 300 people took part in the rally, including environmentalists, city defenders, members of the Yabloko party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, A Just Russia. Was collected 300 signatures against the construction - now there are about 8 thousand.

On April 24, 2013 it became known that the Central District Omsk court ruled to return the case annulment of the decision issued on November 28, 2012, on the recognition as extremist material No. 2 of the newspaper "Radical Politics" for 2011 and sent the case back for a new trial on newly discovered circumstances. Recall that this number "Radical Politics" was recognized as extremist material in its entirety, however, his materials were listed separated by commas.

On April 24, 2013, it became known that the Circassian City Court recognized as extremist two videos, posted on the social network "Odnoklassniki" - "Attacks Mujahideen” and “Doku Umarov supports rallies in Russia”. These videos were found during monitoring of the social network "Odnoklassniki", conducted by the prosecutor's office Karachay-Cherkess Republic together with the center "E". Checking " revealed [in the texts of the videos - approx.

On April 23, 2013, it became known that E. Nurkasimov, T. Oktashev and N. Sabiev, residents of the Kosh-Agach district of the Republic of Altai, are no longer suspected of involvement in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell. Thus, in the case initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of a banned organization), suspects .

In April 2013, the Leninsky District Court of the city of Kemerovo considered an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution extremist materials). In the dock was a 21-year-old local resident, accused of posting banned neo-Nazi songs online group "Kolovrat". The court fined him 1000 rubles.

April 24, 2013 Kemerovo Regional Court considered the appeal of the Yurga prosecutor's office against the decision Yurginsky City Court of the Kemerovo Region dated December 27, 2012 of the year that refused to ban the activities of the local religious group of the Witnesses Jehovah. The Court of Appeal left the claim prosecutor's office without satisfaction and confirmed the decision of the court of first instance. Sources Belkevich Dmitry.

On April 24, 2013, a presentation of the SOVA Center’s report “Illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in 2012” took place in Moscow at the Independent Press Center. The author of the report, Maria Kravchenko, told journalists and members of the public about the main trends in “illegal anti-extremism” noted in the past year. Not only political activists were persecuted, but also representatives of religious minorities and even library employees.