On May 12, 2013 it became known that in the Oktyabrsky district Murmansk court is considering the case of activist Tatyana Kulbakina, accused according to part 2 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (organization or conduct public event without filing a notification in the prescribed manner for a public event).

On May 8, 2013, in Kirov, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a search at the local headquarters of support for Alexei Navalny under the pretext of checking “for extremism.” Several hundred leaflets and other printed materials were seized, including three hundred copies of the newspaper “For Navalny,” as well as banners used during rallies and authorized pickets that took place in the city during the court hearings in the Kirovles case.

On May 13, 2013 it became known that in Yakutia the group sent Orthodox believers to the General Director of Almazy Anabara OJSC Matvey Evseev an open letter demanding to demolish the monument to Stalin, installed on territory of the enterprise on May 8. “We are sure that no “merits” of the executioner can atone for the deaths of so many innocent people ,” the text says.

May 8, 2013 Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims The Asian part of Russia, Nafigulla Ashirov, at a court hearing in Novosibirsk, acted as a defense witness in the case of Ilkhom Merazhov and Kamil Odilov, accused under Part 1. article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organizations). N.

May 13, 2013 Chapter Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov said that he considers it possible unblock access to YouTube video hosting in the territory Republic, which was closed in the fall of 2012 by decision of the Leninsky district court of Grozny because of the film "Innocence of Muslims".

May 14, 2013 Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Radonitsa is the day of commemoration of the dead. In a number of Russian regions this day was declared non-working. An additional day off was announced, in particular, in Krasnodar region, in Bryansk, Kemerovo, Saratov, Orenburg regions and Adygea. Sources May 14 declared a non-working day in Kuzbass // Your city. 2013. May 13. In the Krasnodar Territory, May 13 is declared an additional day off // ITAR-TASS. 2013. May 13.

On May 13, 2013, the State Duma introduced amendments to the draft law on protecting the feelings of believers, which was adopted in the first reading. According to these amendments, a new article in the Criminal Code is not introduced, a new version of Art. 148 UK (obstruction of the exercise of the right to freedom of conscience and religion).

May 10, 2013 31-year-old Mikhail Volkov (Ed) was detained by the competent authorities of Ukraine. Earlier it was reported that the leader of the Russian Image, Ilya Goryachev, was detained in Serbia .

On May 9, 2013, in the center of Chelyabinsk, near the Aloe Pole square, the police detained two groups of young people, and thus a mass brawl was stopped. Nearly 30 young people were detained. The police seized sticks, bats, mallets, traumatic weapons, gas cartridges from the detainees. Among the detainees are members of the St. Petersburg rock band Brigadir, fans returning from their concert, and a group of local residents.

At the beginning of May 2013, a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom was published, devoted, among other things, to the situation in Russia. The Commission draws attention to violations of the rights of believers in Russia, primarily to the persecution of Muslims - especially followers of Said Nursi - and Jehovah's Witnesses.

In early May 2013, the Federal List of Extremist Organizations was updated on the official website of the Ministry of Justice (official title - List of public and religious associations, other non-profit organizations, in respect of which the court has accepted the entered into decision on liquidation or prohibition of activities on the grounds, provided for by the Federal Law "On countering extremist activities" ).

8 May 2013 in St. Petersburg after the match "Zenith" - "Anji" near the stadium "Petrovsky" on a group of fans of Anji tried to attack the ultra-right Zenith fans. OMON prevented a fight, 11 people were detained. At the match itself, Zenit fans chanted obscene and anti-Caucasian slogans ("Dagestan is the capital of animals", etc.) and posted a banner with the inscription "Against Caucasian football". Sources Based on internet blogs.

On May 13, 2013, in the city of Chekhov, Moscow Region, a group of young people attacked natives of Tajikistan playing football. The attack on immigrants from the Central Asian republics was carried out for no apparent reason. The incident took place in the field behind the construction site where the visitors worked, near the house number 6 on Molodezhnaya Street. During the conflict, traumatic weapons were used. As a result, four people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.