May 14, 2013 Commission on monumental art of the Moscow City Duma considered the issue of moving the monument to Pushkin from Pushkinskaya square for the restoration of the Strastnoy Monastery. The Commission decided not to postpone monument, because it belongs to the monuments of federal significance, and besides, does not interfere with the restoration of the bell tower of the Strastnoy Monastery.

On May 15, 2013 it became known that in Rostov-on-Don there was a 47-year-old follower of Said Nursi was detained. He was searched, during which more than 1000 books from the collection of works "Risale-i Nur". Recall that we do not consider it lawful to ban Nursi's works, not containing any extreme statements, as well as organizations "Nurcular", which did not exist in Russia. We oppose persecution of individual believers who study Nursi's books.

On April 26, 2013 the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region repeatedly recognized the right to permanent indefinite use of a plot of 0.56 hectares behind Krestovozdvizhensky Jerusalem stauropegial nunnery. The land is withdrawn from rehabilitation center "Childhood", the conflict with which the monastery continued some years.

On May 14, 2013, the Federal List of Extremist materials, paragraphs were added to it. 1834-1881. On May 17, the numbering of the list was changed. The previously omitted paragraph 1844 has changed, then the numbering of subsequent materials has increased by one point.

On April 17, 2013, the Central District Court of the city of Barnaul delivered a verdict in the case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). Recall that in November 2011, 24-year-old A.

On May 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan satisfied the claim of the Republican of the prosecutor's office on the liquidation of the parish of the Kazan mosque "Al-Ikhlas" as extremist.

The following is our review ofthe primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’santi-extremist legislation in April 2013.Lawmaking At the very end of March, the Russian State Duma introduceda bill “ On the inadmissibility of actionsfor the rehabilitation of Nazism, the glorification of Nazi criminals and theiraccomplices or the denial of the Holocaust ” on the initiative of FederationCouncil member Boris Spiegel. It is Sova’s position that this bill has a number ofdrawbacks.

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky Сontents: Summary Legal regulations concerning religious organizations : Federal legislation : Regional initiatives : Initiatives not successfully progressed in 2012 Problems relating to places of worship : Problems with the construction of religious buildings : Problems relating to existing religious buildings : Positive resolutions Preferential treatment accorded certain religious organizations by the authorities : Financial and material help : The authorities

On the night of May 14-15, 2013 in the area of ​​the collective garden "Magistral" in the village of Svetly Sysert district of the Sverdlovsk region, four Nazi skinheads beat a 34-year-old with their hands, feet and a baseball bat native of Tajikistan. The victim died from his wounds. It is known that the defendants met a taxi driver shortly before the incident. to Aramili and asked to be taken home. It is possible that the murder was motivated by hatred.

May 15, 2013 in the Ufa garrison the military court for consideration on the merits was transferred to the case of the attitude of the senior specialist of the communications platoon of the military unit 3479 ensign Artem Gladysheva. The soldier is suspected of posting xenophobic photo albums on the VKontakte social network. The preliminary investigation was carried out by the military investigation department for the Ufa garrison. Gladyshev is charged with Art.

On March 12, 2013, the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow recognized the video film “Veselye” as extremist. The decision of the court entered into force. Babushkinskaya During the monitoring, the inter-district prosecutor's office of Moscow discovered a video posted on one of the social networks.

The end of the May holidays was marked by reports of detention in Serbia and Ukraine, the former leader of the organization "Russian Image" Ilya Goryachev (Student) and previously unknown nationalist Mikhail Volkov.