On July 9, 2013, 28-year-old football player Mikhail Rekudanov was detained in Moscow, accused of murdering a native from Kyrgyzstan on May 23. In December 2013, the court found Mikhail Rekudnov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (murder) and sentenced to 6 years in prison. Rekudanov, who was wanted, turned himself in to law enforcement agencies. Previously, he was charged in absentia under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (murder). The investigation is asking for his arrest.

On July 9, 2013, at the Independent Press Center in Moscow, the SOVA Information and Analytical Center presented the results of its work.

On July 2, 2013, the Elista City Court ruled decision to impose a fine on a 19-year-old resident of the Tselinny district Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). The defendant posted on his page on the social network "VKontakte" a video called "Appeal of the fighters of the Slavic Union to the Russians", which is included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials.

On July 9, it became known that a court in the Smolensk region had passed a sentence on a 32-year-old local resident who had previously been convicted. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in June 2013.