In July 2013, in the city of Volzhsk in the Republic of Mari El, an administrative case was initiated on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The case was initiated against a 19-year-old local resident, whom accused of what he published on his page on the social network "VKontakte" several banned racist videos. We are talking about videos included in the Federal list extremist materials, namely: “format 18 – Operation “White Wagon 2” (p.

June 11, 2013 in Kandalaksha the district court of the Murmansk region was transferred to the criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 280 UK RF (public appeals extremist activities) initiated against Gennady Pushkarev.

In July 2013, the Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow satisfied a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office and recognized one of the pages on the VKontakte social network as extremist. According to law enforcement agencies, the page was dedicated to ideology of National Socialism and relevant materials were published on it. On the initiation of a criminal case on the fact of the publication of racist materials not reported.

In July 2013 in the city of Berdsk, Novosibirsk Region the police revealed the fact of the publication in one of the social networks of a certain video with the song, which is listed in Federal list of extremist materials. Details, unfortunately, are not reported. According to law enforcement agencies, the video was published 29-year-old, previously convicted of grievous bodily harm, young Human. An investigation is underway to resolve the issue of initiation of a criminal case.

July 10, 2013 Norwegian information and analytical organization "Forum 18", highlighting the problems religious freedom in the countries of the former USSR, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a report was published on the persecution of believers in Russia.

July 11, 2013 in Moscow on Triumfalnaya Square was held festival "Orthodox FAQ". The action was organized by the "Orthodox Corps of Faith" of the Nashi movement (the leader of the movement is Boris Yakimenko). Participants festival taught to cook Lenten dishes, try on clothes with Orthodox symbols, pray and unmistakably identify the enemies of Orthodoxy.

On July 9, 2013 members of the Opposition Coordinating Council Konstantin Krylov, Vladimir Tor, Ilya Konstantinov, Vladislav Naganov and Alexei Navalny offered the rest of the CSR members to support the draft Statement on the situation in the city of Pugachev, Samara Region. On July 16, the period allotted for voting ended, and most of the members of the CSR did not express their position on the application, evading voting.

On July 11, 2013, the defense of the punk group Pussy Riot filed a complaint with the ECHR against the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, which in November 2012 recognized four videos of the group as extremist. As stated in the complaint, the Russian authorities thereby violated Art. 10 European Convention on Human Rights (right to freedom of expression).

In June 2013 in the city of Kosterevo, Petushinsky district Vladimir region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 UK (incitement of national hatred). The case was initiated against a 19-year-old young man, who is accused of being from September 2011 to September 2012 he published on his page in social network "VKontakte" several racist videos of Nazi skinheads.

On July 11, 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic reported that on July 9, the Leninsky District Court of Grozny satisfied the claim and recognized extremist mirrors of the Kavkaz Center website (http://www.kavkazcenter.com/). The site itself was banned by decision of the Nikulinskiy District Court of Moscow in September 2011. The site has already been included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (p. 985).

On July 10, 2013 it became known that on June 25, 2013 the administration of the Gorodetsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region refused to issue permission to Jehovah's Witnesses to hold a convention for local stadium. The head of administration stressed that a large number of Orthodox pilgrims. In his refusal, he also referred to the opinion of the local bishop Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky Augustus (Anisimov). Sources Inc. inf. Fagan G.

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky CV CRIMINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA : Violence : Vandalism PUBLIC ACTIVITY OF THE RADICAL RIGHTS : Party and organizational building : Rally activity of the ultra-right : Nationalists at general protest actions : Independent actions of nationalists : Other activities of nationalists COUNTERACTION TO XENOPHOBIA AND RADICAL NATIONALISM : Public initiatives : Criminal prosecution : For violence : Arrests of well-known ultra-rightists for

In July 2013, the Zavodsky District Court of the city of Kemerovo delivered a verdict in the case of public calls for extremist activities (Part 1 Art. 280 of the Criminal Code). On the dock was a person previously convicted of robbery, causing grievous injuries and fraud Victor Sadovnikov, who was accused of that he published in July 2011 on the social network VKontakte an image with text that called for the beating of people based on national hate. The defendant fully admitted his guilt.