On August 8, 2013, it became known that the residents Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg turned to President, Governor Georgy Poltavchenko and Patriarch with an open letter against the construction of a temple in the park on Lakhtinskaya street. The building of the five-domed temple began to be built on the site of the demolished one-story house number 17, which housed the laundry.

On August 8, 2013, it became known that the FSB and the Center for Krasnoyarsk Territory initiated the persecution of eight Muslim women. In the course of operational activities (apparently, searches) that took place in Krasnoyarsk, Nursi's books included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. No procedural decision based on the audit materials yet reported. Recall, from our point of view, the prohibition of the works of Nursi and persecution of his supporters is unlawful.

August 7, 2013 at In Pyatigorsk, a criminal case was opened on the fact of a threat to kill the mufti Stavropol Territory. The Mufti turned to police after receiving a threatening letter. Sources The Mufti of Stavropol Territory is threatened with murder, the police are looking for persons involved in the threats // Interfax-religion. 2013. August 8.

On August 8, 2013, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials, paragraphs. 1991-1994. The list was supplemented by: comments on Alexander Prokhanov's article "Putin's Fast Neutron Reactor" published in the Zavtra newspaper, Muslim videos and xenophobic materials from the VKontakte network. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated August 8, 2013 year: 1991.

On August 8, 2013, it became known that the prosecutor's office Cheremshansky district of the Republic of Tatarstan announced a warning to the owner trade pavilion in the shopping center "Caravan Saray" in the Cheremshan district center. The reason for the sanction was found among the sold literature, the book of Said bin Wahf al-Qahtani "The fortress of a Muslim. Appeal to Allah with prayers.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in themisuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in July 2013.Lawmaking On July1 the Russian government introduced to the State Duma the draft law OnAmendments to Article 15 of the Federal Law ‘On Countering ExtremistActivities,’ under which “ an individualwho has previously been a director or member of the governing body of a publicor religious organization which … has been subjected to a legal decision on

August 8, 2013 year, Muslims celebrated the end of the fast. Mosque in Petersburg that day was visited by 72 thousand people, in Ryazan - about 3 thousand. people, in Irkutsk - about 7 thousand people. Moscow mosques were visited by 149 thousand people. There was no passport control at the entrance to the mosque, although Moscow Muslims were informed about this the day before. Sources 72 thousand people took part in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in St. Petersburg // Interfax-religion. 2013.

Thefollowing is our monthly review of incidences of xenophobia and radicalnationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for June 2013. Thereview is based on material gathered by Sova Center in the course of our dailymonitoring. Sincethe beginning of the year, eight people have been killed and 79 injured byracist violence in 23 regions of Russia. Two people received death threats.

On August 8, 2013, it became known that in March 2013 a criminal case was opened in Ufa under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities) against an unidentified person, under the pseudonym Dinis Sabirov, who posted an extremist video “ Why are Muslims in a humiliated position ” on the social network VKontakte.