November 5, 2013 it became known that in Astrakhan A criminal case has been opened on the fact of vandalism. The case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity). Recall that vandals painted anti-Russian graffiti on the wall with black paint. Intercession Cathedral, the fence and the monument. The governor took control of the case.

On November 3, 2013, the President signed a law providing for the introduction of a new set of anti-terrorism measures. The President of the Russian Federation signed the law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation." Recall that the law introduces a set of new anti-terrorist measures.

October 15, 2013 in the Moscow region in the bus there was an attack on a native of Chechnya. An unknown attacker attacked a graduate of one of the Moscow universities, a native of Chechnya, Andi Muslimov, who was returning from Nemchinov near Moscow with celebration of Eid al-Adha. According to the victim, the reason for the attack was that he spoke on the phone in his native language. According to another version, shortly before the attack, there was a small skirmish in the cabin.

November 4, 2013 in St. Petersburg ultra-right activists at the Udelnaya metro station held a "white car" action and staged a pogrom in the local market. It is reported that about 40-50 activists were traveling in a train car and saw that there were people with "non-Slavic appearance" in the next car.

In Astrakhan, the Intercession Cathedral was attacked by vandals. They put inscriptions against the Russians on the walls of the cathedral. On the night of November 3, 2013, unknown persons wrote black paint the walls of the Astrakhan Intercession Cathedral, as well as the fence and monument nearby. According to eyewitnesses, the inscriptions call for enmity over attitude towards Russians. A criminal case has been initiated.

Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don are accused of continuing the activities of the banned Taganrog community . November 1, 2013 became it is known that on October 28, 2013 in Rostov-on-Don a criminal case under Art. 282.2 (organization of activities of an extremist organization or participation in it) in relation to the five Jehovah's Witnesses. They are accused of the fact that after the ban and liquidation of the Taganrog community Jehovah's Witnesses, they continued her work.

The deputies decided to punish under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code for insulting patriotic feelings. On November 1, 2013, it became known that the deputy of the Fair Russia" Oleg Mikheev sent for consideration by the Supreme Court and government bill to amend Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. It is proposed to include in Art.

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for October 2013. The review is based on material gathered by Sova Center in the course of our daily monitoring. In October 2013, no fewer than 20 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks, two of them fatally. Since the beginning of the year, racist violence has killed 18 people in Russia and injured 141, while four have received threats on their lives.

In Tyumen, a court found guilty a person who posted on social media online video in support of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Convict sentenced to corrective work. On November 5, 2013, the prosecutor's office of the Tyumen region reported that that the Leninsky District Court of Tyumen issued an indictment a sentence to a 34-year-old resident of the Nizhnetadinsky district Rustam Nazyrov .

The head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, found in the anthem of the Krasnodar Territory, the Cossack folk song "You, Kuban, you are our homeland," signs of inciting ethnic hatred. October 31, 2013 Ramazan Abdulatipov proposed check the anthem of the Krasnodar Territory for signs of excitation of interethnic hatred. Earlier on the militancy of the anthem drew attention is also the chairman of the parliament of the republic.

On November 4, 2013, the Public Forum “The unity of Russia in the solidarity of citizens. against xenophobia and nationalism." The event was organized by the Yabloko party together with human rights organizations.

November 4, 2013 in Moscow in the subway car at the Profsoyuznaya metro station attack on 27-year-old Zalina Kotieva. The attacker shouted threats killings and insults. The girl was hospitalized. Kotieva came to Moscow from Holland for an internship at a bank. Before that, she and her family went to Europe from Ingushetia. An investigative team was sent to the scene. The suspect in the attack, Konstantin Korotaev, was detained.

In the Kaliningrad region, a police officer arrived at liturgical meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in the apartment of one of the believers and announced that their meeting was illegal. October 23, 2013 in Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad region the district police officer came to one of the apartments where the meeting was held Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Ministry of Education of the Sverdlovsk Region encouraged schools to celebrate Halloween. In Lesnoy, the city council supported the ban administration. At the end of October 2013, the Ministry of Education The Sverdlovsk region recommended that schools stop celebrating Halloween. An exception was made for language schools, but even there officials advised to confine ourselves to "familiarization" activities.

In Moscow, unknown people tried to set fire to a temporary church. By According to believers, this is an attempt to stop the construction of a modular temple. On November 5, 2013, parishioners reported an attempt to set fire to the temple St. Matrons of Moscow on Profsoyuznaya Street in Moscow. This temple is temporary, located near the Iversky Cathedral, which is under construction. temple.