Grani.Ru filed a complaint about the blocking to the European Court of Human Rights. On March 11, 2015 the Grani.ru edition reported that sent a complaint about blocking the site to the European Court of Human Rights. At the ECtHR Garry Kasparov filed a complaint about the blocking of the Kasparov.ru and Alexei websites Navalny - to block his blog in LiveJournal. Recall that all three sites, as well as the website of the Daily Journal, were blocked in March 2014.

In March 2015 in the city Tugulym of the Sverdlovsk region to 9 months in prison on probation, the court sentenced 20-year-old local resident who posted xenophobic videos online "In contact with". In March 2015, the Tugulymsky District Court of the Sverdlovsk Region ruled verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In March 2015, in Novosibirsk, the court fined 1,500 rubles of a local resident who published a banned song of the neo-Nazi group "Cyborg". In March 2015, it became known that a administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

In March 2015 in Khabarovsk to a fine of 65 thousand rubles was sentenced to a local resident, who filmed and posted on the Internet video calling for violence against refugees from Ukraine. In March 2015, a verdict was passed in Khabarovsk in the case of initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). In the dock was a 37-year-old local resident, who in October 2014 posted on YouTube a xenophobic video.

A shaman from Naryan-Mar visited the Legislative Assembly Petersburg, according to the deputy who invited him, with a tour. Rest deputies suggest that the shaman could perform the rite of exorcism, and Ask the Attorney General to look into this. March 10, 2015 deputies of the Legislative Assembly Petersburg, appealed to the prosecutor's office with a request to give a legal assessment of the in early March, the visit of a shaman to the Legislative Assembly.

In March 2015 in the city of Chita, Trans-Baikal Territory, Another act of neo-Nazi vandalism took place in Batarei Sopka. On the stones, vandals left images of swastikas, stars David and anti-Semitic statements. Recall that this is not the first case of vandalism committed in this place. In October 2014 and February 2015 volunteers and volunteers already painted over fascist appeals and symbols on Batareynaya Sopka.

The following is our review of racism andxenophobia in Russiaduring February 2015. The data we report are collected in the course of Sova Center’sdaily monitoring activities. In February we became aware of only one actof ideologically-motivated vandalism. The target was a statue of Lenin in Tolyatti. Since the beginning of 2015, Sova Centerhas recorded no fewer that seven acts of xenophobic vandalism in four regionsof Russia. Public ultra-right activities were low inFebruary.

In March 2015, in Lipetsk, the court filed administrative case against a local resident who published prohibited materials in the social network. In March 2015, an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). The case was started against a local resident who published on his page on the social network "VKontakte" "some forbidden a poem and a neo-Nazi song.

In March 2015, in the Krasnodar Territory a criminal case was initiated against a 26-year-old local resident who posted xenophobic pictures and posts in the social network. On March 6, 2015, in the Kurganinsky district of the Krasnodar Territory, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The following is our review of theprimary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’santi-extremist legislation in February 2015. Lawmaking In early February 2015, it was reportedthat the Ministry of Communications had prepared a draft bill to introduce anumber of amendments to the media law relating to work of foreign media in Russia.

From the end of January to the end of February 2015 in different regions citizens obstructed the preaching activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, and sometimes and inflicted bodily harm on believers. February 5 in Nizhny Novgorod, a tenant of one of the houses in where two Jehovah's Witnesses were preaching, attacked one of the believers and started beating. The victim had to go to the emergency room, where he was sewn up lacerated wound.

Throughout February, police officers in different regions detained Jehovah's Witnesses during a sermon. A child was detained in the Moscow region. From the end of January to February 28, 2015 in different regions, according to According to the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, there were 11 cases detention of Jehovah's Witnesses by the police.