In mid-April, Prot. Vsevolod Chaplin on the air of the Spas TV channel suggested Orthodox citizens wear red ribbons on Easter days to “testify about the Resurrection of Christ. He proposes to call this action "Red Ribbons". Recall that in ancient times, white was considered Easter color. Red ribbons refer, in our opinion, rather to the red flag and pioneer ties than for the Easter message.

In April 2015 in the city of Tarko-Sale, Yamalo-Nenets 1,000 rubles Autonomous Okrug court fined local resident Levani Imedashvili, who posted a banned video “Fatima's letter to the Mujahideen” on the social network. In April 2015, in the city of Tarko-Sale, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, initiated an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

The Moscow office of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's "Open Russia" movement was searched on suspicion of producing campaign materials calling for extremist activity. On April 16, 2015, a search was carried out in the Moscow office of the movement of Mikhail Khodorkovsky "Open Russia", computers were confiscated. The search was carried out by employees of the GUPE Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on suspicion of committing a crime under Art.

April 8, 2015 in Samara, a minor local resident was fined 1,000 rubles for publishing an image with a swastika in social network. In April 2015, an administrative case under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi symbols). The case was initiated against a 17-year-old local resident who according to the investigation, in February of this year, he published on his page in social network images with Nazi symbols.

On April 12, 2015, on Easter and Cosmonautics Day, a graffiti depicting Yuri Gagarin crucified on the cross was placed on one of the high-rise buildings in Perm. The author of the composition, Alexander Zhunev, comments on his work as follows: “ Science and religion have long been on opposite sides of the barricades, trying to win back their share of influence on the minds. The work "Gagarin.

In April 2015 in the city of Sokol, Vologda region, by 2 years of imprisonment, the court sentenced a local resident, who published some materials on the social network calling for extremism.

On April 12, 2015, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter. We present statistical data on those who attended Easter services in different regions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not provide data on visitors to night services according to Russia as a whole, however, it is reported that worship services, processions and cemeteries On April 11 and 12, about 7 million Russians visited. In Moscow on April 11 and on the night of April 12, 440,000 people visited churches.

In April 2015, a criminal case was initiated in Vladimir case against a 17-year-old local resident who published xenophobic materials in the ultra-right group he created on the VKontakte social network. In April 2015, a criminal case was initiated in Vladimir case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

In April 2015 in the city of Ulan-Ude of the Republic of Buryatia to The court sentenced a 22-year-old local resident to 160 hours of compulsory labor for publishing neo-Nazi materials in the social network. In April 2015, in the city of Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court delivered a verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 UK).

In Arkhangelsk, police confiscated religious literature from Jehovah's Witnesses. April 15, 2015 year it became known that a religious literature. This probably happened as part of the searches of the Kingdom Hall on the street. Polyarnaya, 42 and apartments of active parishioners. About the fact of withdrawal books were told to journalists by representatives of the anti-sectarian center "Civil Security".

In April 2015 in the city of Tolyatti, Samara region a criminal case was initiated against a 19-year-old local resident, who published some kind of xenophobic audio recording on the Internet. In April 2015 in the city of Tolyatti, Samara region a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate). The case was initiated against a 19-year-old local resident, whom are accused of it.

In April 2015 in the city of Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the court fined two local residents for 1,000 rubles. In April 2015, the Nadym city prosecutor's office Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug reported that a two administrative cases.

In April 2015, in the city of Kanash, Chuvash Republic, a court sentenced a 21-year-old local resident who published two xenophobic videos on his social network page to a suspended sentence of 4 months in prison. In April 2015, in the city of Kanash, Chuvash Republic, a verdict was passed in a criminal case on incitement of national hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and public calls for extremism (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).