State Duma considered in the second reading and adopted the draft amendments to the law “On freedom conscience”, simplifying the registration of religious organizations. July 3, 2015 the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved in the second reading and adopted the draft amendments in Federal Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations".

One of the members of Hizb ut-Tahrir was convicted in Kazan. 23 June 2015, Novo-Savinovsky district court of Kazan issued a sentence according to ch. 1 st. 282 UK (excitement of hatred) 34-year-old Ilnaru Zyalilovu. The court found him guilty of distributing Hizb materials ut-Tahrir" on the Internet and sentenced to 2 years in prison with a suspended sentence. Sources Case card No. 1-104/2015 // Official website of the Novo-Savinovsky District Court of Kazan. 2015. b/d.

In Almetyevsk post st. 282 of the Criminal Code sentenced the member "Hizb ut-Tahrir". July 2 2015, it became known that on April 14, 2015, the Almetyevsk City Court Republic of Tatarstan sentenced Rafael Burnashev (27 years old) to 2 years in prison with a suspended sentence for spreading the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir on the Internet. Young the person was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred).

On June 29, 2015, a court in Murmansk declared the military-patriotic club “White Cross” of Alexander Valov extremist. On June 29, 2015, the Murmansk Regional Court considered the prosecutor’s office’s claim to recognize the White Cross military-patriotic club as extremist. It is reported that neo-Nazi materials were published on the club’s page on one of the social networks, which was the reason for the prosecutor’s office filing a lawsuit.

The authorities of the Yaransky district of the Kirov region are ready to provide the owner of the night cafe, which caused indignation of the local bishop, with new premises. July 3, 2015 in the administration of the Yaransky district Kirov region held a special meeting on the topic of neighborhood nightclub and diocesan administration. The meeting was attended prosecutors and police officers.

At the end of June 2015 in Krasnoyarsk, the court case filed against two vandals who are accused of scribbling monuments of military glory with Nazi symbols and sayings. June 30, 2015 was completed year in Krasnoyarsk, an investigation into the desecration of monuments military glory on January 9, 2015 in the park "Guards". On the dock soon there will be two young people who are charged with Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation Nazism).

SOVA Centerfor Information and Analysis took part in the 2015 OSCE Supplementary HumanDimension Meeting (SHDM) in Vienna (July 2-3). Here we publish the report madeby the center’s speakers at working session "Freedom of Religion or Belief and fostering mutual respect and understanding in the OSCE area - opportunitiesand challenges"on July 2, 2015. DearChairman, Dear participants of the conference!

One of the bishops of the Kirov region is outraged by the proximity of the diocesan administration to a nightclub. In a letter to Fr. He asks Vsevolod Chaplin that the church authorities contribute to the closure of the club in Yaransk. On July 2, 2015, it became known that one of the Kirov bishops - Paisy (Kuznetsov) - outraged by the proximity of the diocesan administration to the night club.

On July 2, 2015, the Sakharov Center and the Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" held a discussion "National Democrats in Russia - the present and the future." Russian nationalism, as we knew it in pre-Soviet times, Soviet and post-Soviet times, as a rule, opposed liberal values ​​and against democracy as a political device. Russian nationalists were monarchists, Stalinists, neo-Hitlerists or supporters of other authoritarian models.

In July 2015, in the city of Shadrinsk, Kurgan Region, the court the case against the founder of the far-right group "White Wolves" was transferred. July 1, 2015 in the city of Shadrinsk, Kurgan region, it was a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (creation of an extremist communities). The case was initiated against a local resident, whom he is suspected of having created the far-right White Wolves group in 2014.

2-3 July 2015, an additional OSCE meeting on human rights was held in Vienna. dimension “Freedom of Religion or Belief: Promoting Mutual Respect and understanding." An expert of the Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" spoke at working session "Freedom of religion or belief and promotion of mutual respect and Understanding in the OSCE Region: Opportunities and Challenges”. We publish the full text speeches. Dear chairman, dear participants of the conference!

In Krasnodar, an investigation into the case of calls for extremist activity against activist Sergei Titarenko has been completed. On July 3, 2015, it became known that the investigation was completed in the case of opposition activist Sergei Titarenko, accused under Part 1 of Art. 280 Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities). half a year, from autumn 2014 to spring 2015, Titarenko was under arrest, in March 2015 he was released on bail.