The court extended the term of arrest for an employee of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchy and the Federal Security Service, accused of treason and spying for the United States. On July 31, 2015 it became known that the Moscow City the court extended the term of arrest of Yevgeny Petrin, an employee of the FSB and the Department for External Church Relations Moscow Patriarchate, accused of treason and spying for the United States, to October 5, 2015.

Pastor Alexei Kolyasnikov, who was fined in 2014 for reading the Bible in a cafe, filed a complaint with the ECtHR. On July 29, 2015, it became known that the pastor of the Community of Christians in Sochi, fined for reading the Bible in a cafe, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The complaint refers to the violation by the Russian authorities of four articles of the Convention on Human Rights - violation of the right to a fair trial (Art.

A criminal case has been initiated against the deputy of the Council of the Suoyarvi urban settlement under Art. 280.1 CC. On July 31, 2015, it became known that a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 280.1 (public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation) of the Criminal Code. The name of the deputy has not yet been reported, but it can be assumed that we are talking about Vladimir Zavarkin.

On July 31, 2015, the sentence of Elvira Sultanakhmetova was approved and entered into force. July 31, 2015 Sverdlovsk Regional the court approved the verdict handed down by the Pervouralsk city court to Elvira, a resident of Pervouralsk Sultanakhmetova. Sultanakhmetova was sentenced to 120 hours of compulsory labor under Part 1 of Art.

The leaders of Russian Muslims adopted the "Social Doctrine" - a document devoted to various aspects of the life of Muslims in Russian society. July 28th 2015 in Tatarstan, the leaders of Russian Muslims adopted the "Social doctrine." Document was prepared by a working group headed by Vyacheslav Polosin, contains numerous quotations from Koran and other texts, including the speech of the President of the Russian Federation.

The following is our review of racism andxenophobia in Russiaduring July 2015. The data we report are collected in the course of Sova Center’sdaily monitoring activities. In July of this year, no fewer than fourpeople were targeted in racist attacks, in Moscowand Saint Petersburg. Since the beginning of the year, fourpeople have been killed in racist attacks, while 37 were injured. Another fourpeople received serious threats against their lives.

In the village of Paranga (Republic of Mari El) for distribution of extremist materials, a local resident was fined, posted on the social network "VKontakte" the film "Miracles of the Koran". July 30, 2015 Sernur district the court of the Republic of Mari El recognized the resident of the village of Paranga Ramil Gazizov guilty under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of extremist materials) and fined him 1,500 rubles.