In August 2015 in the city of Zelenokumsk, Stavropol region, a criminal case was initiated against an 18-year-old local resident who published xenophobic materials in social network. In March 2016, the case was submitted to the court for consideration on the merits. In March 2016, in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Territory, the investigation of a criminal case about Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

In August 2015, in the city of Orel, the case was submitted to the court under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 33-year-old local resident who published a racist video on VKontakte. In August 2015, an investigation was completed in Orel criminal case on inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In the Volgograd region, the former imam was fined for keeping literature included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Literature was seized during the search. On August 30, 2015, it became known that Pallasovsky the district court of the Volgograd region fined the former Imam Pallasovsky a thousand rubles Aslbek (Asylbek) Ryskaliyev district. The court found him guilty under Art.

In August 2015, in Veliky Novgorod, the court filed case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and art. 280 of the Criminal Code against 34-year-old prisoner Stanislav Nosov, who published racist materials on the VKontakte network. In August 2015, Veliky Novgorod completed investigation of a criminal case on public incitement to extremism (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) and incitement of national hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code).

On August 20, 2015, the Orthodox community, which arranged in the park "Torfyanka" holiday on the occasion of the Transfiguration of the Lord, was fined 10 thousand rubles for holding a prayer service without the consent of the authorities.

In August 2015 in the city of Tolyatti, Samara Region, in The court referred the case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 25-year-old local resident, published xenophobic materials on the Internet. In August 2015, in the city of Tolyatti, Samara Region, there were the investigation of the criminal case on inciting ethnic hatred was completed (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, the investigation into the case of the ultra-right group 14/88 was completed: 24-year-old resident of the Tver region Alexander Sokolov, 20-year-old resident of Moscow Sergei Uglov, as well as 10 minor residents of Moscow and the Moscow region. The young people, depending on the role of each, were accused of paragraph “a” of Part 3, Part 4 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, motivated by national hatred), Part 2 of Art.

St. Petersburg residents held a public gathering in front of the building from which the bas-relief of Mephistopheles was knocked down to protest against vandalism. Several hundred people took part. On August 30, 2015, several hundred people (according to various sources, from 200 to 1000) gathered in St. Petersburg near a house on Lakhtinskaya Street, from the facade of which on August 26, vandals knocked down a bas-relief of Mephistopheles. Thus, St.

The arbitration court declared the church in Victory Park an illegal construction and transferred it to the city's ownership. The parish only had permission to build a chapel. On August 5, 2015, it became known that the Arbitration Court recognized the St. Petersburg administration’s right of ownership to the building of the Church of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land. For several years, the Orthodox community of St.

On August 13, 2015 in Magnitogorsk, the case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and art. 280 of the Criminal Code against a 35-year-old local resident, who published racist materials on the VKontakte network. August 13, 2015 in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region, the investigation of the criminal case on public appeals to extremism (Part 1 Art. 280 of the Criminal Code) and incitement of national hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code).

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky Summary CRIMINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA : Violence : Vandalism PUBLIC ACTIVITY OFULTRA-RIGHT GROUPS : Ultra-Right Movements under Pressure : “Spin” on Criminal Incidents : Ultra-Right Public Events : Nationalist Actions Related to the Events in Ukraine : Traditional Nationalist Actions : Other Activities of Nationalist Groups Counter-action against Radical Nationalism : Criminal Prosecution : For Violence : For Vandalism : For Propaganda :

In August 2015 in Irkutsk the court sentenced to 1.5 years conditional imprisonment of a 26-year-old local resident who published xenophobic social media videos. In August 2015, in Irkutsk, a verdict was passed in the case on the initiation of national and religious hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In Vladivostok against a Falun Gong follower a case was initiated on an unauthorized picket, but the court did not see elements of the offense in her actions. August 24, 2015 in front of the Chinese Consulate in Vladivostok held a single picket. Citizen of the Russian Federation Nadezhda Lai stood with a banner, calling for an end to the killing of Falun Gong followers in China for the sake of selling organs. Consular security officer demanded to stop the picket, N.

On the feast of the Assumption, unknown people destroyed the fence of Iversky Church of the ROAC in Suzdal. On the night of August 29, 2015, unknown people damaged the fence around Iberian Synodal Church of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) in Suzdal. According to Credo.ru, the fence was destroyed right in front of the building. District Department of Internal Affairs of the Suzdal region, in the zone of view of the cameras installed there.