Doctor of philosophical science, professor, member of the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Public Affairs associations and religious organizations Mikhail Shakhov commented for the Center "Owl" submitted to the State Duma the bill "On amendments to part two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and in certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (clarification of the rules on property for religious purposes).

The SOVA Center got acquainted with the draft of the new Code of Administrative Offenses submitted for public discussion. At the end of October 2015 on public comment has been made draft of a new Code of Administrative offenses compiled by a group deputies from United Russia, he published on the portals of several news agencies. We got acquainted with the project and found the following changes in articles related to the fight against extremism. According to Art.

In November 2015, in the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, there were initiated a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 42-year-old local resident, suspected of posting xenophobic posts on social media. In November 2015, in the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, there were a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate).

The President signed a law strengthening control over funding of religious organizations receiving donations from abroad. On November 28, 2015, Vladimir Putin signed amendments to the law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations".

The report “Life without rights. Position Ahiska-Turk in the South of Russia in 2015”, prepared by experts Center "Sova" Valeria Akhmetyeva and Natalia Yudina and coordinator programs of the Moscow Helsinki Group by Vadim Karastelev. The report summarizes the results of studies carried out in April-August 2015 in the south of Russia.

In November 2015, a racist crime was committed in Kurgan an attack on a person with a "non-Slavic appearance". It is reported that the incident occurred near the shopping center "Pushkin": A 20-year-old young man attacked a native of Central Asia and beat him. Details, unfortunately, are unknown. On this fact, a criminal case was initiated, p. "b" part 2 of Art. 116 Criminal Code (beating motivated by national hatred).

We are publishing an article by Ekaterina Elbakyan, a religious scholar, Doctor of Philosophy, professor at the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, who analyzed the role of religious expertise in high-profile trials involving religious organizations, as well as the principles on which such expertise should be based.

16 Jehovah's Witnesses sentenced to suspended sentences and fines. thirty November 2015 Taganrog urban the court recognized 16 Jehovah's Witnesses guilty under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of activities extremist organization and participation in an extremist organization) continuation of activities prohibited Taganrog community. Alexander Skvortsov, Alexey Koptev and Nikolai Trotsyuk and Yuri Baklushin were convicted according to part 1 of Art.

In November 2015 in Astrakhan to 7 months of correctional works, the court sentenced 33-year-old Andrey Seredin, who published a certain a xenophobic comment on one of the local websites. In November 2015, a verdict was passed in Astrakhan in the case on incitement of national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).