On March 3, 2016, the Kirovsky Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Dina Garina, the leader of the far-right movement Russian St. Petersburg, to a suspended sentence for posting on a social network. On March 3, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Dina Garina was convicted under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) and Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism). By according to the investigation, in June 2014, D.

In the city of Dyurtyuli, a court suspended the work of a store and fined its director for selling the book "The Fortress of a Muslim" and a brochure by Sheikh Kandehlavi. On March 3, 2016, it became known that the Dyurtyulinsky District Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan under Art.

UN OHCHR draws attention to the persecution of Crimean Tatars and supporters of the Hizb ut-Tahrir party. On March 3, 2016, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on the state of human rights in Ukraine. In the section on Crimea, the commissioner draws attention to the situation of the Crimean Tatars, as well as ensuring the rights of believers and the persecution of religious groups.

The Chelyabinsk diocese warned the inhabitants of the region about dangers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and accused the educational center in the dissemination of this religious teaching. On March 3, 2016, the appeal of the Missionary department of the Chelyabinsk diocese to the inhabitants of the region.

On March 3, 2016, 27-year-old Indian citizen Yasir Javed was killed on Karbysheva street in Kazan. March 3, 2016 at the entrance of the Kazan house on Karbysheva street with 27-year-old Indian citizen Yasser Javed was found with a broken head, student of Kazan Medical University. A few days later he died in hospital. in the murder The same young people are suspected as in the February 2017 murder of Chad student Mahjoub Tijani Hassan.

At the head of the local Muslim community in the village of Voinka in Crimea was searched. March 3, 2016 in the village of Voinka, Krasnoperekopsky district of Crimea a search was carried out at the home of the chairman of the local Muslim community, Shaip Suleymanov. Cause not reported. During the search, some Islamic literature was seized. It is possible that the search is related to the criminal case under parts 1 and 2 Art.

In early March 2016, a serviceman from the Yevpatoriya military commandant's office was fined for posting xenophobic articles on the VKontakte social network. On March 3, 2016, the Crimean Garrison Military Court passed a sentence against a former soldier of the military commandant's office of Yevpatoria, who was charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred).

On December 24, 2015, the Cherlak District Court of the Omsk Region recognized Sergei Yashin's book Metaphysics of Youth as extremist. On December 24, 2015, the Cherlak District Court of the Omsk Region recognized Sergei Yashin's book Metaphysics of Youth as extremist. The grounds for bringing an application to the court were the results of an audit conducted by the district prosecutor's office together with the FSB Russia in the Omsk region.

Unidentified persons, with the support of the police, dismantled the tent defenders of the Torfyanka park who oppose construction in the park Orthodox church. Personal belongings, documents and money of those on duty were gone. March 3, 2016 in the early morning in the Moscow park "Torfyanka" The tent of the park's defenders was dismantled.

At the first meeting, the court granted the defendant's motion to postpone the hearing for a week. On March 3, 2016, the Crimean Supreme Court began considering a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office of the republic to ban the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people for carrying out extremist activities. At the first meeting, the prosecutor's office requested that evidence on 630 pages and 10 CDs be attached to the case.

In early March 2016, a criminal case was opened in the Oryol region for a video file on the VKontakte social network. Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Oryol region opened a criminal case against 19-year-old resident of the city of Orel, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity). According to the investigation, on March 8, 2014, the suspect posted a video file on the VKontakte social network extremist content.

In March 2016, in the city of Desnogorsk, Smolensk region, the court fined a local resident for posting photos with Nazi symbols on a social network. In March 2016, the Desnogorsk city court brought a local resident to administrative responsibility in the form of a fine. Earlier, the prosecutor's office of Desnogorsk received information from the territorial division of the FSB about the distribution and storage of photographic materials demonstrating Nazi symbols and paraphernalia.

In Kostroma, a criminal case has been opened for inciting ethnic hatred on a social network. In March 2016, in the Kostroma region, the Regional Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiated a criminal case against a 26-year-old local resident. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

We publish a review the main and most significant developments in the field of misuse anti-extremist legislation in Russia in February 2016.