On March 29, 2016 it became known that the Supreme the court of the Russian Federation ruled verdict against Shakhboz Raftorovich Azimov, a resident of Arkhangelsk, recognized guilty under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity). Sh. Azimov sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison in a colony-settlement.

In March 2016, in the city of Topki, Kemerovo Region, the court sentenced to 10 months of correctional labor by local resident N. Kanev for publishing xenophobic materials on the Internet. March 17, 2016 Topkinsky City Court of the Kemerovo Region delivered a verdict in the case of initiating national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). On the bench The defendants were a local resident N. Kanev, who was accused of publishing some xenophobic materials on the Internet.

March 23, 2016 in Stavropol and Mikhailovsk Cossacks and Orthodox activists held a series of solo pickets in front of the Witnesses' building Jehovah. The protests were timed to coincide with the celebration Lord's Supper. “ We are simply outraged by such a neighborhood , - said the organizer of the picket.

April 1 2016, the SOVA Center received a very official letter from Google, in which the search engine reported that it was forced to remove part its issuance on our site. This is about materials related to the news about the case against the former prosecutor of an unnamed city. Recall ex-employee of the prosecutor's office was sentenced to a fine of 1 ruble for inflicting swastikas on the walls of the entrance and elevator of his house.

In March 2016, in Irkutsk, a court fined a local resident F. for publication of certain prohibited materials on the VKontakte social network. March 2016 in Irkutsk, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials). The case was started against a local resident who published some prohibited materials on the VKontakte social network. Unfortunately, about what kind of materials in question, was not reported.

On April 1, 2016, it became known that in Moscow, as part of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 205.1. Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorist activities), police officers detained six parishioners of the mosque, suspected of collaborating with the Islamic State.

Kursk deputy journalist Olga Li is suspected of inciting hatred towards government officials. 1 April 2016 Investigative Committee of the RF IC for the Kursk Region reported that against the deputy of the Kursk Regional Duma journalist Olga Li initiated criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation human dignity on the basis of belonging to a social group authorities, in particular law enforcement officers and the judiciary).

At the end of March 2016 years, police raided the premises of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Saransk. March 30, 2016 police officers during a search of the premises of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky found four brochures included in the Federal list of extremist materials. March 31, 2016 employees The police raided the Kingdom Hall in Saransk. During the search, there were also banned brochures found.

March 2016 in Novgorod, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses against local resident. March 2016 in Veliky Novgorod, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (mass distribution of extremist materials). The case was started against a local resident for posting in the social network of the banned song by Timur Mutsuraev “They are gone”.

IN In March 2016, we are aware of three victims in one attack in St. Petersburg. Since the beginning of the year, at least 7 people have suffered from xenophobic violence in Moscow, Petersburg, Moscow and Vladimir regions, two more people received serious death threats. In March we known about four acts of xenophobic-motivated vandalism in four regions of the country. Since the beginning of the year, at least 11 xenophobic actions have taken place. vandals in ten regions of Russia.

In April 2016, in the Vladimir region, a 17-year-old local resident beat 15-year-old teenager - "emo". In April 2016, in Vladimir, 17-year-old local resident A. made an appointment with 15-year-old teenager and beat him. According to investigators, the motive attacks was hatred for representatives of the "emo" subculture, to which the young man counted his victim.