In Tver, Andrei Bubeev, who was accused of publishing materials on the social network VKontakte calling for extremism and violation of the territorial integrity of the country, was sentenced to imprisonment . On May 5, 2016, the Zavolzhsky District Court of Tver sentenced Andrey Bubeev (born 1975) to two years in prison in a colony-settlement. Recall that the case of public calls for extremism (Part 2 Art.

In Mari El, a resident of the village of Upsha, Aleksey Bystrushkin, was fined for Timur Mutsuraev's song on a social network. On May 6, 2016, the Medvedevsky District Court of the Republic of Mari El issued a decision in an administrative case against 24-year-old resident of the village of Upsha Alexei Bystrushkin. Administrative proceedings were initiated by the prosecutor of the Orsha district.

In December 2015, a St. Petersburg court declared extremist an illustrated book about Jesus, The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived. On May 5, 2016, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was once again replenished . From the update, it became known that on December 22, 2015, the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg recognized as extremist the electronic version of the book "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived", posted on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in 2014 .

1st of May 2016, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter. We present statistical data on those who attended Easter services in different regions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that on Easter Divine services on the night of May 1 were attended by 4 million Russians.

In Moscow, a trial began in a criminal case against one of the leaders of the association "Russians" nationalist Dmitry Demushkin. On May 6, 2016, the Nagatisky District Court of Moscow began consideration of the criminal case in relation to Dmitry Demushkin. He is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 UK (incitement of national hatred or enmity).

We publish review of the main and most significant developments in the field of illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in April 2016. Rulemaking In the beginning of April Deputy Irina Yarovaya and Senator Viktor Ozerov submitted two draft law that provides for an unprecedented increase in penalties for terrorist and extremist crimes, and also contain a number of repressive innovations of a procedural nature.

May 2, 2016 US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published its annual report on religious freedom, one chapter which is devoted to the situation in Russia. The authors of the report (see translation of the relevant chapter into Russian) conclude that “along with other violations of human rights, infringement freedom of religion in Russia has increased over the past year” .

On May 5, 2016, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials. Items 3413 - 3426 were added to it.

Many media have already written about the report of the Center for Economic and Political Reforms ( CEPR ) about the growth of anti-extremist law enforcement. The report cites statistics from the Supreme Court showing a rapid increase in the number of convicts under the most famous anti-extremist articles of the Criminal Code - 280 (calls for extremist activity), 282 (inciting hatred), 282.2 (continuation of activities of an organization banned for extremism) and some others.

In Kazan, during the final of the Russian Football Cup CSKA - Zenit fans St. Petersburg club sang the chorus of the song "They Killed a Negro" by the group "Forbidden drummers" after CSKA's Nigerian forward Aaron Olanare was injured. At the same match, one of the fans showed Nazi symbols. May 2, 2016 in Kazan during the final of the Russian Football Cup CSKA - Zenit fans St.

Petersburg, a local resident was detained for posting materials on a social network aimed at inciting hatred or enmity. In May 2016, employees of the Center "E" of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia detained a 41-year-old unemployed resident of the city, suspected of posting materials on a social network with calls to incite hatred or enmity. The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St.

In the Vladimir region, a criminal case has been sent to court against Mikhail Pekin, accused of public calls for extremist activities. In May 2016, the first deputy prosecutor Vladimir region approved the indictment and sent to the court a criminal the case against a local resident, Mikhail Pekin (born in 1986). He charged under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities, made using the Internet).

In Simferopol, a local resident was fined for making audio files on the VKontakte social network. In April 2016, in Simferopol, the Central District Court fined a 22-year-old local resident for making audio files on the VKontakte social network. At the request of the prosecutor's office, audio files with nationalist slogans and photos with Nazi symbols were removed from the page of a 22-year-old user. A criminal case has been initiated against the young man.

In Mari El, a resident of the village of Melnichniye Pamyaly, Natalya Alekseeva, was fined for the song of the Kolovrat group on a social network. On May 6, 2016, the Zvenigovsky District Court of the Republic of Mari El considered an administrative offense case against Natalya Alekseeva, an 18-year-old resident of the village of Melnichniye Pamyaly. Administrative proceedings against the girl were initiated by the prosecutor's office of the Zvenigovsky district.

The state prosecutor asks to sentence the leader of the Russian Astrakhan movement to two years in a colony-settlement for a post on the social network VKontakte. On May 4, 2016, a debate took place in the criminal case of Igor Stenin, the head of the Russian Astrakhan nationalist movement, charged under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity) for posting on the VKontakte social network.