A package of bills on toughening measures to counter terrorism and extremism has been approved in the first reading. On May 13, 2016, during the plenary session, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a package of two bills on countering terrorist and extremist activities, introduced on April 7, 2016 by Federation Council member Viktor Ozerov and deputy Irina Yarovaya. The amendments were supported by 287 deputies, 8 people opposed.

In Samara, the case of F. Gainutdinov, accused of collaboration with Hizb ut-Tahrir, was brought to court. On May 13, 2016, it became known about the completion of the investigation of another Hizb ut-Tahrir case in the Samara region. Criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization), initiated against Fanis Gainutdinov (b. 1971), referred to the court. Recall that the man was arrested in Samara in July 2015.

On May 13, 2016, it became known that the St. Petersburg diocese turned to Dmitry Medvedev with a request to transfer St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Savior on Spilled Blood to the Church. “ A similar appeal already existed last year, however, the addressee was the governor of the city ,” Nikolai Burov, director of the St. Isaac’s Cathedral Museum-Monument, comments on the situation. - The city responded by refusing and maintaining the status of a state museum-monument.

In May 2016, in Kurgan, the case against 20-year-old far-right activist who beat a Central Asian man who scribbled stop public transport with xenophobic slogans, as well as published a number of racist materials on the social network.

IN May 2016 in Saratov, a local resident was fined for publishing swastika images on social media. In May 2016, Saratov initiated an administrative case under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi symbols). The case was initiated against a local resident who, according to law enforcement agencies, under the nickname Alexander Romanov, published on his page on the social network "VKontakte" images with a swastika.

May 10, 2016 in Vologda, employees law enforcement agencies conducted searches at the administrators of the nationalist public "Russian Vologda" and a civil activist, also, apparently, nationalist, Sergei Gorodishenin.

Football fans become heroes again crime chronicle. April 18, 2016 in the Moscow metro car group young people arranged a "white car" - a raid on the car with targeted beatings people of "non-Slavic" appearance. A crowd of aggressive young people beat two immigrants from Central Asia (according to various sources, from Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan). At least one of the attackers was a fan of the Moscow football club "Dynamo".

The Russian government supported the "anti-terrorist" amendments, calling only for a reduction in the period of storage of correspondence and calls from citizens. On May 13, 2016, the Russian government published an official response to one of the bills on countering terrorism submitted to the State Duma by Senator Viktor Ozerov and deputy Irina Yarovaya.

The Central District Court of Kemerovo declared banned a page that could be used to access the blocked website of Jehovah's Witnesses. " hosted on one of the websites On May 13, 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kemerovo Region reported that the Central District Court of Kemerovo satisfied the demands of the District Prosecutor's Office to block a " program , which could be used to access the banned website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Obviously, such a program means a certain site-anonymizer.

The territorial administration of the Ministry of Justice asks the court to recognize the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel as extremist. On May 12, 2016, the Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Oryol Region filed an application with the regional court for the liquidation of the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses "Orel" for carrying out extremist activities.

In the Novosibirsk region, an investigation has been completed against Maxim Kormelitsky in the case of the publication of anti-Christian comments on the Internet. On May 11, 2016, in Berdsk, the investigation of a criminal case initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting hatred) in connection with the posting of anti-Christian comments and photographs of Orthodox citizens jumping into the hole in a social network.

The State Duma did not pass in the first reading a bill banning mention of the nationality and religious affiliation of terrorists in the media. On May 13, 2016, the State Duma, during a plenary session, did not approve in the first reading a bill banning mention of the nationality and religious affiliation of terrorists in the media. Only three deputies supported him, the rest did not vote. The relevant committee on information policy recommended rejecting the bill.

Omsk residents oppose the construction of a temple on the territory of the arboretum. In one day, a petition against the construction of the temple was signed by 200 people. On May 12, 2016, residents of Omsk published a petition on Change.org to protect the Omsk arboretum from temple development.

In May 2016 in the city of Mikhailovsk, Stavropol Territory, a criminal case was initiated under Article 282 of the Criminal Code against a 39-year-old local resident who published a certain xenophobic video. In May 2016 in the city of Mikhailovsk, Stavropol Territory, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national and religious hatred).

Roskomnadzor plans to empower the out-of-court division of domain names, including for the distribution of extremist materials. At the end of May 2016, the Coordinating Center for the national Internet domain (CC) may give Roskomnadzor the right to extrajudicially divide the domain names of sites in the ".ru" and ".rf" zones through which drugs are sold or promoted their use, and also distributed extremist materials.