In Samara, a criminal case has been brought to court for images and drawings directed against "bearers of traditional religious views and values ​​of world religions." In May 2016, the first department for the investigation of particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region completed the investigation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in April 2016. Lawmaking In early April, Deputy Irina Yarovaya and Senator Viktor Ozerovintroduced in the State Duma two bills that propose an unprecedented increase inseverity of punishment for crimes of terrorist and extremist character, as wellas a series of repressive procedural innovations.

We are publishing a report by Svetlana Solodovnik, which focuses on the conference "Theology, Culture, Society: Myths and Reality" and the problems of modern Orthodoxy in Russia discussed at it. The conference "Theology, Culture, Society: Myths and Reality" held in the cultural center "Pokrovsky Gates" on May 14, 2016 was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the candidate of cultural studies Irina Yazykova. The conference was hosted by the Biblical Theological Institute of St.

The Kursk Center for Pediatrics found no signs of extremism in the video messages of MP Olga Li, but the investigation of the Investigative Committee into her case is ongoing. May 20, 2016 MP's lawyer Kursk Regional Duma and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Narodny journalist" Olga Li, Roman Lyzlov, said that the Kursk CPE is not found signs of extremism in the videos with her appeals.

In Kazan, a trial is underway on the case of desecration of the temple-monument of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the winter of 2014. On May 17, 2016, the Vakhitovsky Court of Kazan interrogated the first witnesses in the case of desecration of the church-monument of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the winter of 2014.

On May 20, 2016, the Solntsevsky Court of Moscow extended the arrest of Patimat Gadzhiyeva, a medical university student accused of propagating the ideas of the Islamic State, by three months. Recall that in November 2015, a criminal case was initiated against P. Gadzhiyeva under Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorist activities) and Art.

In the Republic of Bashkortostan, a case against Alexander Kiryanov, a resident of the city of Ufa, was brought to court for a xenophobic video posted on a social network. In May 2016, the Leninsky MSO for the city of Ufa completed the investigation of the criminal case against 28-year-old unemployed resident of the city of Ufa, Alexander Kiryanov. He is charged with Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 205.1 in connection with the spread of the ideas of the Islamic State. On May 20, 2016, it became known that in St. Petersburg, a criminal case was initiated against two citizens of Tajikistan under Part 1 of Art. 205.1 (supporting terrorist activities). The men are suspected of " convincing and recruiting a number of citizens to participate in the international terrorist organization Islamic State" .

The Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case on the fact of publishing Novak-Ezeransky's books "Oriental reflections". May 20, 2016 year it became known that the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Petersburg completed a check on extremism seized in the printing house "Beresta" edition of the book of the Polish publicist Jan Nowak-Jezioranski "Eastern reflections" .