A resident of Starodub, Bryansk region, has been sentenced for xenophobic materials on a social network. In the city of Starodub, Bryansk region, a sentence was passed in a criminal case against 22-year-old Sergei Lysenko. The court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred and enmity).

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court refused to satisfy the claim prosecutor's office on the recognition of extremist and liquidation of the local religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses. On June 3, 2016, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court refused the regional prosecutor's office, which demanded the liquidation of the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist.

In Magnitogorsk, the court sentenced a student to 120 hours of compulsory work Magnitogorsk College, football fan and member of the right-wing organization Misanthropic Division. On June 6, 2016, the Ordzhonikidzevsky District Court sentenced a Magnitogorsk college student, football fan and member of the Misanthropic Division organization to 120 hours of compulsory labor under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

We publish report by Svetlana Solodovnik on the conference “Religious factor in the socio-political life of Russia and the countries of the European Union”. Institute Europe RAS held the VI scientific-practical conference dedicated to the religious factor and socio-political life in the European space.

In the Kemerovo region, a case was brought to court against a resident of the Tyazhinskiy district for publications on the VKontakte social network. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo region completed the investigation of a criminal case against an 18-year-old resident of the Tyazhinskiy district, accused under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity), part 1 of Art.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant developments in the field of illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in May 2016. Rulemaking In mid-May, the State Duma adopted in the first reading, a package of two bills on combating terrorist and extremist activity, introduced by a member of the Federation Council Viktor Ozerov and deputy Irina Yarovaya.

In Stupino, the city prosecutor's office filed a criminal case against Otar Balanchivadze for posting xenophobic videos and texts on the VKontakte network. In June 2016, the Stupino city prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the criminal case against Otar Balanchivadze. He is accused of pgo part 1 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

In Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan, a sentence was passed for a video posted on the VKontakte social network. In Ufa, a sentence was passed against a 28-year-old local resident, accused under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred). Recall that in March 2015, Kiryanov posted a video on his page on the VKontakte social network, in which experts saw "inciting nationalist hatred and enmity." The defendant pleaded guilty and deleted the video.