In Arkhangelsk, a criminal case has been initiated against an unemployed 34-year-old resident of the city for comments in the "Tin in Arkhangelsk" group. In Arkhangelsk, a criminal case was initiated against the unemployed 34-year-old resident of the city under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

In June 2016, in the Kemerovo region, a criminal case was initiated against an 18-year-old resident of the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky for photos and videos on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the case was referred to the court for consideration on the merits. In June 2016, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region initiated a criminal case against an 18-year-old resident of the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, suspected under Part 1 of Art.

In Murmansk, a 25-year-old local resident was fined for promoting Nazi symbols on a social network. In June 2016, the Leninsky District Court brought a 25-year-old local resident to administrative responsibility for hours. 1 Article. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols).

In the Kaluga region, a court sentenced a 31-year-old offender to administrative arrest for a period of five days for photos with a Nazi swastika on a social network. In June 2016, the Kaluga District Court of the Kaluga Region found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) of a 31-year-old offender, he was sentenced to administrative arrest for a period of five days.

In the Tyumen region, the prosecutor's office demanded that the religious group of Evangelical Christians-Baptists file a notice with Ministry of Justice, which, according to the law, the group should not do.

In Moscow, searches were held at the publishing house "Institute of Russian Civilization" At the end of June 2016, in Moscow, in Bolshoi Predtechensky Lane, the publishing house "Institute of Russian Civilization" was searched. According to preliminary data, law enforcement officers were looking for extremist literature. Documents and magnetic media were confiscated to test for extremism.

Employees of the "E" center found in the house of a resident of the Irkutsk region the book "The True Religion of Allah", which is included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. On June 28, 2016, the prosecutor’s office of the Irkutsk district of the Irkutsk region announced that it had issued a warning to 40-year-old local resident D. about the inadmissibility of breaking the law after A. A. V. Philips’ book “The True Religion of Allah” was found in her home.

In Orenburg, a court issued a verdict for audio recordings directed against the natives of the Caucasus and Central Asia, in the social network. On June 27, 2016, the Industrial District Court of Orenburg issued a sentence under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred).

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in May 2016.

In Salekhard, the court found 23-year-old Alexei Moldanov guilty of spreading extremist materials and sentenced him to five days arrest. In June 2016, the Salekhard city court found 23-year-old Aleksey Moldanov guilty under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of extremist materials). The court sentenced the young man to five days of arrest.

The authors of the Twitter account of the Khabarovsk Cathedral of the Assumption of God Mothers urged the townspeople not to participate in the festival of colors, as it is "planted" Hare Krishnas and other neo-Hindu sects. The holiday, however, took place. June 24, 2016 on Twitter of the Khabarovsk Cathedral of the Assumption The Mother of God there were records warning the townspeople against participating in the festival colors of Holi as part of Youth Day.

Deputy Oleg Mikheev wants to consider "discrediting Russia" a crime against the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the state. On June 28, 2016, MP Oleg Mikheev (A Just Russia) submitted to the State Duma a draft law on the introduction of criminal liability for discrediting Russia.

Russia is introducing a crime prevention system, including in the field of countering extremism. On June 23, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law "On the Fundamentals of the Crime Prevention System in the Russian Federation".

In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the FSB spokesman stated that the activities of Protestant organizations threaten the security of Russia and contributes to the "strengthening of religious contradictions." On June 2, 2016, a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra countering extremist activity.

We are republishing a transcript of the conversation between Konstantin Eggert and Svetlana Solodovnik on the Dozhd TV channel about the results of the last Pan-Orthodox Council and the amendments adopted by the State Duma limiting missionary activity. World Orthodoxy turned out to be not very united. The Holy and Great Orthodox Council, the first in more than a thousand years, ended on the Greek island of Crete.