In Kurgan, a case was sent to court against a 31-year-old local resident for audio files and photos on the VKontakte social network. In July 2016, the deputy prosecutor of Kurgan approved the indictment in a criminal case against a 31-year-old local resident accused under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities) and Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred). or enmity).

A banned Islamic text was found in Correctional Colony No. 25 in the Volgograd Region. 8 July 2016 it became known that in the Muslim prayer room, located in the penal colony of the city of Frolov, Volgograd Region, A book included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials was discovered. Prosecutors seized the found book. It is not clear which text is being referred to.

In Nizhny Novgorod, a case against a 29-year-old resident of Moscow about an anti-Semitic attack in October 2015 was brought to court. On July 8, 2016, the Nizhegorodsky District Court received a criminal case against a 29-year-old young man accused under paragraph “e” of Part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, life-threatening, committed on the basis of national hatred).

Prosecutor's office accuses Sevastopol citizen of hatred for Spartak fans In July 2016, the Nakhimovsky District Prosecutor's Office approved the indictment conclusion on the criminal case against Vitaliy Slavikovsky (b. 1986). He is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, and equals humiliation of human dignity).

In Omsk - probably after the intervention of the local diocese - the performance "Round Dance" was cancelled. On July 10, 2016, it became known that in Omsk the Department of Culture canceled the performance of the Lyceum Theater “Round Dance”, staged based on the play of the same name by the Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler by the Polish director Piotr Shalshi. In the 19th century, A. Schnitzler’s play was considered pornographic, but after World War II it became more popular.

We publish a quarterly review of the SOVA Center, dedicated to the problems of implementing freedom of conscience in Russia in April - June 2016. The review is based on news materials published on our website. For more information on the unlawful application of anti-extremist legislation in the religious sphere, see the monthly reviews on this topic. The previous review can be read here .

In Samara, a court ruled to fine and expel from Russia an American priest who arrived on a tourist visa. July 9, 2016 Soviet District Court of Samara Decided to fine for violating immigration laws and deport from Russia by American priest James Francis Mulcahy. The amount of the fine is 2 thousand rubles. According to journalists, the priest arrived to Russia, including in order to marry a homosexual couple, but tourist visa. The lawyer of the detained priest refutes this information.

Especially for the SOVA Center, religious scholar Konstantin Mikhailov commented on the statement of the patriarchal commission on family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood, which opposed the introduction of criminal liability for beating close relatives. At the beginning of July 2016, the media reported that the Patriarch The family commission opposed the introduction of criminal liability for domestic violence.

The organizers of the festival of alternative music Raw Fest received a warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activities. On July 9, 2016, it became known about the cancellation of the two-day festival of alternative music Raw Fest, which was to be held on July 9-10 at the Mars plant in Moscow. The organizers of the festival received a warning from the Taganskaya inter-district prosecutor's office about the inadmissibility of violations of the law on extremism.

In the city of Vladimir, Anatoly Balashov (born 1983) was sentenced to two years of probation with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months for xenphobic publications on the VKontakte social network. In July 2016, the Oktyabrsky District Court of the city of Vladimir sentenced Anatoly Balashov (born 1983) under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

In Kislovodsk, a local resident was fined for a video file on the VKontakte social network. On July 8, 2016, the Kislovodsk City Court considered the case of an administrative offense under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials) against a resident of the resort city of Kislovodsk.