In the Kemerovo region, a case was sent to court against a 21-year-old resident of the Yurginsky district for photo and video materials on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo region completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 21-year-old resident of the Yurginsky district, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

On August 19, 2016, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials. Item 3818 was added to it: Islamist article. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated August 19, 2016 3818.

In Tver, a case was initiated against a 36-year-old local resident for xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the Zavolzhsky MSO of Tver of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tver Region opened a criminal case against a 36-year-old local resident, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

On August 15, 2016, lawyers from the Center for the Protection of Digital Rights and Roskomsvoboda, acting in the interests of the SOVA center, filed a lawsuit against Google with the Moscow Arbitration Court. The lawsuit contains a demand to restore two links leading to the site of our center in the issuance of the Google search engine.

The prosecutor's office of the Tomsk region sent to the Seversky city court a criminal case on incitement to violence on the Internet "for the application of a coercive measure of a medical nature." In August 2016, the First Deputy Prosecutor of the Tomsk Region approved a decision to send the criminal case to court for the application of a compulsory medical measure.

On August 23, 2016, a court in Omsk fined V. Kolesnik for publishing extremist materials on the VKontakte social network. On August 23, 2016, the Leninsky District Court of Omsk passed a sentence against V. Kolesnik under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials included in the published federal list extremist materials, as well as their storage for the purpose of mass distribution). According to the case file, V.

The court banned the online library of Jehovah's Witnesses At the end of July 2016, the online library of literature of Jehovah's Witnesses wol.ps8318.com was added to the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The decision to ban the site was made by the Frunzensky District Court of Ivanovo on May 31, 2016. Experts at the SOVA Center believe that the ban on brochures of Jehovah's Witnesses for extremism is unlawful and is a form of religious discrimination.

In 2015, the Almetyevsk City Court of Tatarstan banned al-Usaymin's "Comments on the Three Foundations". In August 2016, was added to the Federal List of Extremist Materials. the second edition in Russian of the book by Salafi theologian from Saudi Arabia Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin "Commentaries on the Three Foundations" The book was recognized as extremist on May 19, 2016 by the Almetyevsk City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In Kostroma, a local resident was fined for the song of the group "Kolovrat" "Heroes of the ROA" in the social network "VKontakte". In August 2016, in Kostroma, a court fined a local resident under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials included in the published federal list of extremist materials).

In Voronezh, a criminal case has been initiated against a 29-year-old local resident for a xenophobic video file on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region initiated a criminal case against a 29-year-old resident of Voronezh, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

In the Krasnodar Territory, an 18-year-old local resident was fined for extremist songs and videos on a social network. In August 2016, the Kanevsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory recognized an 18-year-old local resident guilty of committing an administrative offense under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials included in the federal list extremist materials) and sentenced him to a fine.

The first six months of 2016 saw continued restructuring in theultra-right wing of Russia's political spectrum, started in the spring of 2014 whenthe conflict in Ukraine entered its hot phase. A split in nationalist ranksover the events in the neighboring country and Russia's role in them, a dramaticincrease in criminal cases against right-wing leaders, and a changing politicalsituation – together, they had an earthquake effect which substantially changedthe ultra-right landscape.

In the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gorbatenko was convicted for xenophobic appeals on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the Knyazhpogost District Court Republic of Komi issued a guilty verdict against Vyacheslav Gorbatenko. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for the implementation extremist activities). He was sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years serving a sentence in a strict regime correctional colony.

On August 23, 2016, it became known that the Federal List of Extremist organizations published on the official website of the Ministry of Justice was one organization added: "TulaSkins" movement.