Imam Ravil Kaibaliyev was shot dead in the Stavropol Territory. Members of the Muslim community attribute the murder to the pressure of the security forces and the human rights activities of the victim. September 26, 2016 on the road from Budennovsk to Kara-Tube (Stavropol Territory) Imam Ravil Kaybaliev was killed. Police found on the side of the road road the body of the murdered man with numerous gunshots wounds. The imam's car was parked nearby.

In Bugulma, 26-year-old Valeria Yakovlev was convicted for making xenophobic videos on social media. In September 2016, a court in Bugulma delivered a verdict in a criminal case against 26-year-old Valery Yakovlev. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity). The court found that from June 2013 to February 2014, Yakovlev posted four xenophobic videos in free access on his page in one of the social networks on the Internet.

Especially for the SOVA Center, religious scholar Konstantin Mikhailov commented on the disruption of the exhibition of American photographer Jock Sturges at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography.

From 19 to 30 September 2016, in Warsaw the annual OSCE conference takes place . On September 26, the head of the information and analytical center "Sova" spoke at the working session "Tolerance and non-discrimination I". We publish the text of the speech. Dear Madam Moderator, Dear Participants conferences!

On September 27, 2016, the court sentenced the leader of the RFO "Memory" Vladimir Ratnikov to a suspended sentence for xenophobic songs in the social network. On September 27, 2016, a verdict was passed in a criminal case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) against the leader of the RFO "Pamyat", the leader of the Moscow branch of the Committee "Nation and Freedom" (KNS) Vladimir (Ratnikov) Komarnitsky for xenophobic songs on the social network.

From 19 to 30 September 2016, in Warsaw the annual OSCE conference takes place . On September 27, an expert from the SOVA Information and Analytical Center spoke at a working session "Basic Freedoms I". We publish the text of the speech. Dear participants of the conference, I would like to draw your attention to some of the most acute problems in the field of freedom of conscience that are now available in Russia.

In Lipetsk, a criminal case was brought to court against a 20-year-old student for publishing materials on the VKontakte social network. In September 2016, the Investigative Department for the Left Bank District of Lipetsk of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Lipetsk Region completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 20-year-old college student accused under Part 2 of Art.

A criminal case has been initiated in the Stavropol Territory in connection with the murder of the imam of a mosque in Kara-Tube. September 27 2016, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated in the Stavropol Territory in connection with the murder of the imam of the Kara-Tube mosque Ravil Kaybaliev. Recall the imam was killed on 26 September. His body was found on the side of the road leading from Budyonnovsk to Kara-Tyube.

The State Duma Committee on Religious Organizations was headed by Sergei Gavrilov, a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the head of an inter-factional group for the protection of Christian values, known as an opponent of new religious movements. September 27 2016, it became known that the State Duma Committee on Affairs public associations and religious organizations headed by a representative faction of the Communist Party Sergei Gavrilov.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Mordovia confirmed the decision to impose a fine under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses against the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk, after which the organization received a warning from the prosecutor's office. 27 September 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Mordovia announced that it had issued local religious leader organization Jehovah's Witnesses "Saransk" invalid warning extremist activity.