In Kaliningrad, a criminal case has been brought to court for xenophobic comments on the VKontakte social network. The prosecutor of the Central District of the city of Kaliningrad approved the indictment in a criminal case against a 43-year-old Kaliningrader.

In September 2016, from attacks by far-right at least 8 people were injured in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk region and Krasnodar Territory. 4 people have died from racist violence since the beginning of 2016 and 43 people were injured or beaten, 3 received serious death threats. Racist attacks were recorded in 11 regions of Russia. In September, xenophobic vandals injured five objects in the Kaliningrad and Kemerovo regions, the Perm Territory and the Republic Tatarstan.

The Taganrog court fined a representative of the Society for Krishna Consciousness for holding a procession on June 22 - the day the Great Patriotic War began - without notice. September 30th 2016, it became known that the Taganrog City Court fined a member of the Taganrog community of the International Society for Consciousness Krishna Igor Borisovich Gaivoronsky for holding a religious procession without notifications. The court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art.

Upon the attack on Moscow Choral Synagogue on the eve of the Jewish New Year criminal case of hooliganism. On October 3, 2016, it became known that following the attack on Moscow Choral Synagogue initiated a criminal case under Part 2 Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia believes that such qualification is inaccurate, paragraph “b” of Part 1 of Art.

Orthodox activists called on the leader of the Leningrad group, Sergei Shnurov, to refrain from swearing on stage. October 3, 2016 representatives of a public organization "Orthodox Union" circulated in the media an open appeal to Sergei Shnurov (Group "Leningrad") with a reminder of the responsibility for public use of profanity.

The Oryol regional court upheld the conviction of Baptist missionary Donald Jay Ossevaarda for holding Bible meetings in the city. September 30th 2016, the Oryol Regional Court considered the appeal of US citizen Donald Jay Ossevaarde, who was fined for holding Bible meetings in Orel. Orlovsky the regional court upheld the verdict of the Zheleznodorozhny district court of Orel, who recognized American guilty under Part 5 of Art.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in September 2016. Rulemaking At the beginning of September 2016, in the midst of election campaign, deputies from the Communist Party Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov submitted to the State Duma a bill providing for inclusion in the Criminal Code of a new article on insulting the feelings of veterans.

In Karelia, a religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was fined under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. 3 October 2016, it became known that the Petrozavodsk City Court fined local religious organization Witnesses Jehovah for 50 thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (mass distribution of extremist materials or their storage for the purpose of distribution).

A well-known blogger and media manager was found guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code in inciting hatred towards the Syrians. 3 October 2016 Presnensky the Moscow court recognized the blogger and media manager Anton Nosik guilty By Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) in publications in personal blog entries titled "Wipe Syria off the face of Earth". Spout sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

In Kostroma, a criminal case has been initiated against a minor college student for xenophobic photo and video materials on a social network. In the Kostroma region, a criminal case was initiated against a 17-year-old resident of Kostroma, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

A citizen of Tajikistan was fined for publishing a lecture by an Islamic preacher On September 27, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Irkutsk region reported that a citizen of Tajikistan was prosecuted under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). By the decision of the Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk dated September 16, 2016, Ravshan Sullaimonov was fined 1 thousand rubles.

In Tver, a 36-year-old local resident was convicted for xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. At the end of September 2016, the Zavolzhsky District Court of the Tver Region sentenced a 36-year-old resident of the city of Tver. He was found guilty by the court under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity on the grounds of sex, race, nationality).