We are republishing an article by lawyer Anatoly Pchelintsev about testing the Bible for "extremism" in the publication of the Association of Evangelical Christians "Gideon", published on November 23, 2016 on the website of Moskovsky Komsomolets. Customs allocated a quarter of a million to search for extremism in the New Testament How Comrade Lenin banned the import of the synodal translation of the Bible I never cease to be amazed at the actions of our officials, including those in uniform.

Here is a list of known attacks on Witnesses Jehovah in different regions in 2016. February 7 in Moscow, a woman attacked on two preachers in the street. Believers received bodily injuries. February 15 in Moscow, residents of one a preacher who was walking around the entrance was beaten from the apartments. February 20 in the village of Volodarsky Orenburg region aggressive men attacked two preachers and beat one of them.

In November 2016, a criminal case was initiated in Tula under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 30-year-old local resident who published a number of xenophobic photographs, videos and audio recordings. In November 2016, a criminal case was initiated in Tula under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The beginning of the process was marked by the arrival of the National Guard in court. November 23, 2016 in the Tverskoy Court of Moscow hearings on the case on the continuation of the activities of the banned "Army of Will people" (AVN) (part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), initiated against a publicist Yuri Mukhin and his associates Valery Parfenov, Alexander Sokolov and Kirill Barabasha.

In November 2016, in the city of Apatity, Murmansk Region, a court fined 1,000 rubles to a local resident, Semyon Nechaev, who was found guilty of publishing some previously banned racist videos. In November 2016, in the city of Apatity, Murmansk Region, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials).

In Bashkiria, the security forces disrupted the service of Jehovah's Witnesses, conducting "anti-terror exercises". November 13, 2016 in the village of Priyutovo (Bashkiria) representatives of law enforcement agencies disrupted the divine service of Jehovah's Witnesses agreed with the authorities. To the house culture, where about 600 believers from all over the republic gathered, people arrived in sports suits, wearing masks and carrying machine guns, and blocked the entrances to the building.