In the Bryansk region, a 19-year-old resident of the Gordeevsky district, Yevgeny Meleshenko, was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison on probation for xenophobic publications on social networks. In January 2017, it became known that in the Bryansk region, the court passed a sentence in the case of 19-year-old resident of the Gordeevsky district, Yevgeny Meleshenko. Recall that the young man was charged with Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

In December 2016, three people were injured as a result of neo-Nazi attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In addition, an African girl was killed in Moscow. In total, according to our data, at the end of 2016, such attacks have occurred in 16 regions of Russia resulting in seven deaths and at least 69 injuries. Furthermore, 3 people received serious death threats. Of course, these figures are only preliminary and it is premature to compare them with our data from previous years.

Providers expect heavy fines for non-compliance blocking and unblocking duties sites. eleven January 2017, the State Duma approved during second reading governmental bill to strengthen responsibility of internet providers for failure to fulfill obligations blocking pages based on information, received from Roskomnadzor. Bill was submitted to the State Duma on June 17, 2016 and adopted on first reading on October 7, 2016.

The Ural activist will remain in a psychiatric hospital for another six months. On January 10, 2017, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk for the second time extended by six months the period of compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital for local activist, founder of the Church of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Alexei Moroshkin, known as Andrey Breiva. Moroshkin was accused under Part 2 of Art.

The Yaroslavl authorities announced in state clinics a "day no abortions" in memory of the massacre of babies in Bethlehem. January 11, 2017 in all state medical institutions of the Yaroslavl region held a "day without abortion." With such initiative of the regional department of health and the Yaroslavl Metropolis jointly performed in memory of the "Bethlehem babies killed by King Herod, who wanted to destroy the born God-child.

In Sevastopol, a court sentenced Vitaly Slavikovsky (born 1986) to two years in prison for inciting national hatred and hatred towards the fans of the Spartak football club. In January 2017, it became known that on August 31, 2016, the Nakhimovsky District Court of Sevastopol passed a sentence in a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national and social hatred).

In Rostov-on-Don, the court began to consider the case against 26-year-old Anton Bragin, accused of publishing xenophobic materials on the social network, calls for terrorism and escape from the military unit. In January 2017, in Rostov-on-Don, the trial in the case against 26-year-old local resident Anton Bragin, who is charged with incitement to national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), justification of terrorism (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code); 1 st.

In December 2016, the Public Collegium for Complaints against the press, made decisions on complaints from the Church of Scientology in Moscow and Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg. The reason for applying to the board was two reports published on July 10 and 17, 2016 on the St. Petersburg Channel Five under under the general name "Rippers of Souls", and the RIA Novosti report about a search in Church of Scientology Moscow, June 22, 2016.

In January 2017 in the city of Zelenokumsk, Stavropol edge to 120 hours of compulsory work, the court sentenced 20-year-old Anton Pavlenko, found guilty of publishing xenophobic materials on a social network. In January 2017 in the city of Zelenokumsk, Stavropol region was sentenced in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code).

Representative "Communists of Russia" threatened Berl Lazar with deprivation of dignity for a negative assessment the activities of Lenin and Stalin and the call to bury Lenin.