In Tula, the case of 29-year-old Sergei Ionov was brought to court for xenophobic files on the VKontakte social network. In February 2017, the prosecutor's office of the Proletarsky district of Tula approved the indictment in a criminal case against 29-year-old Sergei Ionov under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred and enmity).

In the Republic of Altai, a criminal case has been initiated against a resident of Gorno-Altaisk for materials on the VKontakte social network. In February 2017, in the Republic of Altai, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities) against a resident of Gorno-Altaisk.

The State Duma approved large fines for providers for failure to fulfill their obligations to block and unblock sites. On February 10, 2017, the State Duma adopted in the third reading a government bill that provides for increased liability of Internet providers for failure to fulfill their obligations to block pages based on information received from Roskomnadzor.

On February 6, 2017, in Belgorod, A. Esakov was fined for the song of the Kolovrat group on the VKontakte social network. On February 6, 2017, the Sverdlovsky District Court of Belgorod ruled under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (storage for the purpose of mass distribution of extremist materials included in the published federal list of extremist materials). A. Esakov was found guilty of committing an administrative offense and fined 1,000 rubles.

The bill prohibits the establishment of mass media convicted of extremist crimes and allows Roskomnadzor to stop the distribution of foreign publications for violating anti-extremist legislation. On February 10, 2017, the State Duma approved in the first reading the draft amendments to the federal law "On the Mass Media", introduced in December 2015 and recommended by the relevant committee in January 2017.

In Kalmykia, a resident of Elista was fined for distributing extremist materials on the VKontakte social network. On December 27, 2016, the Elista City Court of the Republic of Kalmykia fined under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials, included in the published federal list of extremist materials) 21-year-old resident of Elista for 2,000 rubles.

In Mineralnye Vody, an underage girl is accused of rehabilitating Nazism. At the end of January 2017, a criminal case was initiated in the Stavropol Territory against a 17-year-old girl suspected under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism).

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in January 2017 . Lawmaking On January 11, 2017, the State Duma approved in the second reading a government bill to strengthen the responsibility of Internet providers for failure to fulfill their obligations to block webpages.

A teacher from Vladivostok will be tried under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On February 10, 2017, the Primorsky Territory Prosecutor's Office announced that it had approved the indictment in the criminal case against I., born in 1988. The case initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (humiliation of the human dignity of a group of persons united on the basis of nationality), sent to court.

The building of the Nikolo-Gostinodvorsky temple in Kazan, formerly occupied by the Republican State Committee for Archival Affairs, transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. Committee move to another building. February 6, 2017 Ministry of Land and Property relations of the Republic of Tatarstan was transferred to the ownership of the Kazan diocese building on Kremlin street.

In Nizhny Novgorod, a criminal case has been opened against a 32-year-old local resident for xenophobic comments on a social network. In April 2017, the case was referred to the court for consideration on the merits. In February 2017, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, a criminal case was initiated against a 32-year-old local resident, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

In Yekaterinburg, the security forces conducted an inspection of the migration legislation in the mosque during prayer. Some of the believers have been detained. February 10, 2017 the police together with the officers The FSB and Center "E" carried out a raid in Yekaterinburg's "Nur-Usman" mosque. As The reasons given are the verification of immigration laws. The security forces entered the mosque during the Friday prayer and began check the documents of the audience.