Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky SUMMARY : STANDARD-MAKING : MAIN DIRECTIONS OF PERSECUTION : Ideological opponents of the authorities : "Ukrainian issue" : Other "separatism" : Incitement of hatred towards government officials : Fight against "justification of terrorism" : Religious groups : Hizb ut-Tahrir : Tablighi Jamaat : Followers of Said Nursi : Other Muslims : Jehovah's Witnesses : Yehovists-Ilyins : Costs of the struggle for tolerance : Fight against "offenders to the feelings of

Gadzhi Ramazanov was sentenced to two years in prison. On March 20, 2017, the North Caucasian District Military Court recognized Gadzhi Ramazanova guilty under part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code in participation in the activities of religious and political Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia as a terrorist party. Ramazanov sentenced to two years in prison general mode.

Privolzhsky district military court issued a guilty verdict in the case of the Chistopol Jamaat. Its participants were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 16 to 24 years. On March 23, 2017, the Volga District Military Court ruled guilty verdict against nine people involved in case the Chistopolsky jamaat". According to the totality of crimes committed, by partial addition of punishments: 38-year-old Marat Sabirov was sentenced to 24 years in a strict regime colony under Part 1 of Art.

In March 2017, in Omsk, a court fined a local resident found guilty of publishing a banned audio clip on a social network and Images. In March 2017, an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). The case was initiated against a local resident who published in network "VKontakte" some prohibited audio recordings. Details, unfortunately, were not reported.

In March 2017, in the city of Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Region, a court sentenced a 40-year-old local resident to 3 years in prison, who was found guilty of publishing materials on a social network calling for violence against law enforcement officers. In March 2017, in the city of Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Region, a verdict was passed in the case of public incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

The court sentenced the community to a fine of 100,000 rubles for possession of prohibited materials for the purpose of distribution. March 9, 2017 Leninsky District Court of Smolensk fined the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses 100 thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for the storage of extremist materials for the purpose of their mass distribution.

In March 2017 in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region a criminal case was initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 34-year-old local resident, suspected of publishing xenophobic posts in the community "On the Roads Magnets!” on the social network VKontakte. In March 2017 in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region a criminal case was initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate).

In March 2017, in the Kaluga region, the court recognized extremist five xenophobic videos. In March 2017, in the Kaluga region, the court considered the claim prosecutor's office to recognize five videos as extremist. The videos were reported to contain calls for "implementation of extremist activity." What kind of videos are we talking about, unfortunately, not disclosed. The court satisfied the prosecutor's claim in full. The decision has already entered into force.