The court decided that appealing to higher powers is not a call that stirs up enmity. On April 25, 2017, the Kurgan city court acquitted the former imam of the city mosque, Ali Yakupov, who was accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity on the basis of belonging to the social group "communists"). The court decided that there was no corpus delicti in Yakupov's actions and recognized his right to rehabilitation.

Law enforcement agencies believe that the banned "Muslim Fortress" was kept in a prayer house for distribution purposes. On April 25, 2017, the prosecutor's office of the Chelyabinsk region reported that in the Krasnoarmeysky district of a resident, an administrative case was initiated against a resident of the regional center under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). It was transferred to the Krasnoarmeisky District Court.

A student from Kyrgyzstan was beaten up in Novosibirsk. In April 2017 in Novosibirsk at the bus stop, the group young people attacked a student from Kyrgyzstan. A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed by a group of persons). The suspect - Aleksey Bakhtin - was detained on April 22. Sources Minaeva V. SOBR detained a neo-Nazi in Novosibirsk for beating a Kyrgyz student // TVNZ. April 24, 2017

The activities of the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses were legally suspended, the court decided. On April 24, 2017, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow denied the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia a claim to invalidate the order of the Ministry of Justice to suspend its activities.

In April 2017, a case of a series of murders of homeless people and an attack on a visitor was brought to court in Moscow .

April 25, 2017 in Moscow, the court sentenced to two and a half years general regime colony of nationalist Dmitry Demushkin. On April 25, 2017, the Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced him to two and a half years general regime colony of the ex-leader of the banned Association "Russians" and the banned organization "Slavic Union" Dmitry Demushkin. He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred and enmity).

Magomed Magomedov found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code. April 25, 2017 North Caucasian District Military Court delivered a sentence under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of terrorist organizations) to a resident of Makhachkala Magomed Magomedov. He was found guilty of involvement in the activities of the religious-political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia as a terrorist one. There is no word on his sentencing.

The prosecutor's office of Chechnya has achieved a ban on a video with a speech by video blogger Ilya Davydov. On April 20, 2017, the video “Joke about the Koran” with a speech by video blogger Ilya Davydov, known as Maddison, was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials under number 4086. The video was declared extremist by the Zavodskoy District Court of Grozny on February 22, 2017. This is an excerpt from Davydov's 2012 speech.

In the Samara region, a criminal case has been initiated against a local resident for creating an organization of football fans. In April 2017, in the Samara region, a criminal case was initiated against a local resident suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (organization of an extremist community).

A criminal case has been initiated in Nizhnevartovsk over seven video materials, the content of which is aimed at inciting hatred on grounds of attitude towards religion. In April 2017, in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, a criminal case was initiated against a resident of Nizhnevartovsk, born in 1987. He was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

In Domodedovo, the prosecutor's office sent to court a criminal case against Sergei Chadayev, who is accused of posting xenophobic photographs and videos on social networks. In April 2017, the Domodedovo city prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the criminal case of 38-year-old Sergei Chadayev. He is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity).

In Saratov, local nationalist Andrey Martsev was arrested for 10 days for posting a video “Maxim Bazylev – Revolutionary Wars” on the social network VKontakte. On April 25, 2017, the Kirovsky District Court of Saratov arrested Andrei Martsev, a local nationalist, under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production and distribution of extremist materials).

On April 22, 2017 in Novosibirsk SOBR detained Aleksey Bakhtin (White Pride) for beating a student from Kyrgyzstan. On April 22, 2017, SOBR officers detained Aleksey Bakhtin near a shopping center in Novosibirsk. The group of “warriors of the third world” on the social network “VKontakte” reported that its leader, nicknamed White Pride, had been detained. Bakhtin is in a temporary detention center, the issue of arrest is being decided.