April 26 and 27, 2017 in Yoshkar-Ola for the lecturer of the "School of Journalistic investigations” Galina Sidorova was attacked several times by unknown people. April 26 and 27, 2017 in Yoshkar-Ola for the lecturer of the "School of Journalistic investigations” Galina Sidorova was attacked several times by unknown people.

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a criminal case has been opened against a 46-year-old local resident for xenophobic videos on social networks. In April 2017, the Investigative Department for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Sakhalin Region, initiated a criminal case against a 46-year-old local resident. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

In the Moscow region, a criminal case has been initiated against an 18-year-old resident of Troitsk for a xenophobic drawing on the VKontakte social network. In April 2017, in the Moscow Region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) against an 18-year-old resident of Troitsk for xenophobic publications on the VKontakte social network.

We are publishing the abstracts of the report by Ksenia Sergazina, associate professor at the educational and scientific center for the study of religions of the Russian State University for the Humanities, expert at the SOVA Center, read at the St. Petersburg conference “Freedom of Conscience in Modern Russia” on April 25, 2017.

Residents of Krasnoyarsk began collecting signatures under an appeal to the city Council of Deputies and to the head of the city with a demand not to allow the construction of an Orthodox church on the Yenisei embankment without taking into account the opinion of the townspeople.

On April 26, 2017, local ultra-right activist Georgy Pavlov (Gosha Ariets) was detained in Pskov. On the evening of April 26, 2017 in Pskov, at the intersection of Oktyabrsky Prospekt and Nekrasova Street, local ultra-right activist Georgy Pavlov (Gosha Ariets) was detained. According to the detainee, he "stood with bags" where there were invitations to the action "I'm Tired" on April 29. The police approached him and invited him to the duty station.

In Ufa, a verdict was passed against a healer from the Horde association. On April 24, 2017, it became known that a local resident was sentenced in Ufa. The woman was found guilty under part 3 of Art. 239 of the Criminal Code (creation of a religious or public association or non-profit organization whose activities involve violence against citizens or other harm to their health) and was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

In the Chelyabinsk region, a 19-year-old resident of Magnitogorsk received two and a half years in prison for posting on a social network.

On April 26, 2017, a case was opened in Ryazan against a 22-year-old local resident for xenophobic images and statements that offend veterans and the Orthodox. In April 2017, the Moscow MSO of Ryazan, the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Ryazan Region, opened a criminal case against a 22-year-old local resident, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

The North Caucasian District Military Court passed a verdict against Ruslan Zeytullayev. The convict received 12 years in prison for organizing a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Crimea. Compared to the previous decision , the court toughened the sentence by 5 years. On April 26, 2017, the North Caucasian District Military Court pronounced a verdict against Ruslan Zeytullayev. The convict received 12 years in prison in a strict regime colony for organizing a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Crimea.

On April 21, 2017, a preliminary hearing was held at the Moscow Arbitration Court on the claim of the SOVA Center against Google. The meeting was attended by a lawyer from Roskomsvoboda, who represented the interests of the SOVA Center, and a representative of Google LLC (a subsidiary of Google in Russia). The head office of Google received a notification, but did not send its representatives.