In Chelyabinsk, the case of a 19-year-old local resident was brought to court for xenophobic materials on the social network. In May 2017, in the Nagaybaksky district of Chelyabinsk, a case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) against a 19-year-old local resident was brought to court. According to law enforcement officers, from February 2014 to October 2015, the young man posted nationalist propaganda materials on his page on the social network.

On May 4, 2017, the Basmanny Court of Moscow returned to the prosecutor's office the criminal case of the former presidential envoy to Sakhalin Vitaly Guliy, the author of the book "The foot of the Russian Olympus", accused of inciting national hatred. On May 4, 2017, the Basmanny Court of Moscow returned to the prosecutor's office the criminal case of the former presidential envoy to Sakhalin, Vitaly Guliy, to eliminate violations.

Complaints from Ivan Gorodisky and Aleksey Mandrigeli have been sent to the ECtHR. On May 10, 2017, it became known that the lawyers of the international human rights group "Agora" applied to The European Court of Human Rights with complaints against two decisions made by Russian courts under Art. 20.3 Administrative Code for displaying the swastika on social media. We are talking about the cases of Ivan Gorodisky from Kamenka Penza region and Kuban PARNAS activist Alexei Mandrigeli .

In the Surgut district of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug after the speech at a meeting of an Orthodox priest who announced that Baptists, Pentecostals and Jehovah's Witnesses "interfered with our victory", the district police officer came to the Protestant pastor and declared that his faith was "forbidden on territory of the Russian Federation".

In early May 2017, cases of vandalism became known, following the Supreme Court's decision to ban the Witness Administration Center Jehovah in Russia and local religious organizations under his jurisdiction. The first of these incidents occurred within a few hours. following the decision to ban. April 20 a group of men in two cars drove up to the building of Jehovah's Witnesses on Kolomyazhsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg and cars blocked the exit.

On May 1, 2017, in addition to Moscow, May Day marches of the ultra-right, traditionally called “Russian May Day,” took place in several cities of the country. IN St. Petersburg ultra-right joined the citywide procession and marched in it with two separate columns. In the first were activists from the National Democratic parties, the RNF, the movements of the Russian St. Petersburg, Great Russia, etc.

In Komi, two schoolchildren aged 14 and 16 threw eggs at the temple and smashed the windows. A vandalism case has been opened. On May 6, 2017, it became known that two teenagers in Sosnogorsk (Komi Republic) threw eggs at a local Orthodox church and smashed glass. The priest and the watchman detained a 16-year-old girl and her 14 year old friend.

6 May at the match "Spartak" - "Tom" fans of "Spartak" held an action dedicated to the statement of Sergei Shnurov (Leningrad group) that during the concert at the Otkritie Arena Spartak stadium, he will sing songs about Zenit. fans posted a portrait of Shnurov as a Jew (with sidelocks) and a banner with the text: "Drove me Seryoga One day to the synagogue. homeless there was a lot A Miller was alone.

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky SUMMARY LEGISLATION : Initiatives not (yet) successfully progressed PROBLEMS RELATING TO PLACES OF WORSHIP : Problems with the construction of religious buildings : Problems with existing religious buildings : Positive resolutions DEFENDING BELIEVERS’ FEELINGS : Top-down defence : Defence from below PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ACCORDED CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BY THE AUTHORITIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR

On May 6, 2017, in Moscow on Sakharov Avenue, several groups of ultra-rightists took part in the action "Against political repressions". May 6, 2017 in Moscow on Sakharov Avenue, several groups far-right took part in the opposition action "Against political repressions".

In Kiselevsk, Kemerovo region, unidentified people tried to set fire to and robbed the house of prayer of the Pentecostals. On May 8, 2017, vandals attacked a house prayers of Christians of the Evangelical faith (Pentecostals) in Kiselevsk Kemerovo areas. Unknown people broke the window and tried to set fire to the house of prayer. After that, it was discovered that an electric guitar and DVD player.

On the evening of May 9, 2017 in Novomoskovsk, Tula region a vandal broke a window in the building of the church of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) "Source strength." According to the believers, on the video from the camera of the outdoor observation shows how a man approached the door of the building, spent some time there time (probably knocking on the door with their feet, since the door turned out to be dirty).