In June 2017, cases of discrimination became known Jehovah's Witnesses in several regions: believers after the decision of the Supreme Court RF on the liquidation of the centralized organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was fired from work or threatened with dismissal.

In Tatarstan, a 24-year-old resident of the Sarmanovsky district was fined for displaying extremist paraphernalia on a social network. In June 2017, the Sarmanovsky District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan held a 24-year-old local resident administratively liable under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of paraphernalia of extremist organizations). The offender was fined.

In Tatarstan, a 38-year-old resident of Nizhnekamsk was fined for showing extremist organization paraphernalia on the Internet. In June 2017, in Tatarstan, a 38-year-old resident of Nizhnekamsk was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (public demonstration of paraphernalia of extremist organizations).

Follower of "Falun Gong" brought to administrative responsibility. On June 5, 2017, the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia found Sergey Tuguzhekov, a follower of the Chinese spiritual practice "Falun Gong", guilty of an offense under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials), and fined him 2,000 rubles.

In the city of Sochi, a 54-year-old local resident was fined for distributing extremist materials. In June 2017, in the city of Sochi, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (dissemination of extremist materials).

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in May 2017. Rulemaking 24 May 2017 Vladimir Putin signed the law on administrative supervision of persons released from places of deprivation of liberty. According to the law, the provisions on administrative supervision, changes are introduced that affect, in particular, the fate of those convicted under anti-extremist and anti-terrorist articles.

In Yakutia, a criminal case has been initiated against a 21-year-old resident of the village of Kutana, Suntarsky district, for making a xenophobic comment on a social network. In June 2017, the Nyurbinsky MCO of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

In the city of Ivanovo, a criminal case has been initiated against a member of the organization "Spiritual and Ancestral Power of Rus'". In June 2017, a criminal case under part 2 was initiated in the city of Ivanovo article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

The Church of Scientology in St. Petersburg was again searched illegal business. This time, two more articles of the Criminal Code are reported. On June 6, 2017, FSB officers searched the premises Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg and the homes of some believers. The search was carried out under Art. 171 (illegal business), Art. 282 (excitement hatred) and Art. 282.1 (organization of an extremist community) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On June 6, 2017, three supporters of blogger Vyacheslav Maltsev were searched in Krasnoyarsk. Employees of the FSB department for the Krasnoyarsk Territory stopped the activists of the Artpodgotovka movement Sergei Zinov, Alexander Zaitsev and Oksana Pokhodun. The detainees were shown the decision of the Central District Court for a search as part of operational work. A search was conducted in the apartments of the activists, during which computers, cameras, and telephones were confiscated.