On June 20, 2017, the Moscow District Military Court delivered a verdict in the case of members of the Misanthropic Division movement. On June 20, 2017, the Moscow District Military Court delivered a verdict in the case three participants in the movement Misanthropic Division (banned in the Russian Federation) by Vitaly Tsaruka, Viktor Pekhterev and Kirill Khalepo. The defendants were found guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) and Art.

The building of the temple in the Sormovsky district, previously recognized as an illegal structure, was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. Residents of the city opposed the construction of this temple for several years. June 19, 2017 became It is known that the building of the temple in the Sormovsky district, previously recognized as an illegal building, was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. The construction of the temple began in 2012.

In the Kaluga Region, A. Spitsyn, a resident of the city of Belousovo, was fined for the audio clip “Grotto and 25/17 – Smoke” on the VKontakte social network. On June 1, 2017, the Zhukovsky District Court of the Kaluga Region issued a verdict in an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials). The case was initiated against A. Spitsyn, a 23-year-old resident of the city of Belousovo, Zhukovsky district.

A resident of Alexandrov, Vladimir Region, was fined under Art. 20.28 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On June 20, 2017, the prosecutor's office of the Vladimir region reported that in Aleksandrov a local resident was fined under Part 1 of Art. 20.28 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organization of the activities of a religious association, in respect of which a decision has been made to suspend its activities). The amount of the fine was not reported.

In Moscow, the case of Yevgeny Sokolov, accused of attacks on migrants in the Moscow metro in February 2016, has been brought to court. In June 2017, an investigation into the criminal case of 25-year-old Yevgeny Sokolov was completed in Moscow. He is charged under Part 3 of Art. 30, paragraphs "a", "and" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder of two or more persons out of hooligan motives), paragraph "and" part 2 of Art.

The publication Questions of Youth. Practical Advice. Volume 2 has been added to the Federal List of Extremist Materials. On June 15, 2017, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was supplemented with the publication Questions of Youth. Practical Advice. Volume 2 (NY, 2008). The decision to ban the book was made on March 24, 2017 by the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don at the suit of the Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office.

In Teykovo, a criminal case has been opened against a 29-year-old local resident for xenophobic images and texts on the social network. In June 2017, the Teikovsky MSO of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Ivanovo Region opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

Residents of Rostov-on-Don began collecting signatures against the construction of an Orthodox church in the park named after. Anatoly Sobino. June 19, 2017 became it is known that the residents of Rostov-on-Don began collecting signatures against the construction of an Orthodox temple in the park to them. Anatoly Sobino. The reason for the protests was the allocation of Orthodox community site in a recreational area for the construction of the temple.

Yevgeny Kim was convicted under Articles 282 and 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On June 19, 2017, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced 42-year-old Yevgeny Kim to three years and nine months in prison with restriction of liberty for a period of one year, finding him guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) and Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred).

The Fare network and SOVA Center for Information and Analysis have published the report "A Changing Picture: Incidents of Discrimination on Russian Football 2015-2017" which comes a year ahead of the World Cup and covers two seasons – 2015/16 and 2016/17. There were 89 racist and far-right incidents at Russian games in the season of 2016/17, according to our new data. Download the report on either the Fare or the SOVA website.