On August 3, 2017, in St. Petersburg, a group of teenagers in white suspenders shaved the head of a 20-year-old young man. The reason for the conflict was that the victim had dreadlocks. On August 3, 2017 in St. Petersburg, at the intersection of Yakhtennaya Street and Bogatyrsky Prospekt, near the OKEY hypermarket, a group of young people (seemingly no older than 16 years old) attacked a 20-year-old young man with dreadlocks and expressed outrage at him.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the area of ​​misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in July 2017. Rulemaking July 29 Vladimir Putin signed three laws previously approved by Parliament, each of which makes us complain. Among them is the law , allowing to cancel the previously adopted act on the acquisition of Russian citizenship for part of those convicted for crimes of extremist and terrorist directions.

Began a new trial of the case of heavenly punishment for the Chinese Communists. August 4, 2017 year in the Kurgan city court began a new trial of the case of the former imam the city mosque of Ali Yakupov, who is accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation hatred or enmity on the basis of belonging to a social group "communists").

In Vologda, a 25-year-old resident of the city received two years probation for publishing materials on a social network with calls for xenophobic violence. In August 2017, in the Vologda region, a verdict was passed in the case 25 year old resident of the city. He was found guilty under part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for the implementation extremist activity) and Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

In Stavropol, a criminal case has been opened against a 30-year-old local resident for a xenophobic text on a social network. In August 2017, a criminal case was initiated in Stavropol against a 30-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity). According to the case file, in April 2016, the suspect posted a xenophobic text on a personal page in the public domain in one of the social networks.

Semyon Kochkin faced the consequences of publishing an excerpt from The John Oliver Show. On August 4, 2017, the election commission refused the coordinator Cheboksary headquarters of Alexei Navalny to Semyon Kochkin in registration on elections as a candidate for the Tsivilsky District Assembly of Deputies. foundation the fact that Kochkin at the end of May 2017 of the Moscow The district court of Cheboksary found him guilty under Art.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a criminal case has been initiated against a 21-year-old resident of the Motyginsky District for xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. In August 2017, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Territory opened a criminal case against a 21-year-old resident of the Motyginsky District, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).