In Kazan, a case is being investigated under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) against Oleg Detkin, a supporter of the Artpodgotovka movement, for posting on the VKontakte social network. On December 28, 2107, the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan considered a petition from the investigation to extend the arrest of Oleg Detkin, a supporter of the Artpodgotovka movement, accused of xenophobic publications on social networks. Detkin was detained on 30 October.

In the Voronezh region, a 33-year-old local resident was fined for tattooing a Nazi cross on his arm. On December 28, 2017, the Ramonsky District Court of the Voronezh Region fined a 33-year-old local resident under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols). The amount of the fine amounted to 1 thousand rubles.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in December 2017. Rulemaking On December 8, the State Duma adopted in the second reading draft law on tougher penalties for promoting terrorism. Co. the second reading it was substantially transformed. First of all, we note that the deputies proposed, within the framework of this bill, to supplement the wording of Art.

In the Pskov region, a prisoner from one of the colonies in Sosnovy Bor was fined for tattoos with Nazi symbols. In December 2017, the Sebezhsky District Court of the Pskov Region brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols) a convict serving a sentence in IK-6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Pskov Region (Sosnovy Bor, Sebezhsky District).

Military Commissar of Khabarovsk Krai stated that the petitions of conscripts - Jehovah's Witnesses for the passage of the ACS are not will be considered as their organization has been liquidated. December 27, 2017 military Commissioner of the Khabarovsk Territory Nikolai Glinin, telling reporters about the progress autumn conscription, said that those wishing to undergo an alternative civilian there was no service in the current call.

In December 2017, as a result of racist and neo-Nazi motivated attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg injured five people. In total, according to our data as of the end of December, in 2017 from such attacks in 18 regions of Russia, 4 people died and at least 64 were injured. Necessary emphasize, however, that these and other data for the year are purely preliminary, it is still premature to compare them with data for previous years. In terms of violence this year, the leaders are: St.

In Yalta, a court overturned the conviction of activist Larisa Kitajskaya, who was previously found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. In February 2019, it became known that on January 23 in Crimea, the Yalta City Court granted the petition of a representative of the FSSP and overturned the sentence of 54-year-old local activist Larisa Kitayskaya. This is due to the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code.