The State Duma approved in the first reading new amendments to the laws "On Mass Media" and "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection". On January 12, 2018, the State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the laws "On the Mass Media" and "On Information, Information Technologies and protection of information", proposed by the deputies Petr Tolstoy and Leonid Levin and senators Andrei Klishas and Lyudmila Bokova.

In the Tula region, on the fence of one of the city's schools, unknown vandals painted an image of a Nazi swastika. In January 2018, in Novomoskovsk, Tula Region, on the fence of school No. 18, unknown persons drew a Nazi swastika. Users of the social network on January 5 posted photos of this swastika against the backdrop of the renovated school. Sources Novomoskovites outraged by the Nazi swastika on the fence of the renovated school // Useful newspaper. 2018. January 5th.

The mayor of Yaroslavl invited the heads of district administrations and their deputies "set an example" for the Orthodox and plunge into the hole at Baptism. January 12, 2018 at a citywide meeting, the mayor of Yaroslavl Vladimir Sleptsov urged the heads of district administrations and their deputies to take a swim in baptismal holes. “You will set an example for everyone, just like the deputies. you Orthodox people, so they should set an example.

In the Tula region, a court fined a local resident 1,500 rubles for photographing a Nazi swastika on the VKontakte social network. In January 2018, the Kireevsky District Court of the Tula Region fined under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols) of a local resident. The materials were received from the Center "E" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Tula region.

In Moscow, Olga Nikitova, a supporter of the Volya party, received a suspended sentence for a year. On December 21, 2017, the Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow recognized Olga Nikitova (born July 23, 1977) guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity). The court sentenced her to a year of probation.

The following is our review of the primary and most representativeevents in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in December 2017. Lawmaking On December 8, the StateDuma adopted in the second reading a bill on increasing penalties for contributionto terrorism.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow completely dismissed the case against two followers of the "God Kuzi” and partially - in relation to three more. On January 11, 2018, the Presnensky Court of Moscow began hearing of the case of the "god Kuzi". The court released the five defendants from liability according to part 3 of Art.

On January 12, 2018, in Voskresensk, Moscow Region, activist Valentin Sokolov received a year and a half in prison for posting xenophobic materials on social networks. On January 12, 2018, in Voskresensk, Moscow Region, Kolomna activist Valentin Sokolov was sentenced under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) to one and a half years in prison for publishing xenophobic materials on social networks.