Searches in a case initiated under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code, carried out with members of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. February 1, 2018 Investigative Department of the IC in the Kemerovo region announced the initiation of proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

A 29-year-old resident of Orel is accused of posting atheistic pictures on a social network. January 31, 2018 The Orel region reported that in Orel the case under Part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (public actions expressing a clear disrespect for society and committed for the purpose of insulting the religious feelings of believers) in relation to a 29-year-old local resident.

Another resident of Barnaul is accused of holding religious meetings in a cafe with stories about the activities of Islamic preachers. On February 1, 2018, it became known that in Barnaul a criminal case was transferred to the Zheleznodorozhny District Court under Part 1.1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organizations) filed against a native of Central Asia 1971 year of birth.

In the Smolensk region, a 21-year-old foreign citizen was sentenced for inciting hatred on a social network. In January 2018, the Vyazemsky District Court sentenced a 21-year-old foreign citizen under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred). According to the materials of the case, from November 2016 to July 2017, the defendant posted " graphic images and texts of an extremist orientation " in free access on his personal page on a social network.

For storing scans of several passports, managers Vladivostok community of Vaishnavas were held accountable for violating personal data law. January 17, 2018 11th judicial district of the World Court of Primorsky district of Vladivostok brought to administrative responsibility the leaders of the Primorskaya organization of the Center for Krishna Consciousness for violating the law on personal data.

We publish a discussion about post-Soviet religiosity, the secularism of Russian society and the state, about anti-Semitism and anti-Islamism in Russia. Alexander Verkhovsky, director of the SOVA Center, and Denis Sokolov, director of RAMCOM, took part in the discussion on Radio Liberty. Interviewed by Sergei Medvedev.

Under pressure from the public, the administration of the Kamensky district of the Sverdlovsk region canceled the construction of an Orthodox church in the village of Martyush. January 30 2018, it became known that residents of the village of Martyush, Kamensky district, Sverdlovsk region for several months protested against the construction of a temple in the village during the name of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, a local resident received a suspended sentence of two and a half years for anti-Caucasian publications on the VKontakte social network. In January 2018, the Shilkinsky District Court of the Trans-Baikal Territory issued a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in January 2018. Rulemaking On January 11, 2018, deputies of the LDPR faction submitted to the State Duma another bill on the abolition of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity). The argumentation of the authors basically repeats that used in previous similar initiatives of the Liberal Democratic Party.

In the Tomsk region, a case was initiated against a 21-year-old local resident for materials on the social network. In January 2018, a criminal case was initiated in the Tomsk region against a 21-year-old local resident, suspected under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

At least three people were injured in neo-Nazi attacks in January 2018 in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region, one of them died . National radicals took part in the all-Russian action "in support of voters' strike", organized by Alexei Navalny.