We publish the theses of Ksenia Sergazina, an expert at the SOVA Center, an associate professor at the Educational and Scientific Center for the Study of Religions of the Russian State University for the Humanities, presented at the round table “Modern religious markets: theoretical and sociological understanding and empirical measurement” at MGIMO. ​I would like to review the main problem areas in the relationship between society, religious organizations and the state in Russia in 2017.

Roskomnadzor abandoned the idea of ​​punishing the agency for not mentioning the ban on Jehovah's Witness organizations in the news about their ban. On February 6, 2018, the Roskomnadzor department for the Northwestern Federal District sent a notice to the Business News Agency (abnews.ru) stating that the legal grounds for initiating against his case of an administrative offense for hours. 2 Article.

In February 2018, it became known that in the city of Shatsk Ryazan region court fined a local resident who was found guilty of that drew a swastika at the bus stop. In February 2018, it became known that in the city of Shatsk Ryazan region, an administrative case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Administrative Code (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols).

In Simferopol, the police and the FSB detained a Muslim Mustafa Kalafatov. On February 7, 2018, in Simferopol, police and FSB officers detained Mustafa Kalafatov, Crimean Tatar. The arrest was preceded by a search, which the security forces started at 4 am. According to eyewitnesses, they were looking for weapons and prohibited literature. Sources Another search of Crimean Tatars in occupied Simferopol // Gordon. February 7, 2018.

Russia will have to answer the questions of the Strasbourg court in connection with the complaint of the imam of the Moscow Yardyam mosque, who was convicted for publicly justifying terrorism. On January 10, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights communicated complaint against the verdict handed down to the imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam" Mahmud Velitov. Recall April 28 2017, the Moscow Military Court found Velitov guilty under Part 1 of Art.

In Omsk, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 239 of the Criminal Code in relation to the religious group of Christians of the Evangelical faith (Pentecostals). 2 February 2018, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Omsk under Art. 239 of the Criminal Code (creation non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens) in regarding the religious group of Christians of the Evangelical faith (Pentecostals) "Revival XXI century Omsk".

On February 7, 2018, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials. Items were added to it. 4350 - 4377. List replenished Muslim publications and materials of ultra-right nationalists. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated February 7, 2018 4350.

A criminal case has been opened in Udmurtia under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) in relation to a prisoner in a correctional colony. February 7 2018, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Udmurtia under Part 1 of Art.

In February 2018 it became it is known that in the Belevsky district of the Tula region, the court fined V. Frolov, finding him guilty of publishing a banned audio recording on a social network. In February 2018, it became known that in the Belevsky district of the Tula region there were initiated an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of prohibited materials).

In February 2018, in Kurgan, the court dismissed the criminal case under Art. 282 UK and Art. 280 of the Criminal Code against a 20-year-old local resident, with the imposition of a judicial fine. In February 2018, an investigation into the case of public calls for extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) and the initiation of a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

Valery Bolshakov is accused of calling for the overthrow of the "Putin regime" and the establishment of a "dictatorship of the proletariat", as well as a negative assessment of the social group "Terek Cossacks". On February 7, 2018, the Investigative Committee of the ICR for Sevastopol charged the chairman of the Union of Workers of Sevastopol, Valery Bolshakov. Bolshakov is charged under part.h. 1 and 2 Art.