In Irkutsk, a local resident (born 1990) was fined for an audio file posted on the VKontakte social network. In February 2018, the Kuibyshevsky District Court of Irkutsk fined under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials, included in the published federal list of extremist materials) of a local resident (born in 1990).

In February 2018, in the city of Zelenodolsk, a court fined local resident T. Yusupov 2,000 rubles for publishing banned videos. On February 13, 2018, the Zelenodolsk City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan considered an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The case was initiated against local resident T.

Yuri Ivanov published a link to an article from the Orthodoxy and Peace website, which was accompanied by an image of Hitler in uniform. On February 9, 2018, the Moscow District Court of Cheboksary fined lawyer Yuri Ivanov 1 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols). The reason was a link to the article “World War II.

In Kostroma, a 23-year-old resident of the city was fined for the song "GROT and 25/17 - Smoke" on the social network VKontakte. In February 2018, in Kostroma, a 23-year-old resident of the city was fined under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials included in the published federal list of extremist materials).

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in January 2018. Lawmaking On January 11, 2018, the deputies of the LDPR faction submitted to the State Duma another bill on the abolition of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity). The arguments of its authors basically repeat those used by the LDPR in their previous similar initiatives.

In the Komi Republic, a resident of Ukhta was fined for singing on the VKontakte social network. In February 2018, the Ukhta City Court considered the case of an administrative offense under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials).

In Tuva, the court demanded that the Todzha Library install a content filtering system. In February 2018, in the Republic of Tyva, the prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit with the court statement on forcing the administration of the Todzhinsky district to allocate MBUK "Todzhinsky centralized library system" financial resources sufficient to install on computer equipment content filtering systems.

The investigation of the case against activist Olga Ziyatdinova, accused of publishing an anti-Tatar commentary on a social network, as well as of depraved and violent acts, has been completed. The fourth accusation - insulting ethnic Tatars during walks in the pre-trial detention center - was dropped from her.

In Rostov-on-Don, Roman Telegin was fined for xenophobic publications in social networks. In February 2018, the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or enmity) by Roman Telegin. This was reported by the press service of the FSB in the Rostov region. As the court found, Telegin published in free access on social networks " photos, videos and audio recordings ....

In the Saratov region, a criminal case has been initiated against a 22-year-old resident of Engels for xenophobic comments on the social network VKontakte. In February 2018, a criminal case was initiated in the Saratov region under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) against a 22-year-old resident of Engels. According to the investigation, from May to August 2017, the defendant posted comments on the social network VKontakte in free access.

In Murmansk, a local resident was fined for two songs on the VKontakte social network. In February 2018, the Leninsky District Court of Murmansk fined a local resident under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials included in the published federal list extremist materials).

A citizen of Kazakhstan tried to smuggle into Russia a collection of prayers included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. In February 2018, it became known that on January 19, at the Veseloyarsk automobile checkpoint, officers of the border department of the FSB of Russia in the Altai Territory seized a banned book from a citizen of Kazakhstan.

They want to punish a member of Open Russia for a video with Putin and Hitler published in 2014. On February 12, 2018, Pskov-based Open Russia activist Roman Ladyshchenko said that police officers came to his house and informed him about an administrative case related to the publication of a video on the VKontakte social network. According to Ladyshchenko, we are talking about the video "Hitler & Putler", which was posted on his page on May 5, 2014.

A rally against construction was held in Nizhny Novgorod chapels in the park "Dubki". The head of the city promised that the park would not be built up will. February 10, 2018, speaking at a rally in defense of Nizhny Novgorod park "Dubki", the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Vladimir Panov announced that the park will not be cut down for the sake of building a chapel in it. In January 2018, the diocese applied for a plot of 1000 sq. m in the park.