The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for February 2018. It is based on material gathered by SOVA Center in the course of our daily monitoring. No fewer than 2 people suffered as a result of racist violence in St. Petersburg and Kaluga, with one of them being killed.

Lyudmila Esipenko, the leader of the "God's Will" movement, spoke out against the church funeral of actor Oleg Tabakov, considering him a "blasphemer". March 13, 2018 it became known that Lyudmila Esipenko, leader of the movement "God's Will", opposed the church funeral of actor Oleg Tabakov.

Orthodox activists are outraged by the content of Larisa Beloivan's humorous story about God's creation of an owl. On March 12, 2018, it became known that Orthodox activists are outraged by the content of the humorous the story of Larisa Beloivan about the creation of an owl by God. They consider it an insult to the feelings of believers to use obscene words in this story scolding attributed to the Creator.

On March 11, 2018, in St. Petersburg, during a concert in support of those arrested in the case of the "terrorist community" Network ", there was a conflict between anti-fascists and nationalists. March 11, 2018 in St. Petersburg due to some conflict between anti-fascists and far-right activists, the concert was interrupted in the Holy Water Club, organized to help those arrested in the case of the “terrorist community "Net"".

In March 2018, it became known that in the city of Tambov, the court an administrative case against a 27-year-old local resident was transferred, suspected of publishing banned audio recordings and videos on social networks. In March 2018, it became known that in the city of Tambov aware of the initiation of administrative cases under Part 1 of Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of prohibited extremist materials).

In March 2018, the Supreme Court of the Chuvash Republic overturned the decision of a lower court that sentenced a prisoner with swastika tattoos to a fine and “confiscation of the instrument of the crime.” In March 2018, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia considered a complaint against the decision of the Cheboksary District Court to find R.

In March 2018 it became it is known that in December 2017 of the Voronezh region the court fined a local a resident of K.E.V., who was found guilty of publishing a prohibited songs of the neo-Nazi group "Kolovrat". IN March 2018 it became known that in the Voronezh region it was initiated administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of prohibited materials).

Moscow has completed a criminal investigation into the arson in September 2017 of cars parked near the office of director Alexei Uchitel's lawyer in protest against the screening of the film Matilda. On March 13, 2018 it became known that in Moscow the investigation of a criminal case on arson in September 2017 of cars parked near the office of the lawyer of director Alexei Teachers, in protest against the screening of the film "Matilda".

In the Perm Territory, the prosecutor's office is fighting to restrict access to sites with "extremist" materials. On March 12, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Perm Territory reported that the Chaikovskaya City Prosecutor’s Office had made representations to the heads of two hotels and one cafe demanding that content filters be installed.

Alexey Shestakovich received 11 days of arrest for publishing the songs “Synagogue” and “Kill the Cosmonauts,” which, we believe, was not carried out for the purpose of xenophobic propaganda. On March 1, 2018, the Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol placed local anarchist Alexei Shestakovich under arrest for 11 days, finding him guilty of committing an administrative offense under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials).