The court began considering the case of insulting the feelings of believers by posting pictures on the social network. On October 5, 2018, in Irkutsk, the trial of the anarchist Dmitry Litvin, accused under Part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code. The defendant objected to the termination of the criminal prosecution on non-rehabilitating grounds - in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations for prosecution, and also refused to consider the case in a special order.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dismissed the appeal complaints of the chief rabbi of the Omsk region, Osher Krichevsky, who challenged the decision about expulsion from Russia. October 3, 2018 Judicial Collegium for Administrative cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the decision of the Omsk Regional Court on deportation of the Chief Rabbi of the Omsk Region and the Siberian Federal District Osher Krichevsky.

The ECtHR communicated the complaint of the Trinity Parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in the Moscow region for a court decision on demolition of the temple. In October 2018, it became known that on September 5, 2018 The European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaint of the Trinity Parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate) in Noginsk, Moscow Region.

In October 2018, it became known that in Kursk there were initiated a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code on the fact of publishing a book on the Internet, propagating national hatred. In October 2018, it became known that in Kursk there were a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The arbitration manager in Tatarstan put objects up for auction Jehovah's Witnesses in two cities. On October 5, 2018, it became known that in Kazan and Property of Jehovah's Witnesses put up for auction in Nizhnekamsk. The starting price of the house number 16 on the street. Highway in Kazan is 762.7 thousand rubles. A land plot put up for auction in Nizhnekamsk plot of 218 sq. m, its initial price is 293 thousand rubles.

The song of the Siberian punk band was banned for calling for the murder of teenagers. In October 2018, from the next update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials, it became known that on July 9, 2018, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk decided to ban the song "Kill a Teenager!" group "Orgasm of Nostradamus" and block the five pages on which it is posted.

In October 2018 in the city of Oboyan, Kursk Region, by 1.5 years of imprisonment, the court sentenced 20-year-old local resident found guilty of publicly calling for violence over "non-Slavs". In October 2018, in the city of Oboyan, Kursk Region, a verdict was passed in the case of public calls for extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

A meeting was held at the Public Chamber on the topic of liberalizing anti-extremist legislation. The proposals made at it will be sent to the Duma. On October 5, 2018, a meeting of the Commission of the Public Chamber of Russia for the development of the information community, media and mass communications was held, dedicated to the liberalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and its application.

We we publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of illegal application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in September 2018. Rulemaking September 20, 2018 The Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a new Decree on the application of anti-extremist articles of the Criminal Code, introducing changes to a similar document in 2011 .

In Nizhny Novgorod, the court overturned the sentence of Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the creator of the Men's State community. In November 2018, he was found guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On March 21, 2019, it became known that in Nizhny Novgorod, the Sovetsky District Court overturned the verdict against Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the creator of the "Men's State". On November 20, 2018, the man was found guilty under Part 1 of Art.

Due to the increase in the number of administrative cases under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production and distribution of prohibited materials), we combine such cases into a single list for each month. On October 25, 2018, it became known that in September, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Lipetsk fined 35-year-old local resident S. Korolenko for 1,000 rubles.

Members of the "Ak tyan" movement lost the lawsuit against several state TV channels that aired an “anti-sectarian” story about this movement. October 3, 2018 Ongudai District Court of the Republic Altai refused to satisfy the claim of 12 residents of Altai against the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Buryatia", the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Gorny Altai” and “Channel One” about the protection of honor and dignity.

Kazan resident Iraida Shafigullina complained to the prosecutor's office for a ban on visiting the pool in a Muslim bathing suit - burkini, although for two years it was possible. On October 5, 2018, it became known that a 71-year-old resident Kazan Iraida Shafigullina appealed to the prosecutor's office with a complaint against the administration of the sports and recreation of the Aquarena complex, which forbade her to swim in the pool in a burkini - a Muslim bathing suit.