December 14, 2018 (on the website - December 18, 2018) the Federal List was updated again extremist materials. Items 4749 - 4765 were added to it. Islamist and Muslim materials were added to the list. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated December 14, 2018 (on the website of the Ministry of Justice - from December 18, 2018)****4749.

In Ryazan, a court released a local resident from criminal liability and imposed a court fine on him. On December 18, 2018, the Ryazansky District Court terminated the criminal prosecution of a local resident and imposed a court fine of 20,000 rubles on him. The young man was accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The State Duma adopted in the third reading amendments allowing sending part of convicted of terrorist crimes in prisons instead of colonies, as well as arbitrarily transfer prisoners to other regions, suspected of promoting terrorism among inmates.

The Omsk city court continues to consider a criminal case initiated against a pastor of a religious group of Evangelical Christians "Renaissance of the 21st century in Omsk." The pastor is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to his parishioners. On December 19, 2018, it became known that the court of the city of Omsk continues to consider a criminal case under Art. 239 (creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens) and under Art.

In December 2018, in the village of Bolshoy Tsaryn, Oktyabrsky District, the Republic of Kalmykia, a 43-year-old local resident, found guilty of beating a 46-year-old ethnic Chechen woman, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on probation.

The following is our reviewof the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’santi-extremist legislation in November 2018 . Lawmaking In mid-November, theState Duma adopted in the first reading a presidential package of bills relatedto partial decriminalization of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement tohatred or enmity).

In December 2018, in St. Petersburg, a court sentenced far-right activist Dina Garina to 120 hours of compulsory labor , who was found guilty of insulting government officials (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). Garina was released from serving her sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On December 18, 2018, a verdict was passed in St. Petersburg in a case against far-right activist Dina Garina.

The State Duma approved the presidential amendments. On December 19, 2018, the State Duma adopted in the third reading two presidential bills on partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred) by introducing a mechanism of administrative prejudice. They were submitted to the State Duma in October, adopted in the first reading in November, and in the second - with minor changes - the day before.