On July 2, 2019, the approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation On June 26, a review of judicial practice in cases under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses "Violation legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations." This review was prepared in pursuance of the instructions of V. Putin after his meeting with members of the Presidential Human Rights Council in December 2018.

To the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Moscow and Mufti Ildar Alyautdinov, a case was opened on the release of religious literature with violations in marking. On July 4, 2019, protocols were drawn up on administrative offense for hours. 3 Article.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in June 2019. Rulemaking At the end of June, the State Duma approved in the first reading bill "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts in part of improving the legal regulation of the use of Nazi symbolism in works of science, literature, art". It is included in the package bills of Elena Yampolskaya ("United Russia") together with proposal to amend Art.

Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg acquitted Dmitry Molodtsov, who was accused of participating in a protest against the construction of the temple in the park. The court did not see the composition of the offense and closed the case. On July 5, 2019, it became known that the Kirovsky District Court Yekaterinburg closed the case of Dmitry Molodtsov, who was accused under Part 5 of Art.

In 2018, in the city of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Grigory Litenkov attacked his friend with a knife. The reason for the attack was that the victim offered to enter into a sexual relationship. In response, Litenkov stabbed him with a knife. After the inflicted wounds, the victim ran out into the street, ran to the grocery store, entering which he died indoors. trading floor.

New amendments have been submitted for consideration by the State Duma to limit the participation in non-profit organizations of persons allegedly involved in terrorist activities. On July 5, 2019, the Russian government submitted a bill to the State Duma to expand the list of persons who are prohibited from being founders, participants and members of non-profit organizations, including public and religious associations. According to the draft, in Part 3 of Art.

The first person fined under the law on insulting the authorities was again brought to administrative responsibility. On July 4, 2019, the Chudovsky District Court of the Novgorod Region fined Yury Kartyzhev, a resident of Malaya Vishera, 1,000 rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols). This was announced by the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov.

At the beginning of July 2019, it became known that Kaluga Jehovah’s Witness Roman Makhnev, who was arrested along with fellow believer Dmitry Kuzin, was subjected to torture in the FSB building. According to him, he was handcuffed to a pipe in the building of the regional FSB Directorate and remained in this position until the morning. For three days, from June 26 to June 28, he was not provided with food. He was given breakfast only on June 29, although he was detained on June 26.