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 2019. Rulemaking In September, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law on toughening responsibility for violations of the information legislation, proposed by deputies from "United Russia". According to the bill, art.

SOVA Center is aware ofhate-motivated attacks, in which four individuals were injured, in St.Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, in September 2019. Since the beginning of theyear, five people have been killed, and 31 injured, in racist violence, whileanother two people have been subjected to credible death threats on similargrounds. These incidents have taken place in 15 regions of Russia.