A group of young people attacked a 17-year-old passer-by, suspecting him of an informal. March 22, 2021 in St. Petersburg at a pedestrian crossing at the intersection Prospects of Enlightenment and Culture a group of young people saw a 17-year-old passerby. One person caught up with him and hit him. Next on it a group pounced on him, beat him up and fired at him from hunter signal. After the young man fell into the snow, the attackers fled.

SUMMARY LEGAL REGULATION Projects that have not received (yet) development PROBLEMS RELATED TO PLACES OF WORSHIP : Problems related to the construction of temples : Problems with the use of existing buildings : Positive solutions : Conflicts over the transfer of property to religious organizations DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION : Criminal prosecution : Restriction of missionary activities : Other forms of discrimination : Positive judgments RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

In Astrakhan, the investigation of a criminal case on inciting hatred against migrants has been completed. In March 2021, the SO for the Sovetsky district of the city of Astrakhan, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Astrakhan region, was informed that the investigation of the criminal case of a 46-year-old local resident was completed. A resident of Astrakhan is charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred and enmity).

In March 2021, a group of nationalists was detained in St. Petersburg for beating a 17-year-old passerby. On March 26, 2021, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported that nine young people had been detained on suspicion of attacking a 17-year-old passerby.

The law "On education" will introduce the concept of "educational activity", as well as a ban on its use for "inciting hatred" and inciting illegal actions. On March 31, 2021, the Federation Council approved amendments to the federal law "On Education". The corresponding bill was submitted to the Parliament on November 18 by a group of five senators headed by Andrey Klimov and ten deputies.

The law strengthens criminal liability for the rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet, introduces penalties for "insulting the memory" of veterans and expands the administrative liability of legal entities. On March 30, 2021, the Federation Council approved a package of amendments to increase responsibility for the rehabilitation of Nazism. Two relevant bills - on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) and Art.

March 24, 2020 in the Federal List of Extremist organizations published on the official website of the Ministry of Justice was one organization added.

Non-commercial organizations - "foreign agents" will have to coordinate with the Ministry of Justice the planned programs before their implementation. On March 31, 2021, the Federation Council approved the law amending the federal law "On non-profit organizations". The corresponding bill was submitted to Parliament in November 2020 and adopted in the first reading on December 15, in the second on March 23, and in the third on March 24.

The investigation into the case of Yevgeny Korotun has been completed. March 31, 2021 The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Tomsk Region reported that it had been sent to court criminal the case against a resident of Seversk, who is accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 CC (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). It is reported that he is in custody.

A Tatar activist's house was searched as part of an investigation into the case of inciting hatred. March 30, 2021 in Naberezhnye Chelny as part of investigation of a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) passed a search at the house of a seventy-year-old activist of the Tatar national movement Fauzia Bayramova. Case was initiated on June 5, 2020.

Far-right activists were detained in Tomsk for calling for extremist activities. In February-March 2021 in Tomsk, employees of the regional FSB filed three criminal cases under Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for the implementation extremist activities). Three supporters of right-wing radical views were detained, who, according to preliminary data, published on the Internet calls for the implementation of extremist activity.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg satisfied the claim of the city prosecutor's office and banned the distribution of the JW Library application. March 31, 2021 Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg recognized a mobile application as "extremist and prohibited for distribution" in Russia JW Library, developed by Jehovah's Witnesses and operating in services Google Play and App Store.

A resident of the city of Lysva in the Perm Territory received a two-year suspended sentence for anti-Semitic posts on a social network. On March 25, 2021, the Lysvensky City Court of the Perm Territory issued a sentence under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities). A resident of Lysva was sentenced to two years of probation for the same period of time. In addition, he is forbidden to conduct and administer websites and social networks.