Foreword from the Publisher
Introduction
Part One: Trends & Data
Infographics
Summary Statistics of Crimes and Punishments
– Types of Violence and Victims of Violent Hate Crimes
– Ideologically Motivated Attacks Against Property
– Guilty Verdicts for “Crimes of an Extremist Nature”
Part Two: Anti-Extremist Legislation
The Framework Law
Criminal Law
Part Three: Development of Legal Framework
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
– Countering Extremism
– “Fight Against Nazism”
– Regulating the Internet
– “Foreign Agents” Legislation
Part Four: Hate Crimes
2014
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against Political Adversaries
– Attacks Against LGBT or Homeless People
– Violence Motivated by Religion
– Other Kinds of Right Radical Violence
Crimes Against Property
2015
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against Political Adversaries
– Attacks Against LGBT or Homeless People
– Violence Motivated by Religion
Crimes Against Property
2016
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against Ideological Opponents
– Attacks Against LGBT and Homeless People
– Violence Motivated by Religion
Crimes Against Property
2017
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against Ideological Opponents
– Other Attacks
– Racism Among Soccer Fans
Crimes Against Property
2018
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against Ideological Opponents
– Other Attacks
– Racism Among Soccer Fans
Crimes Against Property
2019
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against LGBT People
– Attacks Against Ideological Opponents
– Other Attacks
Crimes Against Property
2020
Systematic Racist and Neo-Nazi Violence
– Attacks Against Ethnic “Outsiders”
– Attacks Against LGBT People
– Attacks Against Ideological Opponents
– Other Attacks
Crimes Against Property
Part Five: Law Enforcement
2014
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– Prosecution of Members and Leaders of Ultra-Right Organizations
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
Abuse of Blocking
2015
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– The “Ukrainian Question”
– Other Cases of “Separatism”
– Abuse of Criminalization of Incitement to Hatred
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
Abuse of Blocking
– Selected Examples of Access Restrictions
2016
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– The “Ukrainian Question”
– Other Cases of “Separatism”
– For Incitement of Hatred Toward Public Officials
– The Fight Against “Justification of Terrorism”
– Other Abuse of Criminalization of Incitement to Hatred
– For Extremist Symbols
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
Abuse of Blocking
– Selected Examples of Access Restrictions
2017
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– The “Ukrainian Question”
– The Fight Against Nationalist Activists in Federation Regions
– For Calls to Extremist Activities and Incitement of Hatred Toward Public Officials
– Other Abuse of Criminalization of Incitement to Hatred
– For “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
– For Extremist Symbols
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
2018
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– For Incitement to Extremist Activities
– For Calls to Separatism
– For Incitement of Hatred Toward Public Officials and Other Anti-Government Statements
– The “Ukrainian Question”
– Other Abuse of Criminalization of Incitement to Hatred
– For Extremist Symbols
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
2019
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– For “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
– For Incitement to Extremist Activities
– For Other Anti-Government Statements
– For Anti-Government Group Initiatives
– Abuse of Criminalization of Incitement to Hatred
– For Extremist Symbols
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Blocking of Online Resources and Internet Censorship
2020
Banning Organizations as Extremist
Criminal Prosecution
– For Violence
– For Crimes Against Property
– For Public Statements
– For Participation in Extremist and Banned Groups and Organizations
Inappropriate Prosecution of Political and Civic Activists
– For Calls to Extremist Activities and Incitement of Hatred
– For Incitement to Separatism
– For “Justification of Terrorism”
– For Other Anti-Government Statements
– For Anti-Government Group Initiatives
– For “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
– For Extremist Symbols
The Federal List of Extremist Materials
Epilogue
Index
