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Moscow Bureau for Human Rights
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Director of Moscow Bureau for Human Rights
Alexander Brod
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23 October 2008
Xenophobia manifestations: January - October 2008
Review of Moscow bureau for human rights
During the period since January till October 15, 2008 250 attacks at least
based upon xenophobia were recorded and 112 deceased and 337 victims at
least were their result.
According to the data of the Ministry of home affairs announced on September
23, 250 crimes of extremist character were recorded since the beginning of
the year. On October 8 representatives of Investigatory committee of the
office of public prosecutor of RF announced that since the beginning of the
year 380 crimes of extremist orientation were recorded in Russia, and 322 of
them were already disclosed.
The largest number of attacks was committed in Moscow and Moscow region (48
deceased, 162 victims at least), they are followed by St. Petersburg and
Leningrad region (19 deceased, 35 victims at least), Sverdlovsk region (6
deceased, 8 victims), Yaroslavl (4 deceased), Ulyanovsk region (3 deceased,
3 victims), Ingushetia (2 deceased, 3 victims), Omsk (2 deceased, 2
victims), Novosibirsk (2 deceased), Dagestan (1 deceased, 23 victims at
least), Voronezh (1 deceased, 16 victims at least), Nizhni Novgorod region
(2 deceased, 4 victims), Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, Udmurtia (by 1 deceased and 3
victims), Stavropol, Tula, Chelyabinsk region (by 1 deceased and 2 victims),
Togliatti, Obninsk and Saratov region (by 1 deceased and 1 victim), Kaluga
region (1 deceased). Nalchik (29 victims at least), Bryansk (14 victims),
Vladivostok (13 victims), Lipetsk (8 victims at least), Kazan, Kaliningrad
(by 6 victims), Ryazan region (5 victims), Republic of North Ossetia, Ufa
(by 4 victims), Arkhangelsk region (3 victims), Republic of Chuvashia, Amur,
Tver, Volgograd and Vladimir regions (by 2 victims), Kursk, Penza,
Pervouralsk, Oryol, Yaroslavl, Novgorod region, Rostov-on-Don, Republic of
Kalmykia, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Vologda, Tambov (by 1 victim).
The following were attacked most often: Uzbeks (17 deceased, 22 victims),
Kirghizes (10 deceased, 5 victims), Tajiks (9 deceased, 35 victims),
Russians (8 deceased, 34 victims), Azerbaijanians (7 deceased, 23 victims),
Armenians (4 deceased, 3 victims), Dagestans (2 deceased, 26 victims at
least), Chechens (2 deceased, 22 victims), Kalmyks (2 deceased, 6 victims at
least), Ingushes (2 deceased, 4 victims), Turks (2 deceased, 1 victim),
Gypsies (2 deceased), Chineses (1 deceased, 13 victims), Moldavians,
Germans, Tuvinians (by 1 deceased), natives of the countries of Near East
and North Africa (12 victims), Indians (4 victims), Koreans, Jews (by 3
victims), Englishmen, Mongols, Georgians (by 2 victims), Kazakhs (2
victims).
During the period since January till October 15, 2008 145 persons were
convicted for manifestations of aggressive xenophobia. At the same time 7
persons were sentenced to correctional works, 5 - to imprisonment in
colony-settlement, 36 - to conditional imprisonment, 3 - got the terms of
imprisonment up to 1 year, 26 - from 1 to 5 years, 36 - from 5 to 10 years,
7 - from 10 to 15 years, 4 - from 15 to 20 years and five people else were
sentenced to life imprisonment.
During first two weeks of October eight attacks were recorded, and 4
deceased and 7 victims were their results.
Early in October a group of citizens of Uzbekistan was beaten in suburban
electric train in Vladivostok. One of the victims got 5 knife wounds.
On October 7 a citizen of Chinese People's republic was beaten in
Vladivostok.
On October 11 night a citizen of Uzbekistan was killed in Moscow.
On October 12 an attack was committed at two citizens of Tajikistan in the
center of Moscow; they both got knife wounds and died because of the wounds
later, and on October 12 an Azerbaijanian was wounded in electric train near
Moscow.
In October an attempt of use of "Kondopoga political technology" was also
recorded. The rape and murder of 15-year-old A. Beshnova committed in the
Western district of Moscow became the cause for nationalistic hysteria on
the part of the ultra-rights. Though the case it not yet investigated, the
nationalists accused two Dagestans of the crime at once and arranged an
unapproved meeting. Some of agitator-nationalists were arrested.
Within the election campaign to the regional Legislative assembly in
Kemerovo region in September 2008 local mass media accented the attention
negatively that No. 2 in the list of CPRF D. Kochadze in an ethnic Georgian.
Early in October the leaflets were thrown about in the village Ardy of
Kilemarsky district of the Republic of Mariy El; in the opinion of
investigators, they were directed at kindling of hate between Russians and
Caucasians.
Early in October xenophobe inscriptions appeared in Vladivostok.
On October 4 an Orthodox Christian cross was destroyed and desecrated at
Staropanovsky cemetery in Leningrad region.
On October 6 a motorcar with explosives parked beside the mosque was
neutralized in St. Petersburg.
On October 10 the anti-Christian inscriptions were written upon the Orthodox
Christian Assumption temple in Voronezh, and in Kaliningrad the old Jewish
cemetery was desecrated.
On October 12 night the unknown people set fire to a bell tower on the
territory of the church of Nativity of the Virgin in Sovetsky district of
Novosibirsk.
During the first half of October 7 people were convicted for the crimes
based upon xenophobia (5 of them got conditional punishment, 1 was sentenced
to imprisonment in colony-settlement, 1 - was sent to a prison).
On October 1 an accusation was preferred to five inhabitants of Dzerzhinsk
accused of murder of a student from Tajikistan.
On October 3 Leninsky district court of Novosibirsk sentenced the former
militiaman Alexander Budnikov to two years of conditional imprisonment for
public appeals to extremist activity: placement of anti-Semitic orientation
articles in Internet.
On October 8 an accusation was preferred in Orenburg to 5 skin-heads who
beat "non-Russians" and placed video-records in Internet.
On October 8 the procedure started in Central district court of Khabarovsk
on the case of the leader of regional branch of "Union of Russian people"
(SRN) Pavel Onopriyenko and press-secretary of the branch Viktor Chulkin
accused by clauses of the CC on "creation of extremist community and
participation in it" as well as on "stimulation of hate or hostility as well
as humiliation of human dignity".
On October 9 the investigatory department of the investigatory committee of
the office of public prosecutor of RF for St. Petersburg sent the criminal
case on the fact of might-have-been explosion in the city "Rocks-club" to
the court.
On October 13 Krasnoselsky federal court of St. Petersburg sentenced the
leader of nationalist "Party of freedom" Yuri Belyayev to six months of
imprisonment in colony-settlement.
On October 14 the Supreme court of Tatarstan upheld the sentence for the
members of Tatarstan group of Russian National Unity (RNE).
On October 14 the Investigatory department of the Investigatory committee of
the office of public prosecutor for Tver city completed the preliminary
investigation towards 19 members of organization "Russian National Unity"
accused of attacks, desecration of graves and robberies.
On Haider syndrome
(Statement of Moscow bureau for human rights)
On October 10, 2008 an odious Austrian politician Joerg Haider perished in
traffic accident. Having doubtless features of charismatic leader, Haider
became a banner of right radicals and openly supported neo-Nazi moods.
Leading the "Austrian party of freedom" and being a governor of Karintia,
Haider made a statement that the Third Reich conducted more worthy
employment policy than the today's government does. He promised to "throw"
the migrants out of Austria in person and spoke with demand to reject the
payments to Jews who suffered during Nazi terror in Austria.
Being already a leader of new party "Alliance for the future of Austria",
Haider demanded to provide no full-fledged membership to the new EC
countries, adopt tough migratory laws etc. He enabled these subjects that
were discussed just within discussions among the nationalists to become a
part of all-Austrian political discourse. His parties gained unprecedented
success during regional and federal election causing shock in Europe.
The history and success of Haider's political carrier are the visual
demonstration what can be a result of inability of the authorities to
explain and cushion the difficulties of transitional period as well as are
an example of the fact how legitimacy is provided to xenophobe and often
pro-Nazi slogans under the shelter of popular and populist slogans. The
parties led by him collected considerable number of votes due to inability
of authorities to smooth the negative consequences of globalization, side
effects of mass immigration and of joining the EC, and inability to explain
the crisis events in economy.
MBHR thinks that dangerous Haider's popularity in Austria and success of his
parties should be a serious lesson for Russian authorities. Objective
economic and political problems of post-Soviet space, mistakes in migratory
policy, failures of citizens' social protection, inactivity of
law-enforcement bodies lead to the growth of nationalistic moods, race and
religious hate. Russia is living through a splash of murders and crimes
based upon national hate, growth of activity of the groups of frankly
pro-Nazi orientation. Such moods are kindled and directed by leaders of
right-radical organizations, and many of them express much more radical
views than Haider's ones being subject to no court persecution.
Such a situation in Russia looks most dangerous. And this is most important
now, under conditions of the world financial and equity crisis the
consequences of which may be felt by Russian citizens. It can be already
seen that many primitive provokers already speak with accusations of
representatives of "non-titular" nations, migrants of the crisis. Somebody
already tries to provoke the protest moods in the army.
While in European countries including Austria a developed civil society
withstands the growth of nationalist moods to some extent, in Russia such a
society is not yet created. Under these conditions the special
responsibility is laid upon the authorities and rights defending
organizations that must do their best to prevent to development of the
events according to the worst scenario.
On the attempts of rehabilitation of Nazism in Ukraine and Baltic countries
Statement of Moscow bureau for human rights
During recent week the Ukrainian and Russian mass media were full of reports
about conflicts and squabbles in Ukraine in connection with celebration
concerning 66th anniversary of creation of Ukrainian insurgent army.
A sad regularity is traced in the political life of some independent states
upon the post-Soviet space: building of the new statehood is inseparable
from the growth of nationalist moods when the enemy is searched strenuously
within the country and abroad to which all the disasters can be ascribed.
Russia and Russian-speaking population take shape as such an enemy. But
during recent years we are the witnesses of even sadder picture: growth of
anti-Russian moods is often accompanied by laudation of "people's heroes"
who cooperated with Nazis in any way.
It deals with Ukraine and Baltic countries.
Numerous celebrations in honor of Insurgent army veterans are conducted in
Ukraine, a title of the hero of Ukraine was awarded to its commander Roman
Shukhevich who sullied his name with immediate cooperation with Hitlerites.
Museums of Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA-UNSO) are created, and the uniforms
of the World War II are much in demand. Laudations of Bandera followers are
permanently combined with curses addressed to the "Muscovites". The common
tragedy of the people of the Soviet Union that lived through inconceivable
sufferings during the Stalin's regime, the tragedy of multi-national
population of Ukraine that died because of hunger early in 1930s are
transformed into the idea of Golodomor as a conscious genocide of Ukrainians
by Russian authorities - it looks like the hunger consciously avoided the
houses where the Russians lived. It looks like inhabitants of Urals and
other regions of Russia didn't starve. At the same time nationalistic mass
media relish the Jewish names in the list of the Ukrainian leaders of that
time and don't mention many Ukrainian names. The myrmidons and bearers of
Stalin's regime whose activity is disgusting no matter what was their
nationality, are thoroughly sorted into one's owns and aliens. And the
aliens - "Muscovites" and "Jewmen" prove to be the only culprits of
Ukrainian tragedy.
As wild anti-Russian and pro-fascist hysteria also takes place recently in
the Baltic countries. Indeed, the Baltic countries suffered much from the
Soviet regime. Dozen thousands of the Baltic residents were executed, exiled
to Siberia, deprived of the right to maintain their cultural and religious
traditions. But for unknown reason the blame is put again upon Russia and
Russians - it looks like millions Russians were not executed, exiled to the
camps, deprived of elementary human rights by the same Stalin's regime. It
looks like Baltic Communists and chekists didn't take part in repressions
and like the Latvian riflemen didn't participate in the revolution. And
people are sorted again basing upon their nationality, and the "aliens" are
called enemies. As a result the Russians and representatives of other
non-native nationalities are deprived of civil rights and possibility to
study in native language. At the same time rallies and marches of "Waffen
SS" veterans are conducted, medals are presented to the veterans of
volunteer Nazi legions, graves of Soviet warriors are desecrated, monuments
to warriors-liberators are destroyed and criminal proceedings are instituted
against old men-partisans who fought against fascism.
Both in Ukraine and in Baltic countries the officials often treat
protectively the glorification of Nazi myrmidons and sometimes participate
themselves in the marches of "veterans". Thus, the president of Ukraine V.
Yushchenko initiated the celebration of UPA-UNSO anniversary in person. Even
the European structures that often try to take no notice of human rights
breaches in some countries to please the political considerations expressed
more than once their indignation due to open demonstration of neo-Nazi moods
in Baltic countries and anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
The abrupt growth of anti-Semitic moods should be specially stressed being
an integral part of nationalistic and pro-Nazi moods. Right-radical mass
media, nationalist parties and various movements use the anti-Semitic
rhetoric. It's sufficient to mention just the regrettably known MAUP that
was putting anti-Semitism without difficulty into the center of its activity
for many years.
A special cynicism can be seen in all this if one takes into account that it
was right in Ukraine and Baltic countries that the Jewish population lived
throw the terrible tragedy. Many hundred thousands Jews in Ukraine, almost
whole Jewish population of the Baltic region were eliminated during Nazi
occupation. And it's well-known that local population from among Nazi
myrmidons actively and sometimes immediately participated in elimination of
the Jews. Latvian punitive detachments not just conducted the executions of
Jews on the territory of Latvia itself but were also "sent on a business
strip" to other Baltic countries. None of other European countries knew such
an active participation of local population in the Holocaust like the Baltic
countries.
And neo-Nazi moods are actively implanted and disseminated in these
countries instead of giving the righteous that sheltered the Jews their due,
and instead of taking care of monuments and graves of Soviet soldiers who
gave their lives for salvation of the world from Nazism. And such a
situation seems intolerable under conditions of today's world political and
economical cataclysms and aggravation of inter-national and inter-religious
conflicts. The authorities and the public of Ukraine and Baltic countries,
European rights defending structures should do their best to prevent the
growth of fascism and its irreversible consequences.
"Europe got to know about the tragedy of South Ossetia"
A press conference "Europe got to know about the tragedy of South Ossetia"
took place in press center of "RIA News". Members of the Public chamber of
RF told about their participation in PACE session devoted to humanitarian
catastrophe in South Ossetia and in OSCE conference on human dimension in
Warsaw.
The member of the RF Public chamber, director of Moscow bureau for human
rights Alexander Brod greeted the proposal of Parliamentary Assembly of the
Community of Europe on conduction of full-scale investigation. He also
stated that Russian rights defenders would like to visit Gori and Poti.
"Information about the victims both on Ossetin and Georgian parts is equally
important for us. All the facts of human rights breaches, destructions,
cases of marauding should be thoroughly investigated, and the refugees must
get a chance to return to their houses", he said.
According to A. Brod, more than 200 applications from the citizens of South
Ossetia to Moscow bureau for human rights in August 2008 were handed-over to
the European court of human rights. Moscow bureau for human rights, Guild of
Russian lawyers, National rights defending Union "Man and Law", movement
"Resistance" would provide the juridical support to the citizens of South
Ossetia as before.
Alexander Brod stressed that PACE deputies who visited Tskhinval in person
spoke more objectively than those who didn't go to Ossetia. Hysterical
appeals to "stop the Russian bear, empire of evil" and that "Russian tanks
entered Tbilisi and the city is in ruins. These tanks are already in the
heart of Europe, in this hall" were heard in the hall of the European
Council. The members of the Public chamber presented the book "South
Ossetia. Chronicle of the booked murder" prepared together by the commission
of the Public chamber on investigation of military crimes and rights
defending movement "Resistance". The book tells about the victims of
Georgian aggression, reproduces the chronology of the August events and the
evidences of eye-witnesses. Documentary materials are supplemented by photos
shot by journalists during the battle for Tskhinval. This book caused big
interest in Strasbourg and Warsaw.
At present the negotiations are conducted on arrangement of similar briefing
in European parliament in Brussels and UN headquarters in New York.
According to the member of the Public chamber, lawyer Pavel Astakhov, public
investigation of all the circumstances of 5-day August war will continue by
all means. Though the Europeans acknowledged in general that it was Georgia
that inflicted the first blow upon South Ossetia, the members of the Public
chamber don't loose their hope to persuade the West that Russia behaved in
the only possible way during the conflict and that the Georgian leaders
should answer for their crimes in the international tribunal.
"Criminal proceedings were instituted by the Russian part. Political
investigation took place within PACE. But the conclusions were different.
And there is a field for the work of public organizations. The conflict took
place but it isn't solved", P. Astakhov said.
According to the collected evidences, the Georgian servicemen executed the
refugees who tried to escape to Russia, used the inhabitants of Ossetin
villages as the living shield during the attack at Tskhinval and applied the
cassette ammunition during bombardment of Ossetin houses.
Member of the RF Public chamber Sergey Ryakhovsky noted the importance of
development of inter-religious dialogue of Russia and Georgia as well as of
humanitarian and cultural ties between the people of our countries.
Executive secretary of the "People's forum 'Ossetia accuses'" Oleg Kudukhov
noted that his compatriots also have reproofs towards the European
structures themselves. In particular it is known that several days before
the start of war the OSCE and Red Cross missions that worked in Tskhinval
hurriedly left South Ossetia. "This means the Georgian OSCE representation
knew about the attack that was under preparation and warned its colleagues,
Kudukhov said. But why were the Ossetins not warned then? Why didn't
Europeans try to interfere into the conflict?"
Executive director of Moscow bureau for human rights Natalya Rykova spoke
with the demand to create an international tribunal for condemnation of
Georgian aggression thus supporting the idea stated by the Commissioner on
human rights V. Lukin in August 2008. N. Rykova also stressed that the
response of the international rights defending community to the war in South
Ossetia was inert and delayed. In her opinion, it was just inactivity of
armed peace-maker contingent in Bosnia and Herzegovina that led to the
tragedy of Srebrenitsa and mass elimination of Moslem and Serbian
population. And Russian peace-makers did their utmost in South Ossetia to
prevent the growth of ethnic war.
N. Rykova also noted that on October 10 the Nobel price of peace was awarded
to the Finnish politician and diplomat, 71-year-old Marti Ahtisaari being
the author of the plan of separation of Kosovo from Serbia "for outstanding
service <...> for solution of international conflicts". In her opinion,
despite the service of Marti Ahtisaari in the field of peace-making, the
decision of the Nobel committee is most politicized and obviously connected
with the recent events in South Ossetia.
The public prosecutors checked the observance of laws on federal security,
inter-national relations and counteraction against extremism
According to the data of the RF Office of general public prosecutor, the
offices of public prosecutor of Russian Federation conducted 25661
inspections of implementation of laws on federal security, inter-national
relations and counteraction against extremism during the period since
January till June, 2008 (including 441 inspections in the authorities of RF
subjects, 8280 - in local government bodies, 244 - in territorial
Rosregistration bodies, 50 - in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 1540 -
in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 1366 - in public associations,
1659 - in religious associations and 2160 - in mass media).
50398 legislation breaches were discovered (including 289 - in the
authorities of the RF subjects, 19549 - in local government bodies, 80 - in
territorial Rosregistration bodies, 24 - in territorial Rosokhanculture
bodies, 2047 - in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 617 - in public
associations, 578 - in religious associations, 357 - in mass media), among
them 2636 - in the field of inter-national relations (including 12 in the
authorities of the RF subjects, 126 - in local government bodies, 2 - in
territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 942 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 136 - in public associations, 14 - in religious
associations, 3 - in mass media), 11460 - in the field of counteraction
against extremism (including 161 in the authorities of the RF subjects, 7250
- in local government bodies, 72 - in territorial Rosregistration bodies, 12
- in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 713 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 327 - in public associations, 524 - in religious
associations, 340 - in mass media) and 36302 - in the field of counteraction
against terrorism (including 116 in the authorities of the RF subjects,
12173 - in local government bodies, 8 - in territorial Rosregistration
bodies,10 - in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 392 - in territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 154 - in public associations, 40 - in religious
associations, 14 - in mass media). Also 1684 illegitimate legal acts were
discovered during the inspections (including 12 in the authorities of the RF
subjects, 1011 - in local government bodies, 7 - in territorial
Rosregistration bodies, 260 - in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 13
- in public associations, 182 - in religious associations, 1 - in mass
media), among them 318 in the field of inter-national relations (including 5
in the authorities of the RF subjects, 6 - in local government bodies, 184 -
in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 4 - in public associations, 3 -
in religious associations) , 839 - in the field of counteraction against
extremism (including 4 in the authorities of the RF subjects, 563 - in local
government bodies, 7 - in territorial Rosregistration bodies, 44 - in
territorial migratory inspection bodies, 9 - in public associations, 178 -
in religious associations, 1 - in mass media) and 527 - in the field of
counteraction against terrorism (including 3 in the authorities of the RF
subjects, 442 - in local government bodies, 32 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 1 - in religious associations).
1362 protests were passed concerning illegal actions (including 8 concerning
the actions of the authorities of the RF subjects, 828 - of local government
bodies, 7 - of territorial Rosregistration bodies, 260 - of territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 13 - of public associations, 168 - of religious
associations, 1 - of mass media). 10 protests were declined (2 concerning
the actions of local government bodies, 4 - the actions of territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 1 - the actions of religious organization).
According to the results of 1056 protests, illegitimate legal acts were
cancelled (or changed) (including 7 concerning the actions of the
authorities of the RF subjects, 714 - of local government bodies, 2 - of
territorial Rosregistration bodies, 196 - of territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 6 - of public associations, 84 - of religious
associations). 3545 suits were directed to the court (including 9 concerning
the actions of the authorities of the RF subjects, 1539 - of local
government bodies, 344 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 14 - of
public associations, 32 - of religious associations, 107 - of mass media),
among them 305 - in correspondence with the Federal Law "On counteraction
against extremist activity" (including 132 concerning the actions of local
government bodies, 11 - of public associations, 6 - of religious
associations, 105 - of mass media). The courts declined 45 suits (among them
30 concerning the actions of local government bodies), including 18 that
were forwarded according to the Federal Law "On counteraction against
extremist activity" (all of these - concerning the actions of local
government bodies).
14968 adductions were introduced (including 123 concerning the actions of
the authorities of the RF subjects, 7925 - of local government bodies, 43 -
of territorial Rosregistration bodies, 8 - of territorial Rosokhanculture
bodies, 293 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 231 - of public
associations, 188 - of religious associations, 73 - of mass media). 4481
persons were called to account basing upon the adductions of the public
prosecutor (among them 31 - from among the employees of the authorities of
the RF subjects, 1239 - employees of local government bodies, 94 - from
territorial migratory inspection bodies, 32 - from public associations, 10 -
from religious associations, 22 - from mass media). 6721 persons else got
the warning on impossibility of the breach of law (among them 241 - from
among the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 2212 - of
employees of local government bodies, 2 - from territorial Rosregistration
bodies, 3 - from territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 31 - from territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 255 - from public associations, 181 - from
religious associations, 259 - from mass media). 148 persons else got the
warning (among them 19 from among the employees of local government bodies,
9 - from public associations, 12 - from religious associations, 17 - from
mass media). 3738 persons were called to account administratively (among
them 1 from among the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 352 -
from local government bodies, 235 - from territorial migratory inspection
bodies, 157 - from public associations, 18 - from religious associations, 42
- from mass media). 32 criminal proceedings were instituted basing upon the
materials directed by the public prosecutor in correspondence with clause 37
part 2 of the Criminal-procedural code (CPC) of RF (among them 1 concerning
the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 2 - employees of local
government bodies, 4 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 2 - of
public associations, 1- of religious associations, 6 - of mass media). 105
materials else were directed for examining the possibility of instituting
the criminal proceedings (among them 5 against the employees of local
government bodies, 13 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 10 - of
public associations, 6 - of religious associations, 16 - of mass media).
1113 informational references and adductions were sent to the authorities
concerning the state of legality, 448 addresses were received concerning
breaches of law: 285 in the sphere of inter-national relations (13 were
upheld), 140 - in the sphere of counteraction against extremism (19 were
upheld), 23 - in the sphere of counteraction against terrorism (15 were
upheld).
90 cases of extremist orientation were passed to the court (among them 1 by
clause 141 of the CC of RF, 8 - by clause 280 of the CC, 31 - by clause 282
of the CC, 2 - by clause 282-1, 2 - by clause 282-2, 5 - by clause 105, 4 -
by clause 111, 2 - by clause 112, 5 - by clause 115, 6 - by clause 116, 4 -
by clause 119 of the CC, 13 - by clause 213, 3 - by clause 214, 2 - by
clause 244). 35 of them were investigated by the investigators of
Departments of home affairs (OVD) (3 by clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 5 -
by clause 115, 6 - by clause 116, 3 - by clause 119 of the CC, 11 - by
clause 213, 3 - by clause 214, 2 by clause 244), 52 - by the Investigatory
committee (IC) of the Office of public prosecutor of RF (among them 1 - by
clause 141 of the CC, 5 - by clause 280 of the CC, 31 - by clause 282 of the
CC, 2 - by clause 282-1, 2 - by clause 282-2, 5 - by clause 105, 1 - by
clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 1 - by clause 119 of the CC, 2 - by clause
213). 184 of the accused were called by these cases: 78 - by cases
investigated by OVD (among them 6 by clause 111, 2 - by clause 112, 8 - by
clause 115, 10 - by clause 116, 3 - by clause 119 of the CC, 30 - by clause
213, 6 - by clause 214, 4 - by clause 244) and 103 - by cases investigated
by IC (among them 1 by clause 141 of the CC, 7 - by clause 280 of the CC, 42
- by clause 282 of the CC, 5 - by clause 282-1, 3 - by clause 282-2, 32 - by
clause 105, 3 - by clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 2 - by clause 119 of the
CC, 3 - by clause 213). Besides, 9 cases (3 by clause 280, 5 by clause 282,
1 by clause 214) against 9 persons were stopped (1 by clause 214 by OVD
investigators and 5 by clause 282 - by investigators of IC) - including 5
due to lack of the criminal event or corpus delicti (2 by clause 280 and 3
by clause 282 (all of them - by investigators of IC). 50 cases were
suspended, including by clause 208 part 1 item 1 of the CPC - 41 (among them
1 - by clause 141 of the CC, 22 - by clause 282 of the CC, 3 - by clause
282-2, 2 - by clause 105, 2 - by clause 116, 1 by clause 213, 6 - by clause
214, 3 - by clause 244), by clause 208 part 1 item 2 - 6 (2 - by clause 280
of the CC, 4 - by clause 282 of the CC), by clause 208 part 1 item 3 - 2 (1
- by clause 282 , 2 - by clause 213), by clause 208 part 1 item 4 - 1 (by
clause 282 of the CC). 69 cases were also passed to the court with
accusation of terrorism: among them 47 were investigated by OVD (including 2
- by clause 206 and 44 - by clause 208) and 19 - by IC (2 - by clause 205, 1
- by clause 205-1, 1 - by clause 206, 15 - by clause 208) with 101 accused:
68 - by cases investigated by OVD (including 2 - by cases by clause 206, 65
- by cases by clause 208), 31 - by cases investigated by IC (including 1 by
cases by clause 205-1, 1 - by cases by clause 206, 18 - by cases by clause
208). 4 cases (among them 3 - by investigators of IC: 1 - by clause 205, 2 -
by clause 208) against 6 persons (including1 - by cases investigated by OVD,
4 - by cases investigated by IC) were stopped including 1 - by investigators
of IC due to lack of corpus delicti. Besides, 26 cases else were suspended
including by clause 208 part 1 item 1 of the CPC of RF - 17 (among them 10 -
by clause 205 of the CC, 4 - by clause 208 of the CC, 2 - by clause 278, 1 -
by clause 282-1), by clause 208 part 1 item 2 - 9 (1 - by clause 205 of the
CC, 7 - by clause 208, 1 - by clause 277).
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23 October 2008
Xenophobia manifestations: January - October 2008
Review of Moscow bureau for human rights
During the period since January till October 15, 2008 250 attacks at least
based upon xenophobia were recorded and 112 deceased and 337 victims at
least were their result.
According to the data of the Ministry of home affairs announced on September
23, 250 crimes of extremist character were recorded since the beginning of
the year. On October 8 representatives of Investigatory committee of the
office of public prosecutor of RF announced that since the beginning of the
year 380 crimes of extremist orientation were recorded in Russia, and 322 of
them were already disclosed.
The largest number of attacks was committed in Moscow and Moscow region (48
deceased, 162 victims at least), they are followed by St. Petersburg and
Leningrad region (19 deceased, 35 victims at least), Sverdlovsk region (6
deceased, 8 victims), Yaroslavl (4 deceased), Ulyanovsk region (3 deceased,
3 victims), Ingushetia (2 deceased, 3 victims), Omsk (2 deceased, 2
victims), Novosibirsk (2 deceased), Dagestan (1 deceased, 23 victims at
least), Voronezh (1 deceased, 16 victims at least), Nizhni Novgorod region
(2 deceased, 4 victims), Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, Udmurtia (by 1 deceased and 3
victims), Stavropol, Tula, Chelyabinsk region (by 1 deceased and 2 victims),
Togliatti, Obninsk and Saratov region (by 1 deceased and 1 victim), Kaluga
region (1 deceased). Nalchik (29 victims at least), Bryansk (14 victims),
Vladivostok (13 victims), Lipetsk (8 victims at least), Kazan, Kaliningrad
(by 6 victims), Ryazan region (5 victims), Republic of North Ossetia, Ufa
(by 4 victims), Arkhangelsk region (3 victims), Republic of Chuvashia, Amur,
Tver, Volgograd and Vladimir regions (by 2 victims), Kursk, Penza,
Pervouralsk, Oryol, Yaroslavl, Novgorod region, Rostov-on-Don, Republic of
Kalmykia, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Vologda, Tambov (by 1 victim).
The following were attacked most often: Uzbeks (17 deceased, 22 victims),
Kirghizes (10 deceased, 5 victims), Tajiks (9 deceased, 35 victims),
Russians (8 deceased, 34 victims), Azerbaijanians (7 deceased, 23 victims),
Armenians (4 deceased, 3 victims), Dagestans (2 deceased, 26 victims at
least), Chechens (2 deceased, 22 victims), Kalmyks (2 deceased, 6 victims at
least), Ingushes (2 deceased, 4 victims), Turks (2 deceased, 1 victim),
Gypsies (2 deceased), Chineses (1 deceased, 13 victims), Moldavians,
Germans, Tuvinians (by 1 deceased), natives of the countries of Near East
and North Africa (12 victims), Indians (4 victims), Koreans, Jews (by 3
victims), Englishmen, Mongols, Georgians (by 2 victims), Kazakhs (2
victims).
During the period since January till October 15, 2008 145 persons were
convicted for manifestations of aggressive xenophobia. At the same time 7
persons were sentenced to correctional works, 5 - to imprisonment in
colony-settlement, 36 - to conditional imprisonment, 3 - got the terms of
imprisonment up to 1 year, 26 - from 1 to 5 years, 36 - from 5 to 10 years,
7 - from 10 to 15 years, 4 - from 15 to 20 years and five people else were
sentenced to life imprisonment.
During first two weeks of October eight attacks were recorded, and 4
deceased and 7 victims were their results.
Early in October a group of citizens of Uzbekistan was beaten in suburban
electric train in Vladivostok. One of the victims got 5 knife wounds.
On October 7 a citizen of Chinese People's republic was beaten in
Vladivostok.
On October 11 night a citizen of Uzbekistan was killed in Moscow.
On October 12 an attack was committed at two citizens of Tajikistan in the
center of Moscow; they both got knife wounds and died because of the wounds
later, and on October 12 an Azerbaijanian was wounded in electric train near
Moscow.
In October an attempt of use of "Kondopoga political technology" was also
recorded. The rape and murder of 15-year-old A. Beshnova committed in the
Western district of Moscow became the cause for nationalistic hysteria on
the part of the ultra-rights. Though the case it not yet investigated, the
nationalists accused two Dagestans of the crime at once and arranged an
unapproved meeting. Some of agitator-nationalists were arrested.
Within the election campaign to the regional Legislative assembly in
Kemerovo region in September 2008 local mass media accented the attention
negatively that No. 2 in the list of CPRF D. Kochadze in an ethnic Georgian.
Early in October the leaflets were thrown about in the village Ardy of
Kilemarsky district of the Republic of Mariy El; in the opinion of
investigators, they were directed at kindling of hate between Russians and
Caucasians.
Early in October xenophobe inscriptions appeared in Vladivostok.
On October 4 an Orthodox Christian cross was destroyed and desecrated at
Staropanovsky cemetery in Leningrad region.
On October 6 a motorcar with explosives parked beside the mosque was
neutralized in St. Petersburg.
On October 10 the anti-Christian inscriptions were written upon the Orthodox
Christian Assumption temple in Voronezh, and in Kaliningrad the old Jewish
cemetery was desecrated.
On October 12 night the unknown people set fire to a bell tower on the
territory of the church of Nativity of the Virgin in Sovetsky district of
Novosibirsk.
During the first half of October 7 people were convicted for the crimes
based upon xenophobia (5 of them got conditional punishment, 1 was sentenced
to imprisonment in colony-settlement, 1 - was sent to a prison).
On October 1 an accusation was preferred to five inhabitants of Dzerzhinsk
accused of murder of a student from Tajikistan.
On October 3 Leninsky district court of Novosibirsk sentenced the former
militiaman Alexander Budnikov to two years of conditional imprisonment for
public appeals to extremist activity: placement of anti-Semitic orientation
articles in Internet.
On October 8 an accusation was preferred in Orenburg to 5 skin-heads who
beat "non-Russians" and placed video-records in Internet.
On October 8 the procedure started in Central district court of Khabarovsk
on the case of the leader of regional branch of "Union of Russian people"
(SRN) Pavel Onopriyenko and press-secretary of the branch Viktor Chulkin
accused by clauses of the CC on "creation of extremist community and
participation in it" as well as on "stimulation of hate or hostility as well
as humiliation of human dignity".
On October 9 the investigatory department of the investigatory committee of
the office of public prosecutor of RF for St. Petersburg sent the criminal
case on the fact of might-have-been explosion in the city "Rocks-club" to
the court.
On October 13 Krasnoselsky federal court of St. Petersburg sentenced the
leader of nationalist "Party of freedom" Yuri Belyayev to six months of
imprisonment in colony-settlement.
On October 14 the Supreme court of Tatarstan upheld the sentence for the
members of Tatarstan group of Russian National Unity (RNE).
On October 14 the Investigatory department of the Investigatory committee of
the office of public prosecutor for Tver city completed the preliminary
investigation towards 19 members of organization "Russian National Unity"
accused of attacks, desecration of graves and robberies.
On Haider syndrome
(Statement of Moscow bureau for human rights)
On October 10, 2008 an odious Austrian politician Joerg Haider perished in
traffic accident. Having doubtless features of charismatic leader, Haider
became a banner of right radicals and openly supported neo-Nazi moods.
Leading the "Austrian party of freedom" and being a governor of Karintia,
Haider made a statement that the Third Reich conducted more worthy
employment policy than the today's government does. He promised to "throw"
the migrants out of Austria in person and spoke with demand to reject the
payments to Jews who suffered during Nazi terror in Austria.
Being already a leader of new party "Alliance for the future of Austria",
Haider demanded to provide no full-fledged membership to the new EC
countries, adopt tough migratory laws etc. He enabled these subjects that
were discussed just within discussions among the nationalists to become a
part of all-Austrian political discourse. His parties gained unprecedented
success during regional and federal election causing shock in Europe.
The history and success of Haider's political carrier are the visual
demonstration what can be a result of inability of the authorities to
explain and cushion the difficulties of transitional period as well as are
an example of the fact how legitimacy is provided to xenophobe and often
pro-Nazi slogans under the shelter of popular and populist slogans. The
parties led by him collected considerable number of votes due to inability
of authorities to smooth the negative consequences of globalization, side
effects of mass immigration and of joining the EC, and inability to explain
the crisis events in economy.
MBHR thinks that dangerous Haider's popularity in Austria and success of his
parties should be a serious lesson for Russian authorities. Objective
economic and political problems of post-Soviet space, mistakes in migratory
policy, failures of citizens' social protection, inactivity of
law-enforcement bodies lead to the growth of nationalistic moods, race and
religious hate. Russia is living through a splash of murders and crimes
based upon national hate, growth of activity of the groups of frankly
pro-Nazi orientation. Such moods are kindled and directed by leaders of
right-radical organizations, and many of them express much more radical
views than Haider's ones being subject to no court persecution.
Such a situation in Russia looks most dangerous. And this is most important
now, under conditions of the world financial and equity crisis the
consequences of which may be felt by Russian citizens. It can be already
seen that many primitive provokers already speak with accusations of
representatives of "non-titular" nations, migrants of the crisis. Somebody
already tries to provoke the protest moods in the army.
While in European countries including Austria a developed civil society
withstands the growth of nationalist moods to some extent, in Russia such a
society is not yet created. Under these conditions the special
responsibility is laid upon the authorities and rights defending
organizations that must do their best to prevent to development of the
events according to the worst scenario.
On the attempts of rehabilitation of Nazism in Ukraine and Baltic countries
Statement of Moscow bureau for human rights
During recent week the Ukrainian and Russian mass media were full of reports
about conflicts and squabbles in Ukraine in connection with celebration
concerning 66th anniversary of creation of Ukrainian insurgent army.
A sad regularity is traced in the political life of some independent states
upon the post-Soviet space: building of the new statehood is inseparable
from the growth of nationalist moods when the enemy is searched strenuously
within the country and abroad to which all the disasters can be ascribed.
Russia and Russian-speaking population take shape as such an enemy. But
during recent years we are the witnesses of even sadder picture: growth of
anti-Russian moods is often accompanied by laudation of "people's heroes"
who cooperated with Nazis in any way.
It deals with Ukraine and Baltic countries.
Numerous celebrations in honor of Insurgent army veterans are conducted in
Ukraine, a title of the hero of Ukraine was awarded to its commander Roman
Shukhevich who sullied his name with immediate cooperation with Hitlerites.
Museums of Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA-UNSO) are created, and the uniforms
of the World War II are much in demand. Laudations of Bandera followers are
permanently combined with curses addressed to the "Muscovites". The common
tragedy of the people of the Soviet Union that lived through inconceivable
sufferings during the Stalin's regime, the tragedy of multi-national
population of Ukraine that died because of hunger early in 1930s are
transformed into the idea of Golodomor as a conscious genocide of Ukrainians
by Russian authorities - it looks like the hunger consciously avoided the
houses where the Russians lived. It looks like inhabitants of Urals and
other regions of Russia didn't starve. At the same time nationalistic mass
media relish the Jewish names in the list of the Ukrainian leaders of that
time and don't mention many Ukrainian names. The myrmidons and bearers of
Stalin's regime whose activity is disgusting no matter what was their
nationality, are thoroughly sorted into one's owns and aliens. And the
aliens - "Muscovites" and "Jewmen" prove to be the only culprits of
Ukrainian tragedy.
As wild anti-Russian and pro-fascist hysteria also takes place recently in
the Baltic countries. Indeed, the Baltic countries suffered much from the
Soviet regime. Dozen thousands of the Baltic residents were executed, exiled
to Siberia, deprived of the right to maintain their cultural and religious
traditions. But for unknown reason the blame is put again upon Russia and
Russians - it looks like millions Russians were not executed, exiled to the
camps, deprived of elementary human rights by the same Stalin's regime. It
looks like Baltic Communists and chekists didn't take part in repressions
and like the Latvian riflemen didn't participate in the revolution. And
people are sorted again basing upon their nationality, and the "aliens" are
called enemies. As a result the Russians and representatives of other
non-native nationalities are deprived of civil rights and possibility to
study in native language. At the same time rallies and marches of "Waffen
SS" veterans are conducted, medals are presented to the veterans of
volunteer Nazi legions, graves of Soviet warriors are desecrated, monuments
to warriors-liberators are destroyed and criminal proceedings are instituted
against old men-partisans who fought against fascism.
Both in Ukraine and in Baltic countries the officials often treat
protectively the glorification of Nazi myrmidons and sometimes participate
themselves in the marches of "veterans". Thus, the president of Ukraine V.
Yushchenko initiated the celebration of UPA-UNSO anniversary in person. Even
the European structures that often try to take no notice of human rights
breaches in some countries to please the political considerations expressed
more than once their indignation due to open demonstration of neo-Nazi moods
in Baltic countries and anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
The abrupt growth of anti-Semitic moods should be specially stressed being
an integral part of nationalistic and pro-Nazi moods. Right-radical mass
media, nationalist parties and various movements use the anti-Semitic
rhetoric. It's sufficient to mention just the regrettably known MAUP that
was putting anti-Semitism without difficulty into the center of its activity
for many years.
A special cynicism can be seen in all this if one takes into account that it
was right in Ukraine and Baltic countries that the Jewish population lived
throw the terrible tragedy. Many hundred thousands Jews in Ukraine, almost
whole Jewish population of the Baltic region were eliminated during Nazi
occupation. And it's well-known that local population from among Nazi
myrmidons actively and sometimes immediately participated in elimination of
the Jews. Latvian punitive detachments not just conducted the executions of
Jews on the territory of Latvia itself but were also "sent on a business
strip" to other Baltic countries. None of other European countries knew such
an active participation of local population in the Holocaust like the Baltic
countries.
And neo-Nazi moods are actively implanted and disseminated in these
countries instead of giving the righteous that sheltered the Jews their due,
and instead of taking care of monuments and graves of Soviet soldiers who
gave their lives for salvation of the world from Nazism. And such a
situation seems intolerable under conditions of today's world political and
economical cataclysms and aggravation of inter-national and inter-religious
conflicts. The authorities and the public of Ukraine and Baltic countries,
European rights defending structures should do their best to prevent the
growth of fascism and its irreversible consequences.
"Europe got to know about the tragedy of South Ossetia"
A press conference "Europe got to know about the tragedy of South Ossetia"
took place in press center of "RIA News". Members of the Public chamber of
RF told about their participation in PACE session devoted to humanitarian
catastrophe in South Ossetia and in OSCE conference on human dimension in
Warsaw.
The member of the RF Public chamber, director of Moscow bureau for human
rights Alexander Brod greeted the proposal of Parliamentary Assembly of the
Community of Europe on conduction of full-scale investigation. He also
stated that Russian rights defenders would like to visit Gori and Poti.
"Information about the victims both on Ossetin and Georgian parts is equally
important for us. All the facts of human rights breaches, destructions,
cases of marauding should be thoroughly investigated, and the refugees must
get a chance to return to their houses", he said.
According to A. Brod, more than 200 applications from the citizens of South
Ossetia to Moscow bureau for human rights in August 2008 were handed-over to
the European court of human rights. Moscow bureau for human rights, Guild of
Russian lawyers, National rights defending Union "Man and Law", movement
"Resistance" would provide the juridical support to the citizens of South
Ossetia as before.
Alexander Brod stressed that PACE deputies who visited Tskhinval in person
spoke more objectively than those who didn't go to Ossetia. Hysterical
appeals to "stop the Russian bear, empire of evil" and that "Russian tanks
entered Tbilisi and the city is in ruins. These tanks are already in the
heart of Europe, in this hall" were heard in the hall of the European
Council. The members of the Public chamber presented the book "South
Ossetia. Chronicle of the booked murder" prepared together by the commission
of the Public chamber on investigation of military crimes and rights
defending movement "Resistance". The book tells about the victims of
Georgian aggression, reproduces the chronology of the August events and the
evidences of eye-witnesses. Documentary materials are supplemented by photos
shot by journalists during the battle for Tskhinval. This book caused big
interest in Strasbourg and Warsaw.
At present the negotiations are conducted on arrangement of similar briefing
in European parliament in Brussels and UN headquarters in New York.
According to the member of the Public chamber, lawyer Pavel Astakhov, public
investigation of all the circumstances of 5-day August war will continue by
all means. Though the Europeans acknowledged in general that it was Georgia
that inflicted the first blow upon South Ossetia, the members of the Public
chamber don't loose their hope to persuade the West that Russia behaved in
the only possible way during the conflict and that the Georgian leaders
should answer for their crimes in the international tribunal.
"Criminal proceedings were instituted by the Russian part. Political
investigation took place within PACE. But the conclusions were different.
And there is a field for the work of public organizations. The conflict took
place but it isn't solved", P. Astakhov said.
According to the collected evidences, the Georgian servicemen executed the
refugees who tried to escape to Russia, used the inhabitants of Ossetin
villages as the living shield during the attack at Tskhinval and applied the
cassette ammunition during bombardment of Ossetin houses.
Member of the RF Public chamber Sergey Ryakhovsky noted the importance of
development of inter-religious dialogue of Russia and Georgia as well as of
humanitarian and cultural ties between the people of our countries.
Executive secretary of the "People's forum 'Ossetia accuses'" Oleg Kudukhov
noted that his compatriots also have reproofs towards the European
structures themselves. In particular it is known that several days before
the start of war the OSCE and Red Cross missions that worked in Tskhinval
hurriedly left South Ossetia. "This means the Georgian OSCE representation
knew about the attack that was under preparation and warned its colleagues,
Kudukhov said. But why were the Ossetins not warned then? Why didn't
Europeans try to interfere into the conflict?"
Executive director of Moscow bureau for human rights Natalya Rykova spoke
with the demand to create an international tribunal for condemnation of
Georgian aggression thus supporting the idea stated by the Commissioner on
human rights V. Lukin in August 2008. N. Rykova also stressed that the
response of the international rights defending community to the war in South
Ossetia was inert and delayed. In her opinion, it was just inactivity of
armed peace-maker contingent in Bosnia and Herzegovina that led to the
tragedy of Srebrenitsa and mass elimination of Moslem and Serbian
population. And Russian peace-makers did their utmost in South Ossetia to
prevent the growth of ethnic war.
N. Rykova also noted that on October 10 the Nobel price of peace was awarded
to the Finnish politician and diplomat, 71-year-old Marti Ahtisaari being
the author of the plan of separation of Kosovo from Serbia "for outstanding
service <...> for solution of international conflicts". In her opinion,
despite the service of Marti Ahtisaari in the field of peace-making, the
decision of the Nobel committee is most politicized and obviously connected
with the recent events in South Ossetia.
The public prosecutors checked the observance of laws on federal security,
inter-national relations and counteraction against extremism
According to the data of the RF Office of general public prosecutor, the
offices of public prosecutor of Russian Federation conducted 25661
inspections of implementation of laws on federal security, inter-national
relations and counteraction against extremism during the period since
January till June, 2008 (including 441 inspections in the authorities of RF
subjects, 8280 - in local government bodies, 244 - in territorial
Rosregistration bodies, 50 - in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 1540 -
in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 1366 - in public associations,
1659 - in religious associations and 2160 - in mass media).
50398 legislation breaches were discovered (including 289 - in the
authorities of the RF subjects, 19549 - in local government bodies, 80 - in
territorial Rosregistration bodies, 24 - in territorial Rosokhanculture
bodies, 2047 - in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 617 - in public
associations, 578 - in religious associations, 357 - in mass media), among
them 2636 - in the field of inter-national relations (including 12 in the
authorities of the RF subjects, 126 - in local government bodies, 2 - in
territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 942 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 136 - in public associations, 14 - in religious
associations, 3 - in mass media), 11460 - in the field of counteraction
against extremism (including 161 in the authorities of the RF subjects, 7250
- in local government bodies, 72 - in territorial Rosregistration bodies, 12
- in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 713 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 327 - in public associations, 524 - in religious
associations, 340 - in mass media) and 36302 - in the field of counteraction
against terrorism (including 116 in the authorities of the RF subjects,
12173 - in local government bodies, 8 - in territorial Rosregistration
bodies,10 - in territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 392 - in territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 154 - in public associations, 40 - in religious
associations, 14 - in mass media). Also 1684 illegitimate legal acts were
discovered during the inspections (including 12 in the authorities of the RF
subjects, 1011 - in local government bodies, 7 - in territorial
Rosregistration bodies, 260 - in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 13
- in public associations, 182 - in religious associations, 1 - in mass
media), among them 318 in the field of inter-national relations (including 5
in the authorities of the RF subjects, 6 - in local government bodies, 184 -
in territorial migratory inspection bodies, 4 - in public associations, 3 -
in religious associations) , 839 - in the field of counteraction against
extremism (including 4 in the authorities of the RF subjects, 563 - in local
government bodies, 7 - in territorial Rosregistration bodies, 44 - in
territorial migratory inspection bodies, 9 - in public associations, 178 -
in religious associations, 1 - in mass media) and 527 - in the field of
counteraction against terrorism (including 3 in the authorities of the RF
subjects, 442 - in local government bodies, 32 - in territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 1 - in religious associations).
1362 protests were passed concerning illegal actions (including 8 concerning
the actions of the authorities of the RF subjects, 828 - of local government
bodies, 7 - of territorial Rosregistration bodies, 260 - of territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 13 - of public associations, 168 - of religious
associations, 1 - of mass media). 10 protests were declined (2 concerning
the actions of local government bodies, 4 - the actions of territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 1 - the actions of religious organization).
According to the results of 1056 protests, illegitimate legal acts were
cancelled (or changed) (including 7 concerning the actions of the
authorities of the RF subjects, 714 - of local government bodies, 2 - of
territorial Rosregistration bodies, 196 - of territorial migratory
inspection bodies, 6 - of public associations, 84 - of religious
associations). 3545 suits were directed to the court (including 9 concerning
the actions of the authorities of the RF subjects, 1539 - of local
government bodies, 344 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 14 - of
public associations, 32 - of religious associations, 107 - of mass media),
among them 305 - in correspondence with the Federal Law "On counteraction
against extremist activity" (including 132 concerning the actions of local
government bodies, 11 - of public associations, 6 - of religious
associations, 105 - of mass media). The courts declined 45 suits (among them
30 concerning the actions of local government bodies), including 18 that
were forwarded according to the Federal Law "On counteraction against
extremist activity" (all of these - concerning the actions of local
government bodies).
14968 adductions were introduced (including 123 concerning the actions of
the authorities of the RF subjects, 7925 - of local government bodies, 43 -
of territorial Rosregistration bodies, 8 - of territorial Rosokhanculture
bodies, 293 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 231 - of public
associations, 188 - of religious associations, 73 - of mass media). 4481
persons were called to account basing upon the adductions of the public
prosecutor (among them 31 - from among the employees of the authorities of
the RF subjects, 1239 - employees of local government bodies, 94 - from
territorial migratory inspection bodies, 32 - from public associations, 10 -
from religious associations, 22 - from mass media). 6721 persons else got
the warning on impossibility of the breach of law (among them 241 - from
among the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 2212 - of
employees of local government bodies, 2 - from territorial Rosregistration
bodies, 3 - from territorial Rosokhanculture bodies, 31 - from territorial
migratory inspection bodies, 255 - from public associations, 181 - from
religious associations, 259 - from mass media). 148 persons else got the
warning (among them 19 from among the employees of local government bodies,
9 - from public associations, 12 - from religious associations, 17 - from
mass media). 3738 persons were called to account administratively (among
them 1 from among the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 352 -
from local government bodies, 235 - from territorial migratory inspection
bodies, 157 - from public associations, 18 - from religious associations, 42
- from mass media). 32 criminal proceedings were instituted basing upon the
materials directed by the public prosecutor in correspondence with clause 37
part 2 of the Criminal-procedural code (CPC) of RF (among them 1 concerning
the employees of the authorities of the RF subjects, 2 - employees of local
government bodies, 4 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 2 - of
public associations, 1- of religious associations, 6 - of mass media). 105
materials else were directed for examining the possibility of instituting
the criminal proceedings (among them 5 against the employees of local
government bodies, 13 - of territorial migratory inspection bodies, 10 - of
public associations, 6 - of religious associations, 16 - of mass media).
1113 informational references and adductions were sent to the authorities
concerning the state of legality, 448 addresses were received concerning
breaches of law: 285 in the sphere of inter-national relations (13 were
upheld), 140 - in the sphere of counteraction against extremism (19 were
upheld), 23 - in the sphere of counteraction against terrorism (15 were
upheld).
90 cases of extremist orientation were passed to the court (among them 1 by
clause 141 of the CC of RF, 8 - by clause 280 of the CC, 31 - by clause 282
of the CC, 2 - by clause 282-1, 2 - by clause 282-2, 5 - by clause 105, 4 -
by clause 111, 2 - by clause 112, 5 - by clause 115, 6 - by clause 116, 4 -
by clause 119 of the CC, 13 - by clause 213, 3 - by clause 214, 2 - by
clause 244). 35 of them were investigated by the investigators of
Departments of home affairs (OVD) (3 by clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 5 -
by clause 115, 6 - by clause 116, 3 - by clause 119 of the CC, 11 - by
clause 213, 3 - by clause 214, 2 by clause 244), 52 - by the Investigatory
committee (IC) of the Office of public prosecutor of RF (among them 1 - by
clause 141 of the CC, 5 - by clause 280 of the CC, 31 - by clause 282 of the
CC, 2 - by clause 282-1, 2 - by clause 282-2, 5 - by clause 105, 1 - by
clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 1 - by clause 119 of the CC, 2 - by clause
213). 184 of the accused were called by these cases: 78 - by cases
investigated by OVD (among them 6 by clause 111, 2 - by clause 112, 8 - by
clause 115, 10 - by clause 116, 3 - by clause 119 of the CC, 30 - by clause
213, 6 - by clause 214, 4 - by clause 244) and 103 - by cases investigated
by IC (among them 1 by clause 141 of the CC, 7 - by clause 280 of the CC, 42
- by clause 282 of the CC, 5 - by clause 282-1, 3 - by clause 282-2, 32 - by
clause 105, 3 - by clause 111, 1 - by clause 112, 2 - by clause 119 of the
CC, 3 - by clause 213). Besides, 9 cases (3 by clause 280, 5 by clause 282,
1 by clause 214) against 9 persons were stopped (1 by clause 214 by OVD
investigators and 5 by clause 282 - by investigators of IC) - including 5
due to lack of the criminal event or corpus delicti (2 by clause 280 and 3
by clause 282 (all of them - by investigators of IC). 50 cases were
suspended, including by clause 208 part 1 item 1 of the CPC - 41 (among them
1 - by clause 141 of the CC, 22 - by clause 282 of the CC, 3 - by clause
282-2, 2 - by clause 105, 2 - by clause 116, 1 by clause 213, 6 - by clause
214, 3 - by clause 244), by clause 208 part 1 item 2 - 6 (2 - by clause 280
of the CC, 4 - by clause 282 of the CC), by clause 208 part 1 item 3 - 2 (1
- by clause 282 , 2 - by clause 213), by clause 208 part 1 item 4 - 1 (by
clause 282 of the CC). 69 cases were also passed to the court with
accusation of terrorism: among them 47 were investigated by OVD (including 2
- by clause 206 and 44 - by clause 208) and 19 - by IC (2 - by clause 205, 1
- by clause 205-1, 1 - by clause 206, 15 - by clause 208) with 101 accused:
68 - by cases investigated by OVD (including 2 - by cases by clause 206, 65
- by cases by clause 208), 31 - by cases investigated by IC (including 1 by
cases by clause 205-1, 1 - by cases by clause 206, 18 - by cases by clause
208). 4 cases (among them 3 - by investigators of IC: 1 - by clause 205, 2 -
by clause 208) against 6 persons (including1 - by cases investigated by OVD,
4 - by cases investigated by IC) were stopped including 1 - by investigators
of IC due to lack of corpus delicti. Besides, 26 cases else were suspended
including by clause 208 part 1 item 1 of the CPC of RF - 17 (among them 10 -
by clause 205 of the CC, 4 - by clause 208 of the CC, 2 - by clause 278, 1 -
by clause 282-1), by clause 208 part 1 item 2 - 9 (1 - by clause 205 of the
CC, 7 - by clause 208, 1 - by clause 277).