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SOVA Center for Information and Analysis |
![]() | SOVA Center for Information and Analysis is a Moscow-based Russian nonprofit organization founded in October 2002. SOVA Center conducts research and informational work on nationalism and racism, relations between the churches and secular society, and political radicalism. We are also interested in human rights issues, especially government misuse of counter-extremism measures. |
Seminar “The challenges of far right and religiously motivated violent extremism during the COVID-19 pandemic”
Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in December 2020. Preliminary Results of the Year
The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for December 2020, as well as a preliminary review of our findings for the year 2020 as a whole.
31.12.2020 - 13:12Suspects arrested in a series of racist murders
In Moscow, Sochi, and Tyumen, six people suspected of multiple murders were detained.
25.12.2020 - 09:58The New Exile Strategy of Russian Nationalists 
Misuse of Anti-Extremism in December 2020
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in December 2020.
12.01.2021 - 19:37Misuse of Anti-Extremism in November 2020
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in November 2020.
15.12.2020 - 15:40Misuse of Anti-Extremism in October 2020
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in October 2020.
13.11.2020 - 17:56New Restrictions in the Russian Religious Law: What Should Believers Expect? 
This article by Olga Sibireva was published in Talk About: Law and Religion. Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
24.12.2020Freedom of Conscience in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2019
This is the latest annual report by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis on freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation.
19.03.2020Freedom of Conscience in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2018
This is the latest annual report by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis on freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation.
17.04.2019