Important Publications
Racism and xenophobia
Misuse of anti-extremism
Religion in secular society
Database
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. |
The State Has Taken up Racist Violence Again: Hate Crimes and Counteraction to Them in Russia in 2021
This is an analytic review focused on the phenomenon, known as hate crimes – that is, on ordinary criminal offenses committed on the grounds of ethnic, religious or other similar enmity or prejudice.
10.02.2022Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in January 2022
The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for January 2022.
04.02.2022 - 18:57Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in December 2021. 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 2021, as well as a preliminary review of our findings for the year 2021 as a whole.
14.01.2022 - 19:33Misuse of Anti-Extremism in December 2021
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in December 2021.
24.01.2022 - 15:57Misuse of Anti-Extremism in November 2021
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in November 2021.
26.12.2021 - 17:03Freedom of Religion or Belief in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2020 
This short version of our annual report was published in Talk About: Law and Religion. Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
04.05.2021Freedom of Conscience in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2020
This is the latest annual report by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis on freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation.
29.04.2021New 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.
24.12.2020
loading ...
