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New Russian Religious Prisoner?
Tatar activist, Fauziya Bairamova, was officially charged on January 29, 2014  under part 1 of article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code for “incitement of hatred or enmity and humiliation of  human dignity.” 
Moscow’s Muslims outraged at FSB warning that mosques are meeting-places for terrorists
On January 24th, 2014, Muslims in Moscow were outraged at the distribution of an official warning from the FSB, which described mosques as places of gathering for terrorists, and that “earnest prayer” was an identifiable behavior of suicide bombers.
Case against leader of Tobolsk Jehovah’s Witnesses dismissed
In January 2014 the Tobolsk city court dismissed the case against the leader of the Tobolsk group of Jehovah’s Witnesses Ilnur Ashirmametov, who had been accused of “propagandizing the superiority of the teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Tverskoy regional court cancels decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses’ official website
On 22 January 2014 the Tverskoy Regional Rourt canceled the decision of the Central District Court of Tver from 7 August 2013 concerning the labeling of the official site of the Jehovah’s Witnesses as extremist.
In Komi Republic, criminal investigation begun on man spraying gas into an Orthodox church
On January 17th spraying gas inside Ukhta’s Orthodox church.​