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2018

Prosecuted "for Words": Will Putin's Amendment Have a Liberalizing Effect?
The Point & Counterpoint project by PONARS Eurasia releases Alexander Verkhovsky's piece on Article 282 on incitement of hatred and related legislation developments.
Fare and SOVA present a monitoring report on issues of racism and xenophobia in Russian football for the season of 2017/18
The Fare network and SOVA Center for Information and Analysis have released report "Discriminatory incidents in Russian football 2017 – 2018." Download the report on either the Fare or the SOVA Center website.
Countering or Imitation: The state against the promotion of hate and the political activity of nationalists in Russia in 2017

This report by Natalia Yudina is an analytic review of the state's efforts to counter incitement of hatred and political activities of Russian nationalists. It presents the results of SOVA Center's monitoring carried out 2017.

Xenophobia in Figures: Hate Crime in Russia and Efforts to Counteract It in 2017
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.