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Organizations Found by Russian Courts to be Extremist
This is a list of organizations found by Russian courts to be extremist over the period between 2002 and 2007. This is not an official list; it is based on the findings of our Center's monitoring.
This list was compiled at the end of March 2008. Updated version is available in Russian only.
Materials Found by Russian Courts to be Extremist
This list was compiled at the end of March 2008. Updated version is available in Russian only.
In addition to materials on the banned list officially published by the Russian Federal Registration Service (as of 14 March 2008), our list includes those where we already know of relevant judgments.
Alexander Verkhovsky. Overview of the Amendments Introduced in the Anti-extremist Legislation in 2007
Overview made for the NGO Bulletin "Lawmaking in the State Duma: a Human Rights Analysis".
Galina Kozhevnikova. Autumn 2007: Nazi Raids, Russian Marches, and Putin as Schtirlitz
Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky

Wе publish our seasonal report on radical nationalism and counteraction to it in autumn 2007. As usual, the report is based on the results of the SOVA Center daily monitoring.
Chronicle of the Guilty Verdicts for Propaganda of Xenophobia in Russia. 2007
We publish a list of the guilty verdicts for the non-violent hate crimes. In total, we know about 27 verdicts brought in 21 regions of Russia (we don't include the verdicts which we consider to be unlawful). In total, in 2007, there were 37 people convicted. The news to which we provide links are in Russian language.
Chronicle of the guilty verdicts for the violence in which the racist motive was proved. 2007
We publish a list of the guilty verdicts for the violent crimes in which the motive of ethnic or religious hatred was officially recognized by the courts in Russia, in 2007. The list was made in chronological order on the basis of the SOVA Center monitoring. In 2007, in total, we got to know about 23 guilty verdicts brought in 16 regions of Russia. The news to which we provide links are in Russian language.
Galina Kozhevnikova. Summer 2007: Xenophobia and Anti-extremism before the Big Elections
Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky

We publish the English translation of our report which describes radical nationalism and resistance against it in the summer of 2007.
Alexander Verkhovsky. Anti-Extremist Legislation and Its Enforcement
This report seeks to give the reader an understanding of how the set of legal norms known as :anti-extremist legislation; is organized and how it works. It will analyze amendments introduced in 2006 and 2007 and review the enforcement practices observed over the five years since the law was adopted.