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"Statutes & Decisions" releases a special issue on anti-extremism and forensic expertise in Russia
The issue features articles by Alexander Verkhovsky, Olga Sibireva and Dmitry Dubrovsky.
A New Turn of the Kremlin’s Anti-Extremist Policy
The Point & Counterpoint project by PONARS Eurasia releases Alexander Verkhovsky's piece on the latest developments of anti-extremist legislation.
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.
CSIS releases report "Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy"
On June 1, 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released collective report Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy edited by Olga Oliker.
SOVA Center experts are among the authors.

Inappropriate Enforcement of Anti-Extremist Legislation in Russia in 2015
This report by Alexander Verkhovsky and Maria Kravchenko is an analytic review of inappropriate enforcement of the anti-extremist legislation based on the SOVA's monitoring conducted in 2015.
Religion rules in Russia: Why does freedom of religion and belief continue to cause conflict in post-Soviet Russia?

We publish the article «Religion rules in Russia: Why does freedom of religion and belief continue to cause conflict in post-Soviet Russia?» made by Alexander Verkhovsky for Index

Inappropriate enforcement of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in 2011
This report by Alexander Verkhovsky is an analytic review of inappropriate enforcement of the anti-extremist legislation based on the SOVA's monitoring conducted in 2011.
Alexander Verkhovsky commented on the art curators' verdict for Forum 18 News Service
We publish a commentary Art curators' verdict not isolated instance – this is a system made by Alexander Verkhovsky for Forum 18 News Service http://www.forum18.org.
Inappropriate enforcement of the anti-extremist legislation in Russia in 2009
This report, as well as the two previous ones, is an analytic review of inappropriate enforcement of the anti-extremist legislation during the last year (2009 in this case).
Inappropriate Enforcement of Anti-extremist Legislation in Russia in 2008
This report does not provide a comprehensive list of cases involving inappropriate anti-extremist enforcement; details of such cases are available from the SOVA Center website at http://xeno.sova-center.ru/89CCE27. This paper is an attempt to analyze the main trends in this sphere. This report, therefore, is structured around the main types of inappropriate anti-extremism prevalent in 2008.