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including monuments and burial sites, on the grounds of political, ideological,
racial, ethnic or religious hatred or enmity.
33. The Code of Administrative Offences established liability for publicizing and
publicly displaying Nazi paraphernalia or symbolism as well as for the manufacture,
sale or purchase of such paraphernalia or symbolism for profit or mass distribution.
34. The Government referred to Federal Act No. 128-FZ of 2014 which classified
as crimes the following acts: the denial of facts established by verdict of the
International Military Tribunal for the Prosecution and Punishme nt of the Major
War Criminals of the European Axis; approval of the offences established by that
verdict; and the dissemination of deliberately false information concerning the
actions of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Second World War.
35. The Government indicated that in 2012, a presidential decree was promulgated
with the intention of promoting inter-ethnic harmony. Within its framework, a
preventive response system had been set up that had prevented 95 inter -ethnic
clashes. These legislative approaches were supported by actions of a selection of
government ministries. The Ministry of Justice published lists of public
associations, religious organizations and non-profit organizations whose activities
have been suspended by court decision. As of April 2015, 42 organizations were on
the list. Additionally, the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of
Telecommunication, Information Technologies and Mass Communications may
directly block Internet sites and other forms of media that incite racial, ethnic,
religious or social hatred or promote the ideas of Nazism. Finally, the Ministry of
Culture and the State Archives were preparing a joint Russian-German exhibition
entitled “Ways of overcoming the consequences of war: from confrontat ion to
reconciliation: documents from the archives of Russia and Germany ”. Overall,
special attention was paid to the implementation of the State Policy on Nationalities
to encourage cooperation with international and non-governmental organizations to
combat Nazism and neo-Nazism as well as other practices that contribute to fuelling
contemporary forms of racism.
36. Finally, the Government also submitted separately a report entitled
“Neo-Nazism: a dangerous threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law”
aimed at attracting the international community’s attention to the global resurgence
and proliferation of Nazi ideals and related extremist ideologies in several selected
countries.
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Serbia
37. The Government reported that several bodies, including the Council for
National Minorities and the Interreligious Council, had been established within the
Government to consider certain aspects of inter-ethnic and interreligious relations,
including identifying problems and taking preventive actions. Representatives of
national minorities and religious communities took part in the operations of these
bodies.
38. The Government pointed out that the Criminal Code criminalized hate crimes,
in particular those which incited national, racial and religious hatred and
discrimination. In addition, in December 2012, the Criminal Code was amended to
make hate crimes special aggravating circumstances in sentencing.
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