A/HRC/44/58 activities was a basic regulatory instrument to monitor extremist activities. Furthermore, the Government had adopted the Strategy to Combat Extremism in the Russian Federation by 2025, in November 2014. The Strategy defined the goals, objectives and main initiatives of State policy in the area of countering extremism. The Interdepartmental Commission on Countering Extremism in the Russian Federation, which was comprised of the heads of 19 ministries and departments, was responsible for implementing a set of measures to prevent the spread of extremism, radicalization movements and ethnic or religious conflicts. 24. The Government noted that it had stepped up its efforts to monitor the digital space as it had become a haven for the dissemination of extremist information. It referred to article 15.1 of Federal Act No. 149-FZ of 27 June 2006 on information, information technologies and protection of information. The article provided for the monitoring of mass media and telecommunication networks in order to detect the spread of extremist ideology and to take appropriate action, including by restricting access to unlawful information disseminated within the Russian Federation. To ensure compliance with Russian Federation legislation, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media oversaw the daily monitoring of the media, including electronic media, mass media communications, information technology and telecommunications. The Government reported that, since 2019, the Federal Service had entered into the single register 58,901 Internet pages containing extremist materials. Extremist information had been removed from 54,208 of those Internet resources, and access to 7,428 Internet pages containing extremist information had been blocked in the Russian Federation. 25. The Government reported on measures that it had taken to raise awareness of extremist ideology among adolescents and prevent the radicalization of young people. It had introduced a programme that targeted minors and other young people, in collaboration with civil society organizations, religious representatives and local authorities. 26. The Government noted that article 243 of the Penal Code and additional draft amendments set out criminal liability for the damage or destruction of military cemeteries, cultural heritage sites and other memorial structures that commemorated the fight against Nazism and fascism during the Second World War. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation had also implemented measures to identify and protect heritage sites and hold memorial events with a view to preserving historical lessons related to war crimes committed during the Great Patriotic War. III. Antisemitic violence and related acts of racism and intolerance 27. The latest data on antisemitic violence, hate crimes hate speech and other incidents are discussed below and are collated from different global sources, including government data, desk research and submissions received by the Special Rapporteur in response to her call for input for the present report. 28. The most recent European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights overview of country-specific data furnished by Member States indicates that antisemitism is on the rise in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Spain. 8 In confidential submissions to the Special Rapporteur, some civil society members in Spain called attention to the fact that the far-right party Vox had gained seats in the November 8 See European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, “Antisemitism: overview of data available in the European Union 2008–2018” (Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2019). The report provides an overview of antisemitic incidents in 28 European Union Member States. Available at https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-antisemitism-overview-20082018_en.pdf. 7