Russian Federation

How hate crime data is collected

The registration of acts motivated by extremism is carried out by law enforcement agencies according to the general rules for registering all crimes. Information is entered onto statistical cards used for registering crimes by the information centres of departments of internal affairs in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The Chief Information Analytical Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for then collecting and revising the statistical information submitted by the information centres.

The statistical cards include a file for motives. Possible motives include: hostility, hate and reprisals on the basis of race, nationality, religion, ideology and political or social affiliation. The sampling and the entry of basic information about the committed acts onto forms used to record federal state statistics (on the identification of a perpetrator and the results of an investigation) is conducted according to the data provided on the card and based on the list of extremist crimes. Data on extremism offences can be found on the criminal statistics website of the Office of the General Prosecutor.

Prosecuting authorities do not register crimes. Prosecutors, as mandated by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, ensure adherence to the rule of law during the detection, investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence, including for the categories of crime mentioned above.