In June 2011, the Prosecutor's Office initiated a case to declare "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" extremist,
following the inspection of the Tomsk Society for Krishna Consciousness.
According to Tomsk University experts cited by the local prosecutor's
office, the dogmata described in the book incites religious hatred,
humiliates the dignity of people on the basis of sex, race, nationality,
language, origin and attitude toward religion.
The book was written by founder of the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It was
translated into more than 60 languages.