Normalization Counteracting extremism and terrorism Tightening of adjacent legislation Internet regulation "Foreign agents" and "undesirable organizations" Law enforcement Regulation of public statements * Art. 205 2 of the Criminal Code on the promotion of terrorism Art. 280 of the Criminal Code on calls for extremist activity Art. 280 4 about calls to actions threatening state security Art. 282 4 on the demonstration of prohibited symbols Art.

Code of Code of Administrative Offenses on public statements Data analysis method Data on the Code of Administrative Offenses on public statements * Excitement of hatred (Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses) Insulting power and society on the Internet (PH.

SUMMARY RULE-SETTING About state security About discrediting and “fakes” About extremism About control on the Internet About NPOs LAW ENFORCEMENT Prosecution for anti-government statements : For calls for extremist and terrorist activities : For inciting hatred : For demonstrating prohibited symbols : For discrediting military and government agencies : For spreading “fake news” about a “special operation” motivated by hatred : For other anti-government statements : For vandalism motivated by

This report is an analytical review of anti-extremism legislation and apparent abuses in its application for 2022 [1] . The SOVA Center issues similar reports annually, summing up the results of the monitoring work that our organization has been carrying out on an ongoing basis since the mid-2000s.

Rulemaking : Law enforcement : Blocking of information flows : Criminal verdicts : Calls for extremist and terrorist activities : Prosecution for statements about Ukraine and "special military operation" : Prosecution for "rehabilitation of Nazism" : Prosecution for insulting the religious feelings of believers : Prosecution for involvement in banned organizations : Other harassment : Banned organizations This brief review focuses on the most important legislative innovations and law enforcement

SUMMARY STANDARD MAKING ECtHR PRACTICE PERSECUTION OF IDEOLOGICAL OPPONENTS OF THE AUTHORITIES Persecution of Alexei Navalny, his organizations and supporters : Other cases of criminal prosecution : For calls for extremist activity and incitement to hatred : For justifying terrorism : For hooliganism and vandalism : For group anti-government initiatives Other persecution anti-government speech : Prohibition organizations for extremism : Liquidation "Memorialov" and the blocking of the OVD-Info

Rulemaking : Practice of the ECtHR : Persecution of Alexei Navalny, his organizations and supporters : Criminal convictions : Other prosecutions This brief review is about the most important legislative innovations and law enforcement statistics in the field countering extremism from January to the end of September 2021, i.e. in the period before the summing up of the results of the parliamentary elections.

SUMMARY STANDARD-MAKING : Countering extremism : Fighting Nazism : Internet regulation : Legislation on "foreign agents" PRACTICE OF THE ECtHR and the UN Human Rights Committee MAIN AREAS OF PERSECUTION Ideological Opponents of the authorities : Persecution for calls to extremist activities and inciting hatred : Persecution for calls to separatism : Others harassment for anti-government speech : Harassment for group anti-government initiatives : Prohibition organizations for extremism Costs of

Chronicle of rulemaking : Practice of the ECtHR and the UN Human Rights Committee : Criminal prosecution : Other prosecutions This brief overview focuses on the most important legislative innovations and statistics of law enforcement in the field of countering extremism in period from January to August 2020. We will only touch on the part legislation and law enforcement practice, which leads, with our point of view, to excessive restriction of civil liberties.

SUMMARY STANDARD MAKING ECtHR PRACTICE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF PERSECUTION Ideological Opponents of the authorities : Persecution for the "rehabilitation of Nazism" : Persecution for incitement to extremist activities : Persecution for calling for separatism : Persecution for "justifying terrorism" : Others persecution for anti-government speech : Persecution for group anti-government initiatives The Costs of the Fight for Tolerance : Problems of Enforcement of Norms on Inciting Hatred : Persecution

Legislation : ECtHR practice : Criminal prosecutions : Other prosecutions This brief overview focuses on the most important legislative innovations and law enforcement statistics in the field of counteraction extremism from January to August 2019. We will only touch on the part legislation and law enforcement practice, which leads, with our point of view, to excessive restriction of civil liberties.

Photo: Valery Titievsky / "Kommersant" 21 An unlawful verdict, 12 people convicted exclusively for words, and 465 new points in the federal list of extremist materials-specially for the Mediazones, the Information and Analytical Center “OVA” prepared a brief presentation of its traditional report “The unlawful application of anti-extremist legislation in Russia” for 2018.

SUMMARY STANDARD MAKING ECtHR PRACTICE MAIN AREAS OF PERSECUTION Ideological opponents of the government : Persecution for calls for extremist activities : Persecution for calls for separatism : Persecution for inciting hatred towards civil servants and other anti-government statements : "Ukrainian Question" : Persecution for "rehabilitating Nazism" : Persecution for group anti-government initiatives Costs of the fight for tolerance : Abuse of criminalization of incitement to hatred :

Legislation : ECtHR practice : Criminal prosecutions : Other prosecutions This brief review focuses on the most important legislative innovations and law enforcement statistics in the field of countering extremism in the period from January to August 2018. We will only touch on that part of the legislation and law enforcement practice, which leads, from our point of view, to excessive restriction of civil liberties.

In July 2018, SOVA Center expert Maria Kravchenko held a webinar for journalists on anti-extremist legislation and law enforcement. This webinar was held as part of the Alliance of Independent Regional Publishers (ANRI) project using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society, provided by the Presidential Grants Foundation. Based on the materials of the webinar, ANRI prepared cards. We republish them. 1.