Follower of "Elle Ayat" fined in Samara

Natalia Shaikina was brought to justice for the distribution of extremist materials.
religious association, a On December 20, 2018, the Leninsky District Court of Samara fined Natalya Shaikina, a follower of the Elle Ayat (Alla Ayat) thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials).

the Zvezda Selenna magazine recognized as extremist from the audience, and a protocol was drawn up against Earlier, on November 1, 2018, during a meeting of members of the Elle Ayat community in the Volga hotel in Samara, police officers confiscated issues of Shaikina, whom they call the head of the community under Art. 20.29.

From our point of view, there were no grounds for recognizing Elle Ayat magazines as extremist. The Zvezda Selena publication does indeed contain negative statements about world religions, but it does not contain aggressive appeals against their followers. Accordingly, persecution for distributing magazines as extremist materials seems unlawful to us.

Sources

• Case card on an administrative offense No. 5-337/2018 // Website of the Leninsky District Court of Samara. 2018. December 21.
• Alexandra Budaeva. The security forces had claims against the propagandists of the "energy of the sun" // Volga commune. 2018. December 21.