In 2022, the number of sentences for justification of terrorism increased by 35%

And for calls for extremism - by 20%, the project "Network Freedom" reports.

According to the results of 2022, the number of sentences for the justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2) increased by 35%, for calls for extremism (part 2 of article 280) - by 20%, calculated the project “Network Freedom”. So, under the first article in 2022, 264 people were convicted against 195 a year earlier . According to the second sentence, 334 people received 277 in 2021. The steady growth of pursuit for public stiff statements has been continuing since 2014, analysts conclude.

“We are talking about Part 2 of Art. 280 and part 2 of Art. 205.2 - that is, it is the acts related to publications on the Internet, ”said lawyer Stanislav Seleznev.

Source: "Network freedoms"

Moreover, most other norms punishing for words remain in the shadows of military censorship . For example, for the excitement of enmity (Article 282) there are 51 sentences in 2022 against 50 in 2021, for insulting a representative of the authorities (Article 319) - 5908 against 8033 (falling for a year by 25%), rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1) - 42 versus 35.

According to the article on slander (Article 128.1), the total number of convicts decreased by a third (from 95 to 68), while the share of justification sentences under Part 1 (simple slander) remains at about 85%, experts note.