The European Court of Human Rights found the Russian authorities to have violated Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint of Marie Dupuy, the niece of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from death during the Second World War.

In modern Russia, “anti-extremist” legislation has become a convenient tool for repression. The authorities consider oppositionists, representatives of the LGBTQ community, members of religious organizations and people in creative professions to be extremists. At the same time, the wording in some “extremist” articles and federal law is extremely vague, which gives the security forces the opportunity to interpret them in their favor.