“In 10 minutes on social networks, operatives find the ‘right’ extremist.” Interview with Alexander Verkhovsky
In 2015, 216 people in Russia were convicted of extremist statements on the Internet, and 43 of them received real terms. And 16 people were imprisoned simply “for words” without any other aggravating circumstances. This is stated in the report of the Sova information and analytical center, which monitors the application of anti-extremist legislation. At the same time, in 2014, these figures were almost two times less - there were 145 convicts in total, and 18 of them ended up in prison.