According to the results of the audit of Rosobnadzor, the activities of the Moscow Theological Seminary of the ECB was suspended for 60 days. The reasons for such a strict penalties are not specified. At the end of 2018, it became known about the suspension activities of the Moscow Theological Seminary of Evangelical Christian Baptists for 60 days.

Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev, convicted in 2014 for participation in the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir party, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison under Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code. At the beginning of 2019, it became known that on December 13, 2018, the Moscow District Military Court, at an off-site meeting in Vologda, sentenced prisoner Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev to 14.5 years in a general regime colony. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Art.

The following is our review of the primary andmost representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislationin December 2018 . Lawmaking On December 27, 2018, the President signed apackage of bills related to partial decriminalization of Article 282 of theCriminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity).

January 7, 2019 Russian The Orthodox Church celebrated the Nativity of Christ. Here are the statistical data on attendance at holiday services in different regions. In total, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Christmas services on the night of January 7 were attended by 2.6 million people Russia. At the same time, data for Moscow are given for two days at once - January 6 and 7 500 churches in the capital were visited by 1 million believers.

The co-executive committee supported one of the bills of the package introducing liability for the dissemination of fake news.

In Bryansk, a court found a 40-year-old local resident guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. On December 27, 2018, in Bryansk, the Fokinsky District Court found a 40-year-old local resident guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to ethnic hatred) and sentenced him to 2.5 years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years. According to the case file, the man posted some xenophobic images on his page on the social network.