The court sentenced six Crimean Tatars to terms ranging from 7 to 19 years in prison. On November 12, 2019, in Rostov-on-Don, the Southern (North Caucasian) District Military Court delivered a verdict in the "Yalta case" against members of the banned Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Muslim Aliyev and Inver Bekirov were found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of a terrorist organization) and Art.

The following is our review of the primaryand most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislationin October 2019. Lawmaking The law onprocedural reform, which entered into force on October 1, transferred fromcivil to administrative jurisdiction cases on recognizing materials asextremist or recognizing online information as prohibited for distribution onthe territory of Russia.

The Kirov Regional Court canceled the arrest of Anatoly Tokarev's apartment, imposed by the court of first instance. On November 12, 2019, it became known that the Kirov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Kirov, which seized the apartment and garden of 60-year-old Anatoly Tokarev, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. Later, the arrest was removed from the garden, but not from the apartment.

The State Duma in the second reading adopted a bill that provides for the mitigation of the ban on displaying the symbols of banned organizations.

The case of Baptist pastor Beringer has been sent to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, who is challenging in court the decision to impose a fine for holding prayer meetings in a private house in Tavda and his possible expulsion from Russia.

The Old Believers turned to Patriarch Kirill with a request to help restore the temple, which was destroyed in the 20th century. On November 12, 2019 it became known that the head of the World Council of Old Believers turned to Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) with a request to help return to the Old Believers the site on which at the beginning of the 20th century the house of the merchant Maltsev stood with prayer room. The house church was eventually rebuilt into the St.

SinceNovember 4, 2005, nationalist organizations have annually held marches andmeetings (the so-called “Russian March”) in various cities of Russia and theCIS, timed to coincide with National Unity Day, a public holiday in the RussianFederation. On November 4, 2019, several nationalist events were held in Moscow.