In December 2019, in St. Petersburg, several teenagers attacked a group of girls whom they mistook for women with a homosexual orientation. On December 9, 2019 in St. Petersburg, 7 teenagers attacked 4 girls because of their unusual appearance. Around 10 pm on Ligovsky Prospekt, several young men approached the girls from behind and began to insult them. As one of the victims reported: " calling began like:" What are you, lesbians? run into some coffee shop.

In Yakutia, police officers detained shaman Alexander Gabyshev, who is under a written undertaking not to leave the place in the case of “expulsion of Putin.” On December 10, 2019, in Yakutia, police officers detained shaman Alexander Gabyshev, who was under recognizance not to leave. According to journalists, the shaman went to Moscow again. In mid-January 2020, it became known that the Investigative Committee refused to initiate a new case under Art.

In December 2019, in Oryol, a court sentenced a local resident to 1 year of suspended imprisonment after he was found guilty of publishing images with xenophobic appeals on a social network. In December 2019, the Zavodskoy District Court of Orel passed a verdict in the case of public calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).

The Kaluga District Court banned Protestants from using the building of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Kaluga for worship. December 4, 2019 Kaluga the district court granted the demands of the prosecutor regarding the building of the evangelical Word of Life Church in Kaluga.

Thefollowing is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuseof Russia's anti-extremist legislation in November 2019 . LawmakingOn November 21, theState Duma approved in the third reading a bill proposed by deputies fromUnited Russia to increase liability for violations of the information-relatedlegislation.

The mother of a teenager from Anapa was fined under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for a music video with newsreel footage. In December, we learned that on October 29, 2019, the Anapa City Court fined Maria Molodina 1,000 rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols).

Patriarch Kirill asked the Mayor of Moscow to allocate money for the restoration of the Orthodox Church in America. December 6, 2019 became it is known that Patriarch Kirill asked the mayor of Moscow to contribute to the beginning restoration of the courtyard of the Orthodox Church in America. It's about the Church of St. Catherine on Vspolye (Bolshaya Ordynka 60/2).