In Arkhangelsk, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 45-year-old man who posted anti-Orthodox comments online. On February 3, 2020, it became known that a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

The presentation of the book "Religion, Ethics and the Survival of Mankind in the 21st Century" took place in St. Petersburg. On January 30, 2020, a presentation of the collective monograph "Religion, ethics and the survival of mankind in the XXI century" (Moscow: Izvestia, 2019). Responsible editor - Doctor of Philosophy, religious scholar Sergei Ivanenko.

The Russian Veterans Party appealed to the prosecutor's office and the police with a statement about insulting the feelings of believers. On February 3, 2020, it became known that the Russian Veterans Party contacted the prosecutor’s office and the police with a statement about insulting the feelings of believers and inciting ethnic hatred. According to the authors of the statement, the defendant should be the director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, Konstantin Bogomolov.

Five cases on the continuation of the activities of the banned Birobidzhan community are under consideration on the merits. In December 2019 in Birobidzhansky District Court received the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Igor Tsarev and Artur Lokhvitsky , Evgeny Egorov , Konstantin Guzeva and Evgenia Golika . In early February, the court began considering these cases on the merits. Charges under Part 2 of Art.

Patriarch Kirill proposed to amend the constitution of the Russian Federation - to find a place in it for the mention of God. On February 1, 2020, Patriarch Kirill at a meal dedicated to anniversary of his enthronement, proposed to amend the constitution of the Russian Federation - to find in there is a place for the mention of God. " Let's pray to work so that God is mentioned in our basic law , he said. - Because the majority of Russian citizens believe in God.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in January 2020. Rulemaking At the end of January, the Ministry of Justice published a draft of a new Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO).

During the preliminary hearing, Irina Buglak's preventive measure was changed. January 31, 2020 in the Partizansky city court Primorsky Krai held a preliminary hearing in the case of a follower teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses by Irina Buglak. The court changed her measure of restraint - from house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave the country. Buglak is charged under part 1 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).

Representatives of the Yekaterinburg diocese are outraged by the plans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assign the code “666” to cars registered in the Sverdlovsk region. On February 3, 2020, it became known that representatives of the Yekaterinburg diocese were outraged by the plans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assign the code “666” to cars registered in the Sverdlovsk region.

On January 19, 2020, people of Russia engaged in various events to commemorate the murders of Russian human rights lawyer, Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova , in several cities. In the capital city of Moscow, a traditional march took place. As every year, the event was organized by the Committee of January 19th – a non-political, informal association of civil society activists.

In January 2020 from neo-Nazi attacks injured at least three people in St. Petersburg. We also know about one in case of desecration of a religious building - to the chapel in the city of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod areas were graffitied. Public activity of nationalists in January was varied, but the shares were few. Some of the nationalist associations tried promote "inter-ethnic" violent incidents.