Sergei Sergeyev and Yuri Belosludtsev were charged with participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). On April 17, 2020, the investigation brought charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) of Jehovah's Witnesses from the Primorsky village of Luchegorsk Sergey Sergeyev and Yuri Belosludtsev.

The following is our review of the primary and most representativeevents in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in March 2020. Lawmaking On March 1, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin signed a law amending Article 20.3 of the Code of AdministrativeOffenses (public display of Nazi symbols).

A court in Bashkortostan fined a 26-year-old resident of the republic under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for a film prohibited, from our point of view, unlawfully. On April 16, 2020, the Abzelilovsky District Court of Bashkortostan fined 1.5 thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials) of 26-year-old Aigiz Asylguzhin.

In Yekaterinburg, a court imposed a fine on Evgeniy Startsev, a participant in protests against the construction of a temple near the Drama Theater, for comments on a social network. On April 20, 2020, the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg imposed a fine of 150 thousand rubles for comments on a social network to Evgeny Startsev, a participant in protests against the construction of the temple. Let us remind you that a criminal case was initiated against E. Startsev under Part 3 of Art.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined Prot. Artemy Skripkin, who arranged a procession on Easter night. On April 21, 2020 it became known that in St. Petersburg The Kuibyshevsky District Court fined Prot. Artemia Skripkin, who arranged a religious procession on Easter night. On the night of April 18-19, A. Skripkin began a religious procession, to he was joined by about 15 people. During the procession, he was detained. The court recognized him guilty under Part 1 of Art.

SUMMARY LAWMAKING THE PRACTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPAL TARGETS OF PERSECUTION Ideological Opponents of the Regime : Prosecutions for “Rehabilitation of Nazism” : Prosecutions for Calls for Separatism : Prosecutions for “Justifying Terrorism” : Other Prosecutions for Anti-Government Statements : Prosecutions for Anti-Government Group Initiatives Side Effects of the Fight for Tolerance : Abusing Legal Norms on Incitement to Hatred : Sanctions for Display of Extremist

In April 2020, anarchists Dmitry Tsibukovskiy and Anastasia Safonova were arrested on charges of hooliganism. On April 17, 2020, it became known that the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk arrested 26-year-old Dmitry Tsibukovsky and his 28-year-old wife Anastasia Safonova for two months on charges of hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior agreement with the use of weapons, motivated by political hatred and enmity (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code).

Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Maslov is being tried under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. The Minusinsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is holding hearings on the case of 43-year-old Dmitry Maslov, a Jehovah's Witness, charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). This became known from a message distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses in April 2020.

In Perm, Ekaterina Goncharova turned to Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a demand to check the arrival of the All Saints Church, where they served on Easter without observing quarantine standards.