Konstantin Sannikov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On August 27, 2020, a court in Kazan detained Konstantin Sannikov, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). According to the believers, the reason for initiating the case was the reading of religious texts that took place at Sannikov's house.

Mikhail Alferov was brought to justice in two more cases of administrative offense. On September 25, 2020, the Kirovsky District Court of Kemerovo considered two protocols drawn up against local video blogger Mikhail Alferov under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). The court sentenced him to 96 hours of compulsory labor and 11 days of administrative arrest. On September 22, the court also under Art.

The text of the ruling on bringing as accused members of the Church of the Last Testament has been published . On September 25, 2020, the text of the decision to bring Sergei Torop (Vissarion), Vadim Redkin and Vladimir Vedernikov, drawn up on September 22, 2020 in Abakan, as accused members of the Church of the Last Testament, was published. We are talking about a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

A 31-year-old local resident is accused of publicly calling for extremism. On September 24, 2020, it became known that in the Kemerovo region, a case was initiated against a 31-year-old resident of the Promyshlenny district under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism on the Internet).

The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory sent a lawsuit to the court on the liquidation of the Church of the Last Testament. On September 25, 2020, the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory filed a lawsuit with the court to liquidate the local religious organization "Church of the Last Testament" and exclude it from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

56-year-old Sergei Afanasiev is charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On September 25, 2020, it became known that in the Amur Region a criminal case was initiated against a 56-year-old follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses from Blagoveshchensk under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization). He was chosen a measure of restraint in the form of a written undertaking not to leave.

Pavel Zuev was charged under paragraph "d" part 2 of Art. 161 of the Criminal Code. In September 2020, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg detained Pavel Zuev, accused under paragraph “d”, part 2 of Art. 161 of the Criminal Code (robbery with the use of violence not dangerous to life or health). Recall that on September 19, 2020, Zuev attacked two visitors to the Maccheroni restaurant — designer Andrey Allegrova and his friend Danila, shouting homophobic insults and death threats.

The Levada Center has published the results of its annual survey of xenophobic attitudes among Russians. On September 23, 2020, the Levada Center published the results of its traditional nationwide survey of xenophobic attitudes among Russians. This year it took place on August 20-26 - sociologists conducted personal interviews with 1,601 people over 18 in 137 settlements of 50 subjects of Russia.

Chronicle of rulemaking : Practice of the ECtHR and the UN Human Rights Committee : Criminal prosecution : Other prosecutions This brief overview focuses on the most important legislative innovations and statistics of law enforcement in the field of countering extremism in period from January to August 2020. We will only touch on the part legislation and law enforcement practice, which leads, with our point of view, to excessive restriction of civil liberties.