Activist Rostislav Smolensky was placed under administrative arrest under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for demonstrating Svarogov's square in the car. On November 11, 2020, the Pervorechensky District Court of Vladivostok arrested Khabarovsk activist Rostislav Smolensky for 10 days under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of the symbols of an extremist organization).

In November 2020, in the city of Syktyvkar of the Komi Republic, a case was brought to court against a local resident accused of inciting extremism and justifying Nazism, as well as assaulting police officers and illegal arms trafficking.

Elena Menchikova from Cherkessk became a suspect under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On November 12, 2020, officers of the Federal Security Service for Karachay-Cherkessia searched the home of 56-year-old Yelena Menchikova, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. Earlier, on November 3, a criminal case was initiated against her under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

The following is ourreview of the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia'santi-extremist legislation in October 2020. Lawmaking In mid-October, theState Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the Code ofAdministrative Offenses that punish hosting providers and website owners withlarge fines for failure to block or remove problematic content; multimillion-dollarfines are proposed for legal entities.

In November 2020, a court in Orenburg sentenced a 33-year-old local resident to 1 year in prison, who was found guilty of publicly calling for xenophobic violence. In November 2020, a sentence was passed in Orenburg in the case of public incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

In October 2020, it became known that on September 28, 2020, the Belgorod Regional Court overturned the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court in the case of the statements of Metropolitan John (Popov) of Belgorod and Stary Oskol. 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (insulting religious feelings) and Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred), the veteran Maxim Klimov addressed.

The FOM has published the results of a survey dedicated to insulting the feelings of believers. On November 13, 2020, the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) published the results of a survey conducted on November 6-8, 2020 and dedicated to the feelings of believers. About 1,000 people took part in the telephone survey (of which 60% are Orthodox Christians, 3% are Christians who are not themselves to Orthodoxy, 6% of Muslims, 24% “do not consider themselves a believer”).

Six Jehovah's Witnesses from Komi were suspected of involvement in the activities of a banned organization. On November 10, 2020, it became known that the Investigative Committee of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Republic of Komi opened a new criminal case against six Jehovah's Witnesses: Nikolai Anufriev, 63; Eduard Merinkov, 45; Pavel Ogorodov, 69; year-old Alexander Vorontsov and 56-year-old Alexander Prilepsky.

S. Gavrilov invited the state to support charitable foundations and religious organizations with funding during the pandemic. In early November 2020, Sergey Gavrilov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations, suggested that the state support charitable foundations and religious organizations with funding during the pandemic.