Several issues of the Vladimirskaya Rus newspaper have been declared extremist in the Republic of Mari El. On December 2, 2020, the Yoshkar-Ola city court recognized as extremist . 11 issues of the Vladimirskaya Rus newspaper The prosecutor's office of the Republic of Mari El, together with the "E" Center, discovered that the newspaper was being distributed in Yoshkar-Ola.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in November 2020. Lawmaking At the beginning of the month MP Irina Yarovaya submitted two bills to the State Duma: on amending Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism) and the Code of the Russian Federation on administrative offenses (CAO).

After the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code in the Code of Administrative Offenses, a new article appeared - 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). We collect the resolutions issued on it into a single list on a monthly basis. In December 2020, the Apatity City Court fined a local resident 10,000 rubles for comments on a social network.

At the Kazan airport, customs officers confiscated religious literature from a student who had flown in from Istanbul. On December 2, 2020, it became known that a report on an administrative violation under Part 1 of Art. 16.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (non-declaration or false declaration of goods) and Art.

In Chelyabinsk, a protocol was drawn up on an administrative offense against a Muslim who slaughtered a ram in the city during a wedding ceremony. On December 1, 2020, it became known that in Chelyabinsk a protocol on an administrative offense was drawn up under Part 1 of Art. 20.

Both books, in our opinion, are recognized as extremist without proper grounds. On November 5, 2020, the Bardymsky District Court fined two thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials) Malik Muratov, chairman of the local religious organization of Muslims in the Bardymsky district of the Perm Territory.

In Novosibirsk, the trial began in the case of Alexei Demin, accused of attacking a native of Buryatia in an electric train. On December 2, 2020, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk began considering a criminal case against Aleksey Demin, accused under paragraphs “b, c”, part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed on the basis of national hatred in railway transport), art. 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings motivated by national hatred or enmity).

Mohammed El-Ayyubi was found guilty under part 3 of article 30, part 1 of art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code and Part 1 of Art. 228 of the Criminal Code. On December 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan sentenced a 21-year-old student from Kazan Mohammed El-Ayyubi to a year of imprisonment on probation and a fine of 150 thousand rubles under Part 3 of Art. 30, part 1, art.

A resident of Suzemka received a year and a half on probation for public calls for extremist activity. On November 30, 2020, in the Bryansk region, a 46-year-old resident of the Suzemsky district was convicted under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).