On December 15, 2020 it became known that Ongudaysky the district court of the Republic of Altai accepted for consideration the claim of a Buddhist organization "Ak Burkan", demanding compensation for moral damages from a religious organization “Karakol Initiative Group” (another name is “Ak tyan”), which accused them of extremist activity.

Thefollowing is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuseof Russia's anti-extremist legislation in November 2020. Lawmaking In early November, DeputyIrina Yarovaya introduced two draft bills in the State Duma to amend Article 354.1of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism) and the Code of AdministrativeOffenses of the Russian Federation.

A 62-year-old resident of Ulyanovsk was sentenced to five years of probation. On December 15, 2020, it became known that in Ulyanovsk, a court found 62-year-old supporter of the banned "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus' (USSR)" Leonid Yanushkovsky guilty of CC. 1.1 and 2 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization and recruitment into it) and sentenced him to five years of probation.

On December 15, 2020, the State Duma adopted in the first reading the draft amendments to the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations”, including, among other things, certification and additional training for clergy and religious staff organizations that received spiritual education abroad. The rule has been criticized by representatives of religious organizations.

Ruslan Aliyev is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On December 14, 2020, during a debate in the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor demanded that a follower of the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ruslan Alyyev, be sentenced to three years’ suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of four years. The believer is accused under Part 2 of Art.

In Pochep, Bryansk region, a Baptist who attended worship in a private house at the invitation of the owner, fined for "illegal" missionary. In December 2020, it became known that on November 20, the world the court of judicial district No. 49 of the Pochepsky judicial district of the Bryansk region recognized D. Berdnikov guilty under part 4 of Art.