The FSB reported on the "suppression of the activities" of the local cell. On January 27, 2021, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in the Kaluga region against alleged supporters of a local branch of the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Probably, we are talking about a case under Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of a terrorist organization).

Here we publish a list of articles, reports and fragments of reports on the problems of nationalism, xenophobia and discrimination, prepared by the authors of our Center in 2021 for other publications and organizations. Publications are listed in reverse chronological order.

A resident of the city of Seltso is accused of posting comments on the Internet. The Deputy Prosecutor of the Bryansk Region approved the indictment in a criminal case against a resident of the city of Seltso, Bryansk Region, born in 1988, accused under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities).

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court upheld the decision to arrest Vsevolod Moguchev, an assistant to the ex-sheigumen Sergiy (Romanov). On January 27, 2021, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court upheld the decision to arrest Vsevolod Moguchev, an assistant to the ex-shiigumen Sergiy (Romanov).V. Moguchev was found guilty under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

The first reading of the bill, extending out-of-court blocking of materials with "substantiation" or "justification" of extremist and terrorist activities, is scheduled for February. On January 26, 2021, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications recommended that a bill on expanding the grounds for extrajudicial blocking be adopted in the first reading. It was introduced to the lower house of parliament in July 2020.

In Yakutia, the police again sent the shaman Alexander Gabyshev to a neuropsychiatric dispensary. On January 27, 2021, it became known that the police again sent the shaman Alexander Gabyshev to a neuropsychiatric dispensary. Shortly before the police came to him, he talked about another trip to Moscow: “I must definitely visit Altai with you - this is also a place of power for all of Russia.

Earlier, the prosecutor's office issued a recommendation to the university to eliminate violations of extremist legislation. On January 27, 2021, the media discovered that the bust of Akhmet-Zaki Validi (Validov) (1890-1970), a Turkic scholar and military-political figure, leader of the Bashkir national movement, located in the courtyard of St. Petersburg State University, was dismantled.

Ivan Dmukh was brought to justice under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offences. On January 20, 2021, in the Altai Territory, the Central District Court of Barnaul under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials) fined event host Ivan Dmukh one thousand rubles.

Galina Parkova was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On January 26, 2021, in Rostov-on-Don, the Leninsky District Court found Galina Parkova, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) and sentenced her to two years and three months of suspended imprisonment with the same probationary period.