A law was signed that introduces into the electoral legislation the concepts of "a candidate affiliated with a person acting as a foreign agent" and "a candidate who is an individual acting as a foreign agent." On April 20, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on "foreign agent" candidates.

A 30-year-old Kerchanin is charged under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On April 20, 2021, the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Crimea and Sevastopol announced that the investigation of the criminal case against a 30-year-old resident of Kerch, accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), was completed.

On April 20, 2021, in the Belgorod region, two young people beat several foreign citizens. The attackers were convicted in January 2023. Sources Sentence passed against four young residents of the region who committed crimes related to extremist activities // Official website of the RF IC for the Belgorod region. February 7, 2023 CASE No. 1-24/2023 (1-447/2022;) // Official site of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Belgorod. February 7, 2023

In Tomsk, the building of the former seminary will receive funding from the federal budget. On April 20, 2020, it became known that in Tomsk the building of the former seminary on the street. Nikitina, 8 is included in the cultural support program and will receive funding from the federal budget. The building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2018. Sources The Federation will allocate money to the diocese for the renovation of the building at Nikitina, 8 // TV2. 2021. April 20.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in March 2021. Lawmaking In early March, Vladimir Putin signed a law expanding the list of online information subject to extrajudicial blocking – electoral commissions have been authorized to make decisions to temporarily block illegal online electioneering.

The Uzlovsky City Court of the Tula Region overturned the decision of the Magistrate's Court of District No. 43 of the Uzlovsky Court District of the Tula Region, which fined two members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for "illegal missionary work." On April 1, 2021, the Uzlovsky City Court of the Tula Region overturned the decision of the World Court of Judicial District No.

In the Altai Republic, a court fined a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church under Part 4 of Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On April 12, 2021, in Altai, the World Court of the judicial district of the Ust-Koksinsky district fined under part 4 of Art. D.M. Shiryaev was fined 6,000 rubles.

A small fine imposed on Larisa Artamonova under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code, the court of the Jewish Autonomous Region replaced with a suspended sentence and restriction of freedom. On April 20, 2021, the court of the Jewish Autonomous Region considered the prosecutor's submission on the sentence handed down to a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses Larisa Artamonova under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

The prosecutor's office of Tatarstan achieved a ban on 47 titles of books and book series. Basically, we are talking about the works of the Islamic theologian Said Nursi in the Ottoman language, as well as several publications in Tatar and Russian. The experts examined them in the framework of the case of Nakiya Sharifullina.

Bekir Mamutov was fined 4,000 rubles under Art. 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for the publication in which the banned status of the Mejlis was not mentioned. On April 20, 2021, it became known that the Justice of the Peace of the Kyiv Judicial District of Simferopol fined 4,000 rubles under Part 2 of Art.