The court ruled that Russia violated the newspaper's right to freedom of expression. On May 11, 2021, it became known that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) satisfied Novaya Gazeta's complaint against a warning against extremist activity issued by Roskomnadzor on March 31, 2010. Recall that the reason was the article by Ilya Nikitovich "Gang, agency, party. Who are the "legal nationalists"", published in No. 5 of January 20, 2010.

All of them were sentenced to restriction of freedom. On May 11, 2021, the magistrate of court district No. 369 of Moscow found activists of the “perpetual protest” Olga Misik, Ivan Vorobyovsky and Igor Basharimov guilty under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by political hostility). The judge sentenced Misik to two years of restriction of freedom, and Vorobievsky and Basharimov to one year and nine months of restriction of freedom.

Ekaterina Pegasheva is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 5, 2021, during a debate in the Gornomariysky District Court of the Republic of Mari El, the prosecutor demanded that Yekaterina Pegasheva, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses, be sentenced to seven years in a penal colony. She is accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).

Maxim Smolnikov is being persecuted for writing about an explosion in the FSB building in Arkhangelsk. On May 11, 2021, it became known that in Khabarovsk a criminal case was opened against the artist Maxim Smolnikov (Xadad) under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public justification of terrorism on the Internet). According to the lawyer, the reason for the persecution of the artist was a post published on October 31, 2018 in his public page on VKontakte.