A resident of Novokuznetsk was fined under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses in the video "citizens of the USSR". We believe that he should have been punished not for spreading Nazi symbols, but for inciting hatred towards Jews. On April 9, 2021, the Central District Court of Novokuznetsk fined a thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of Nazi symbols) by Kirill Varenikov.

Parliamentarian Mikhail Romanov turned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a parliamentary request regarding the arson of a change house on the site of a future church in the Kolpino district of St. Petersburg.

A citizen of Kyrgyzstan was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On May 18, 2021, the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow passed a sentence on Altynbek Kozonov, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, who was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) in connection with involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. The verdict was not appealed and entered into force on 29 May.

The Duma adopted in the first reading the amendments on the ban on being elected involved in the activities of extremist organizations. On May 18, 2021, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft amendment to the Federal Law "On Elections of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation".

The following is our reviewof the primary and most representative events in misuse of Russia's anti-extremistlegislation in April 2021. Lawmaking In early April, theState Duma adopted a law on electoral candidates with the “foreign agent”designation.

In Novosibirsk, Vissarion was sent to a punishment cell for 14 days. On May 18, 2021, in Novosibirsk, the leader of the Church of the Last Testament, Sergei Torop (Vissarion), was sent to the punishment cell of pre-trial detention center No. 1 for 14 days. He considers this an unreasonable decision by the prison administration and believes that the reason is that blades were discovered on him, probably planted (he had no prohibited items before). Let us recall that Vissarion, V. Redkin and V.

On the ship that called at Arkhangelsk, they found a forbidden book "Knowledge leading to eternal life." On May 18, 2021, it became known that employees of the Murmansk customs of the North-Western customs department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and employees of the border department of the FSB of Russia in the Western Arctic region found a banned book on a Russian ship that called at the port of Arkhangelsk.