A 52-year-old local resident is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 19, 2021, it became known that in Volgograd a 52-year-old local resident was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).

May 17, 2021 Arbitration Court of the Volga-Vyatka District denied the Catholic Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus the complaint on the decision of the court of the previous instance on the refusal to transfer the employed regional Philharmonic building of the church. The parish intends to continue to appeal this decision, up to to the European Court of Human Rights.

The believer was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On May 18, 2021, the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don found 71-year-old Jehovah's Witness Lyudmila Ponomarenko 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 of probation. It was this punishment for the believer that the prosecutor demanded.

A 73-year-old believer was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On May 19, 2021, the Nadezhdinsky District Court of the Primorsky Territory found Lyudmila Shut, a 73-year-old resident of the village of Razdolnoye and a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, guilty under Part 2 of Art.

A resident of Votkinsk received a two-year suspended sentence for comments on VKontakte. In May 2021, in Udmurtia, a 37-year-old resident of Votkinsk was convicted under Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity). According to the prosecutor’s office, from April to July 2020, he twice posted in free access on his page on the VKontakte social network text comments containing calls for extremist activities.

On May 18, 2021, it became known that the investigation into the criminal case against the former schema-abbot Sergius (Romanov) had been completed. The preventive measure is expected to be chosen at the court hearing on May 26. Let us recall that the former confessor of the Sredneuralsky Monastery is accused under Part 3 of Art. 110.1 (inducing a minor to commit suicide), Part 3 of Art. 148 and part 1 of Art.

A local resident was brought to justice under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses – for publishing the video “Let’s remember the Swindlers and Thieves their Manifesto 2002.” On May 19, 2021, it became known that in Mordovia the Ardatovsky District Court under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials) fined 44-year-old Andrei Kovalenko one thousand rubles.

Another resident of the Paranginsky district was brought to justice under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On May 19, 2021, it became known that in the Republic of Mari El, the Sernursky District Court under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (mass distribution of extremist materials) fined Renat Salikhov, a resident of the village of Paranga, a thousand rubles.

Andrei Stupnikov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 14, 2021, during a debate in the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk, the prosecutor demanded that Andrey Stupnikov, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, be sentenced to six years in prison with deprivation of the right to lead public associations for five years and restriction of freedom for one and a half years. The believer is accused under Part 1 of Art.

The believer is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On May 18, 2021, during a debate in the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the prosecutor demanded that Yevgeny Yegorov, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses, be sentenced to four years in prison with one year’s restriction of liberty. The believer is accused under Part 2 of Art.