Due to the increase in the number of administrative cases under Art. 20.3 Administrative Code (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols and symbols of banned organizations) we combine into a single list similar cases every month. On October 28, 2021, the Georgievsky City Court of the Stavropol Territory fined Oleg Temchenko, a prisoner in IK-4, 1,000 rubles for allegedly showing other prisoners his tattoo of the coat of arms of the Third Reich stuffed on his chest.

The trial of the case of an RSD activist accused of hooliganism on the grounds of political and ideological enmity for taking people to the roadway during a rally has begun. On October 6, 2021, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Izhevsk began considering the merits of the case of Anastasia Ponkina, an activist of the Russian Socialist Movement (RSM). She is accused under paragraph "b" part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed based on political, ideological hostility).

An investigation into the case of Jehovah's Witnesses from Nikolsk, Penza Region, charged under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On October 6, 2021, the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Penza Region announced the completion of the investigation into the case of Jehovah's Witnesses from Nikolsk accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Ministry of Justice explained that the distribution of books and films with portraits of Nazi leaders should not be considered extremist activity if these works form a negative attitude towards Nazism and do not propagate it. On October 6, 2021, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published official clarifications from the Russian Ministry of Justice on the application of the law prohibiting the display of images of heads of Nazi and collaborationist structures.

On October 6, 2021, the Federal List was updated extremist materials. Items were added to it. 5209-5214. List the racist songs of the groups "Seitar" and "Siberian Fist", the video material "Citizens of the USSR", an anti-Semitic audio recording, unknown informational material, which featured "a man who looks like the head of the Chechen Republic" and the song of the Infornal Fuckb group, were added to.

Oppositionist Semyon Kochkin is being held accountable for the symbols of "Smart Voting" and Navalny's banned headquarters on social networks. On October 6, 2021, several protocols of administrative offenses were drawn up against the former head of Navalny's headquarters in Cheboksary, Semyon Kochkin, who intended to leave for Moscow. The first protocol was drawn up under Part 1 of Art.

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in September 2021.