In Moscow, a court sentenced Shugaib Bolatukaev, who caused a scandal on a bus, to 5 years in prison and a fine. In January 2022, a criminal case was opened in Moscow under paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred with the threat of violence). Later, a charge under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism). The case was launched after a video appeared in the media showing a conflict on a bus.

On January 14, 2022, it became known that the police were conducting verification of the publication of a video with a half-naked pole dancer on a social network a resident of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, Alena Katsan. The video was filmed in square and the chapel located there got into the frame. At the same time, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that statements about Insulting someone's feelings to the police have not been reported.

In Moscow, a criminal case was initiated after the conflict in the bus. In January 2022, a criminal case was initiated in Moscow under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred with the threat of violence). The case was launched after the appearance in the media of a video depicting the conflict on the bus.

Activist Pavel Sychev was accused of publicly displaying the symbols of Navalny's banned organizations. On January 16, 2022, the Central District Court of Voronezh considered the case initiated against local activist Pavel Sychev under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of the symbols of an extremist organization). The court terminated the proceedings due to the absence of an administrative offense.

In January 2022, it became known that residents Nizhnevartovsk opposed plans to build a church on Geroev Street Samotlor. Construction will entail cutting down trees. We are talking about several dozen trees near the house number 22. « If our city needs another religious object, it should not be built to the detriment of nature and the health of the inhabitants.

A new criminal case has been initiated in the Republic of Altai in connection with the activity of Jehovah's Witnesses. On January 17, 2022, the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) in connection with the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Maxim Beltikov was sentenced to two years in prison under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On January 17, 2022, the Pavlovsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witness Maxim Beltikov. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two years in prison in a penal colony. Beltikov was taken into custody in the courtroom.

After the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code in the Code of Administrative Offenses, a new article appeared - 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). We collect the resolutions issued on it into a single list on a monthly basis.