22 February 2022 European Court of Justice on Human Rights issued a decision immediately in the case of the Cheprunovs and Others v. Russia”, which united five complaints of Russian Jehovah's Witnesses at once.

Anatoly Senin is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On February 28, 2022, the Kyzyl City Court received a case under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) in relation to the believer Anatoly Senin. Earlier, on January 16, 2022, the FSB closed the case under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) against Jehovah's Witness Vitaly Manzyrykchi.

In the Samara region, evangelical Faith Tabernacle Tries to Appeal Liability for 'Illegal' missionary. In March 2022, it became known about bringing to administrative responsibility for hours. 3 Article.

A resident of Feodosia was detained as a suspect under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code. On March 11, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Feodosia under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by political hatred) because of "offensive inscriptions regarding the conduct of a special operation, made with black paint on the walls of the city's infrastructure." The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports the arrest of a suspect.

Previously, Aider Dzhepparov and Riza and Enver Omerov were sentenced to terms ranging from 13 to 18 years. On March 10, 2022, the Military Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence of Ayder Dzhepparov and Riza and Enver Omerov on charges of involvement in the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Dzhepparov and Enver Omerov were found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 205.5 (organizing the activities of a terrorist organization), Riza Omerov - under Part 2 of Art.

A corresponding lawsuit was filed with the Supreme Court. On March 11, 2022, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office demanded that Roskomnadzor block the social network Instagram, and filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to recognize Meta (which includes the social networks Instagram and Facebook, as well as the WhatsApp messenger) as an extremist organization. The agency demanded that a case be initiated against Meta employees under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Art.

Kostroma priest fined for anti-war remarks in the sermon and a link to the corresponding petition on parish site. March 6, 2022 in Kostroma was the rector of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the village of Karabanovo, Priest John Burdin, was detained. A protocol was drawn up against him under Part 1 of Art.

February 16, 2022 Tutaevsky The city court of the Yaroslavl region recognized the citizen of Tajikistan Umedjon Toshev guilty under Part 5 of Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (implementation missionary activity in violation of the requirements of the legislation on freedom conscience committed by a foreign citizen). The court fined him for 30 thousand rubles with administrative expulsion from Russia.

Previously, Aider Dzhepparov and Riza and Enver Omerov were sentenced to terms ranging from 13 to 18 years. On March 10, 2022, the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha confirmed the sentence of Aider Dzhepparov and Riza and Enver Omerov on charges of involvement in the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Dzhepparov and Enver Omerov were found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 205.5 (organizing the activities of a terrorist organization), Riza Omerov - under Part 2 of Art.

The attackers painted Nazi symbols on the monument to the heroes of the war. In February 2022, in the Moscow region in the village of Nikulino, unknown persons drew a swastika on the memorial to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War with an aerosol can. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved. The suspect was arrested. Sources Monument to war heroes desecrated with swastika in Moscow region // Russian newspaper. 2022. March 11.

The following is our monthly review ofinstances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any governmentcountermeasures, for February 2022. In February 2022, according to data collectedand reviewed by SOVA Center, two people suffered from xenophobically-motivatedviolence. Public ultra-right activity was negligiblethis month, though anti-migrant rhetoric continued to gain momentum online.

March 10, 2022 Ramensky City Court of Moscow region fined Pentecostal Jan Schneider five thousand rubles, finding him guilty under Art. 20.33 Administrative Code (participation in the activities of a foreign or international non-governmental organization, in respect of which a decision has been made to recognize it as undesirable in the territory Russian Federation of its activities).

A case has been opened under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code. On March 11, 2022, it became known that a 28-year-old local resident was detained in Novomoskovsk (Tula region), suspected of applying graffiti with inscriptions against the participation of the Russian Armed Forces in a special operation on the territory of Ukraine. A case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 214 (vandalism motivated by political hostility). We doubt the validity of prosecution for politically motivated vandalism.