Anton Zavadsky and Faik Khandzhigazov were fined and restricted. On March 29, 2023, the Privokzalny District Court of Tula found local paramedics Anton Zavadsky and Faik Khandzhigazov guilty under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by political hatred) and Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity). They were given two years of restriction of freedom and a fine of 180,000 rubles each.

For the restoration of the prayer house hall of the cathedral mosque of St. Petersburg allocated 38.7 million rubles. The building is included in number of cultural heritage sites of the regional values. Mosque according to the program Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Monuments history and culture has been restored since 2000. In 2021, for its restoration was 300 million rubles were allocated.

A member of the "trade union SOYUZ SSR" received a suspended sentence. On January 13, 2022, the Syktyvkar City Court found a member of the Trade Union SOYUZ SSR organization guilty under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities) and sentenced him to two years and three months' imprisonment probationary period of two years, as well as a ban on activities related to site administration for two years.

Nikolai Saparov was arrested, Georgy Godizov was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list. On March 22, 2022, 40-year-old Jehovah's Witness Nikolai Saparov from Maikop (Republic of Adygea) was detained at Mineralnye Vody Airport. March 24 he was arrested for two months under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of activities extremist organization). Saparov's house was held search and seizure of equipment.

15-year-old schoolgirls turned out to smoke from the Eternal Flame in Ulan-Ude. On March 28, 2022, a video was circulated on social networks, in which a girl lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame in Ulan-Ude, and her friend, who was standing nearby, filmed what was happening on a mobile phone camera. On the same day, a pre-investigation check was carried out and a criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (desecration of symbols of Russian military glory).

The accused was detained in Moscow. In March 2022, in Moscow, law enforcement officers detained a man suspected of calling on the Internet for riots and terrorist activities. According to the investigation, in 2021, he posted various extremist materials on the Internet in the channel of one of the messengers from his mobile phone. The attacker used anonymizing services. However, he was eventually arrested.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in February 2022. The military operation on the territory of Ukraine, which began on February 24, occurred too late in the month to affect the enforcement of anti-extremist legislation in February. New restrictions on freedom of expression, both in legislation and in law enforcement practice, will be described in our March review.

Irina Volkova was sentenced to compulsory labor for insulting the feelings of believers. 28 March 2022 Justice of the peace of court district No. 40 of the Admiralteisky district the city of St. Petersburg passed a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (public actions expressing a clear disrespect for society and committed for the purpose of insulting the religious feelings of believers) to blogger Irina Volkova. The court appointed her 180 hours of compulsory work.

Russian citizens are prohibited from distributing unreliable reports about the activities of state bodies of the Russian Federation abroad and discrediting them. March 25, 2022 Vladimir Putin signed amendments to the Criminal Code (CC) and the Code of administrative offenses (CAO) changes that are designed to protect against attacks on the actions of Russian government agencies abroad. To this end, the composition Art. 207.3 and 280.3 of the Criminal Code and Art.