In April 2022, a verdict was passed in the Kamchatka Territory in the case of participation in the banned organization "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'" and attracting new members to it. In April 2022, it became known that the Vilyuchinsky City Court of the Kamchatka Territory issued a verdict in the case under Part 1.1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (involvement in the activities of an extremist organization) and Part 2 of Art.

A draft law on a radical expansion of the powers of the Prosecutor General's Office in the field of restricting freedom of speech has been submitted to the Duma. On April 6, 2022, a bill prepared by the commission on outside interference was submitted to the State Duma.

In comparing the actions of Hitler and Putin, experts found signs of inciting hatred on the basis of belonging to persons holding public office in the Russian Federation. On April 6, 2022, the Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region arrested him for 10 days under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity) of local environmental activist Alexei Dmitriev. This was announced in social networks by the Union of Marxists, which supports the activist.

In April 2022, a court fined a resident of Kurgan 300,000 rubles for anti-Semitic posts and calls to overthrow the government. In April 2022, the Central District Military Court of the city of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region, delivered a verdict in the case under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism) and Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorism).

Here we present cases known to us of the application of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses in April 2022. March 4, 2022 were signed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) and the Criminal Code (UK).

The State Duma adopted amendments on administrative responsibility for violating the ban on identifying the actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany, as well as denying the decisive role of the Soviet people in the defeat of the latter. On April 5, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the second reading, and on April 6 - in the third reading, a bill establishing administrative responsibility for identifying the actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany.

An oppositionist from the Kemerovo region became a defendant in a criminal case in connection with a video on Instagram. On April 5, 2022, entrepreneur and blogger, ex-candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, Vyacheslav Chernov from Tashtagol, Kemerovo region, reported on social networks that a criminal case had been opened against him under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

The prosecutor's office considered that the statements of the St. Petersburg activist did not justify terrorism. In April 2022, information appeared that the Vsevolozhsk City Prosecutor's Office of the Leningrad Region canceled the resolution to initiate a criminal case under Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public justification of terrorism) against activist Olga Smirnova. The resolution was adopted on October 22, 2021.