On April 7, 2022, it became known about the check against the speaker of the Belgorod Regional Duma Olga Pavlova, her deputy Valery Sergachev and the leader of the regional branch of United Russia Elena Bondarenko. The reason for the inspection was the distribution of the book of the former governor of the Belgorod region Yevgeny Savchenko "Shock", in which he describes his new religion. Security officials do not rule out the presence of signs of extremism in the book.

In the Krasnodar Territory, attackers drew a swastika on one of the tombstones in the cemetery. In April 2022, in the Krasnodar Territory, in Lenin's farm in a cemetery, swastikas were painted on one of the tombstones. The relatives of the deceased contacted the police. Employees of the local head office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia began an inspection. Sources Vandals painted a swastika on a tombstone in Krasnodar // ren.tv. 2022. April 11.

V. Shinkevich, a resident of Ukhta, was detained for xenophobic and anti-state publications on the VKontakte social network. In April 2022, the investigating authorities of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Komi Republic opened criminal cases under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 (public calls for terrorist activities) and Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

Georgy Gromada was sentenced to compulsory labor under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. April 10, 2022 St. Petersburg City Court sentenced college student Georgy Gromada to 300 hours compulsory work under Part 3 of Art.

In April 2022, a criminal case was opened against a resident of the Vladimir region for publishing xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. A verdict was reached in the case in August 2022. In April 2022, in Petushki in the Vladimir region, the FSB opened a criminal case against a 38-year-old resident of the region under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism).

We did not record anyinformation as to victims of ideologically motivated violence this month. Sincethe beginning of the year, we are aware of two such instances in Russia. However, in March 2022 webecame aware of damage to wayside crosses in Fryanovo, a workers' villagenorthwest of Moscow, of swastikas painted onto a memorial to war heroes inNikulino, also outside Moscow, and of a smoke bomb tossed into a mosque inMoscow.

On April 7, 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution 2022/2622(RSP) on "increasing repression in Russia". IN it, in particular, condemns the position of Patriarch Kirill, who gave "the theological cover" of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. « European Parliament… 6.

A resident of the Samara region received a year of probation. In April 2022, the Krasnoglinsky District Court of Samara sentenced a local resident, born in 1996, for publishing certain materials on the VKontakte social network calling for extremist activities. The case was initiated in November 2021 by the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Samara Region under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

SUMMARY LEGAL REGULATION : Projects that are not (yet) developed ISSUES RELATED TO PLACES OF WORSHIP : Problems related to the development of churches : Problems with the exploitation of existing buildings : Conflicts around the transfer of property to religious organizations DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE ATTITUDE TO RELIGION : Criminal prosecution : : Restriction on missionary activity : Recognition of the activities of religious organizations as undesirable : : Other forms of discrimination :

Rodion Martyanov was brought to justice under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On April 11, 2022, it became known that the Central District Court Kemerov appointed a day of arrest under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or demonstration of extremist organizations) to a local resident Rodion Martyanov.

The appeal in the case of Anton Ostapenko was dismissed. On April 7, 2022, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court upheld the decision of the Sharypov City Court in the case of Jehovah's Witness Anton Ostapenko. On October 25, 2021, the Sharypovsky City Court found Ostapenko guilty under Part 1 of Art.

A resident of Novokuznetsk fined for posts in the social network "VKontakte". In April 2022, the 1st Eastern District Military Court, at an offsite hearing in Kuzbass, delivered a sentence under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorist activities) in the case of a 40-year-old resident of Novokuznetsk. According to the FSB, the defendant published some posts on the VKontakte social network calling for terrorist activities.