The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation statistics on the application of articles of the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses for 2021. We provide data relating to the application of the provisions on public speech and prohibited organizations, on the distribution of prohibited materials and symbols.

The display of the sculpture "Big Mother" in the UK was considered either a desecration of the symbols of military glory, or an insult to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On April 20, 2022, information appeared in the media that the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a case has been opened on the activities of the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia as a terrorist organization. On April 20, 2022, the FSB of Russia reported that five citizens of Central Asian countries were detained in the Sverdlovsk region. According to the intelligence service, they are related to the Hizb ut-Tahrir party, which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia.

For violation of the law on "landing" it is proposed to fine not only the owners of foreign Internet services, but also search engines, hosters, advertising networks and even advertisers. On April 20, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill introducing penalties for non-compliance with the law on the "landing" of Internet companies in Russia. It was submitted for consideration in March by deputies Alexander Khinshtein and Sergei Boyarsky.

With regard to Andrey Egorov, a protocol was drawn up under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On April 20, 2022, it became known that the day before, a protocol was drawn up against Pskov activist Andrei Yegorov under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of the symbols of an extremist organization).

A resident of Tula is accused of threatening to kill and attacking people of "non-Slavic appearance." In April 2022, a criminal investigation against a local neo-Nazi was completed in Tula. In the summer of 2021, in Myasnovo, near the railway station in Tula, a 20-year-old local resident, armed with a knife and a traumatic pistol, "threatened with reprisal" two people of "non-Slavic appearance." The attacker was detained, he said that neo-Nazi views became the motive for his actions.

April 20, 2022 Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation published statistics on the number of cases under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations) considered by the courts in 2021.

The number of defendants in the new Taganrog case of Jehovah's Witnesses is growing. On April 19, 2022, it became known that in Taganrog, suspects under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization or participation in it) became Jehovah's Witnesses Vladimir Moiseenko and Valery Tibiy.