20 April 2022, statistical data for the five years that have passed since prohibition in Russia of centralized and local organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses. According to Jehovah's Witnesses themselves, since April 20, 2017, 1,750 searches have been conducted at believers in 75 regions. Defendants in cases of continuing extremist activities organizations became 620 people.

Yuri Usanov and Maxim Morozov were found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On August 15, 2023, the Taiga City Court of the Kemerovo Region sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri Usanov and Maxim Morozov to three years in a general regime colony and six months of restriction of freedom under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

We know only about two victims of the ideological motivated violence in April 2022. Since the beginning of the year, we have known four such victims. Last month we became aware of one episode xenophobic-motivated vandalism: vandals desecrated a tombstone in a cemetery near Krasnodar, drawing swastikas on it. Since the beginning of the year, we have known about six such acts of vandalism.

On April 28, 2022, the federal list was updated extremist materials. The list was supplemented by another article by B. Stomakhin, a post in a live journal about stories of Russians and Ukrainians, pagan book "Night of Svarog", song rap artist LIL'FILL and the author's song under the pseudonym "Lesha Jonzy". Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated April 28 , 2022 5278 B.

The following is ourreview of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremistlegislation in March 2022. The military operation in Ukraine launchedon February 24 caused a wave of protests in Russia, and, in March, the authoritiestook active measures to influence the public, prevent mass dissent, both offlineand online, and establish tighter control over the information space.

A criminal case has been opened on comments under posts dedicated to Victory Day. On April 28, 2022, the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for St. Petersburg announced the initiation of a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (dissemination of information expressing obvious disrespect for society about the days of military glory, as well as desecration of symbols of military glory).

A local college student is charged under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code. On April 28, 2022, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Ulyanovsk region approved the indictment in the case of a 21-year-old student from Dimitrovgrad College, accused under Part 3 of Art.

Nine people are charged with cc. 1 and 3 Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code. On April 29, 2022, it became known that the St. Petersburg City Court registered nine criminal cases under CC. 1 and 3 Art.

Yuri Usanov and Maxim Morozov are charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On March 18, 2022, the Taiginsky City Court of the Kemerovo Region received the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri Usanov and Maxim Morozov, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). The case against Usanov became known in April 2021 - then he was detained in the city of Taiga and taken into custody.