Pavel Popov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 23, 2022, during a debate in the Metallurgichesky District Court of Chelyabinsk, a representative of the prosecutor's office requested eight years in prison for Jehovah's Witness Pavel Popov, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).

A case was initiated under the article on participation in an extremist organization. On May 19, 2022, 31-year-old Jehovah's Witness Anton Kokovin was detained in Yaroslavl. It turned out that a criminal case had been initiated against him under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization); he was released on bail. In the case, searches were carried out - at Kokovkin's own, his acquaintances and at one more believer.

In Chelyabinsk, the investigation of the case under Part 1 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism) against a 27-year-old local resident. On May 20, 2022, the case file under Part 1 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code were sent to the Chelyabinsk Regional Court.

In Yekaterinburg, a court fined songwriter Andrei Masalsky for calls for extremism. On May 18, 2022, in Yekaterinburg, the Central District Military Court fined Ufa songwriter Andrei Masalsky 300 thousand rubles under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (justification of terrorism).

The court arrested Sergei Vasiliev as a suspect in the hate-motivated vandalism case. On May 24, 2022, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg took into custody a local resident Sergei Vasiliev, suspected in the case of vandalism motivated by political hatred (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code). The reason for initiating the case was the inscription "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes" one of the playgrounds in the city.

Five believers are required to be sentenced to real terms, another one to a large fine. On May 20, 2022, during a debate in the Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov, a representative of the prosecutor’s office requested real prison terms for Jehovah’s Witnesses Andzhey Onishchuk, Yevgeny and Andrey Suvorkov, Maksim Khalturin and Vladimir Korobeynikov and a fine for Vladimir Vasilyev, and also demanded that their fellow believer Yury Geraskov be found guilty who died in 2020.

The court found Lyudmila Shchekoldina guilty under cc. 1.1 and 2 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On May 24, 2022, the Pavlovsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witness Lyudmila Shchekoldina to four years and one month in a penal colony. 1.1 and 2 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (involvement in the activities of an extremist organization and participation in such). The day before, the prosecutor requested four and a half years in prison for the believer.

The Jehovah's Witness spent five years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 24, 2022, Dane Dennis Christensen was released from IK-3 in the Kursk region. In February 2019, Christensen was sentenced to six years in prison to be served in a general regime colony under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organizing the activities of an extremist organization) on charges of leading the Oryol community of Jehovah's Witnesses.

A resident of Torzhok is charged under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code. On May 24, 2022, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Tver region transferred to the regional court a case against a 37-year-old resident of Torzhok, accused under Part 3 of Art.

The bill radically expands the powers of the Prosecutor General's Office in the area of ​​restricting freedom of speech. On May 24, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the first reading bill No.