For the first time in Kalmykia, a case was initiated under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code on the continuation of the activities of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses. On February 28, 2023, Jehovah's Witnesses in Elista were searched in connection with a criminal case initiated on February 16 under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. The suspect under part 1 of this article is Kishta Tutinova, she was detained and placed in a temporary detention center.

Kishta Tutinova was detained. On February 28, 2023, in Elista, Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in connection with a criminal case initiated on February 16 under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. Kishta Tutinova is a suspect under Part 1 of this article; she was detained and placed in a temporary detention center. On March 1, the court placed her under house arrest.

The reason for the criminal prosecution of Sergei Volkov was his statements about Stalin and the siege of Leningrad. The court fined him two million rubles. On February 28, 2024, the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction upheld the verdict that the Ivanovo Regional Court handed down to the architect Sergei Volkov on September 26, 2023. Based on the results of the case being considered by the jury, he was found guilty under paragraph “c” of Part 2 of Art.

Khalid Paygir was fined two million rubles under Art. 354.1 CC. On November 28, 2023, the Kurgan Regional Court rendered a verdict under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (desecration of the symbols of Russia’s military glory, insult to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland) to a foreign citizen, a native of Afghanistan, Khalid Paygir. He was given a fine of two million rubles.

Sergei Volkov is charged under Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code for statements about Stalin and the blockade of Leningrad. On June 21, 2023, the Ivanovo Regional Court began a retrial of the case of Sergei Volkov, accused under paragraph “c” of Part 2 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet). The case is heard by a jury.

A drunken Kurgan hooligan at the Eternal Flame and became a defendant in a case initiated under Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code. On March 2, 2023, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kurgan region announced the arrest of a 29-year-old native of one of the "Asian republics", who was suspected of desecrating the Eternal Flame. The investigating authorities opened a case against him under Part 3 of Art.

This report is an analytical review of anti-extremism legislation and apparent abuses in its application for 2022 [1] . The SOVA Center issues similar reports annually, summing up the results of the monitoring work that our organization has been carrying out on an ongoing basis since the mid-2000s.

On February 7, 2023, the Elizovsky District Court of the Kamchatka Territory held liable under Part 5 of Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (implementation of missionary activity with violations of the requirements of legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations, committed by a foreign citizen) Anvarjon Aliyev. Details are not reported. Sources Case card No. 5-29/2023 // Website of the Elizovsky District Court of the Kamchatka Territory.

Svetlana Monis from Birobidzhan received a suspended sentence under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On February 28, 2023, the court of the Jewish Autonomous Region (JAO) considered the appeal against the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Svetlana Monis and left it unchanged. This verdict was passed on October 31, 2022 by the Birobidzhansky District Court under Part 2 of Art.

Vladislav Vakhitov was sentenced to nine months of restriction of liberty under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code. On March 1, 2023, the Justice of the Peace of Court District No. 11 for the Sovetsky Judicial District of Kazan sentenced Vladislav Vakhitov under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by hatred). He was sentenced to nine months in prison.