Liliya Mantserova posted military-themed video clips on VKontakte in which a trident was used. On November 2, 2023, the Feodosia City Court of the Republic of Crimea arrested Liliya Mantserova for two days under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Administrative Code (public display of symbols of a banned organization), and also assigned her under Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (discrediting the use of armed forces) fine, the amount of which has not yet been announced.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in September 2023.

Valery Vyaznikov, who lives in the Khabarovsk Territory, was sentenced by a court in Primorye to two and a half years of suspended imprisonment under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On January 11, 2024, the Primorsky Regional Court approved the sentence of Jehovah's Witness from the village of Chegdomyn, Khabarovsk Territory, Valery Vyaznikov.

Oleg Zhizhaikin was fined one thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offences. On November 2, 2023, the Novocheboksarsk City Court of the Republic of Chuvashia fined one thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols) by local resident Oleg Zhizhaikin. The reason was four images with a swastika that Zhizhaikin published on VKontakte.

On November 5, 2023, it became known that the administrator of Rostov Main, Andrey Boltushkin, was receiving numerous threats due to the publication of a picture depicting architectural objects of Rostov-on-Don, where there are no crosses on the churches. “People who are for Christ, for God and for the whole correct topic write that they will put me on a bottle almost once a minute, or even more often. I found this picture just on the Internet, it’s cool, I didn’t pay attention to the crosses.

On November 1, 2023, police officers and the Center for Combating Extremism in several regions conducted searches in the homes of Falun Gong practitioners. In particular, searches took place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk and the Irkutsk region.

The reason for the new case against Semyon Kochkin was publications with a white-blue-white flag. On November 5, 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against the Chuvash oppositionist Semyon Kochkin under Part 1 of Art. 282.4 of the Criminal Code (repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols). According to investigators, in July and August 2023, Kochkin posted images with a white-blue-white flag on his Telegram channel “Angry Chuvashia”.

On November 1, 2023, it became known about the dismissal of two employees of the Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan. The head of the reconciliation department, Muhammad-Rasul Saaduev, and the head of the fatwa department, Zainulla Atayev, were fired for being too active in supporting Palestine. In their opinion, the Palestinian struggle in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict falls under the definition of jihad.

The reason was a video from Evgeniy Kiselev’s YouTube channel. On November 5, 2023, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Penza under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the use of the Russian armed forces) in relation to military service veteran Nikolai Gorokhov. The reason was that Gorokhov posted on Odnoklassniki a video by journalist Evgeny Kiselev, originally published on YouTube.

Due to the increase in the number of administrative cases under Art. 20.3 of the Administrative Code (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols and symbols of prohibited organizations), we combine similar cases for each month into a single list. On November 29, 2023, the Maryanovsky District Court of the Omsk Region fined Kirill Simonov 1 thousand rubles.

On November 2, 2023, it became known about the transfer of ownership of the Kolychevsky Kazan convent to the Kolomna diocese of two cultural heritage sites: the cell building of 1883-1889. and hotels of the late XIX - early XX centuries.

A case has been opened in Novosibirsk for publishing Nazi symbols and anti-Semitic images on a social network. In November 2023, it became known that in Novosibirsk investigative authorities opened a criminal case against a 63-year-old pensioner. According to the FSB of Novosibirsk, over three years he posted 33 thousand pictures. During the search, an illegal pistol and ammunition were seized from him. The criminal case is being investigated under Art.