In Adygea, the case of a colony prisoner for participation in the Right Sector has been brought to court. At the end of December 2023, the department for the investigation of particularly important cases of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Adygea completed the investigation of the criminal case of a convict serving a sentence in a high-security correctional colony. He is charged under Part 2 of Art.

The persecution of 86-year-old Viktor Pivovarov is connected with the publication of an anti-war article. On April 8, 2024, the Slavic City Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Viktor Pivovarov, an 86-year-old priest of the Russian Orthodox Church (RosOC), serving in the Intercession-Tikhonovsky Church and bearing the title of Archbishop of Slavic and South Russian, to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art.

In December 2023, in Adygea, the case of a colony prisoner for participation in the Right Sector was brought to court. A verdict was reached in the case in March 2024. At the end of December 2023, in the Republic of Adygea, the investigation of a criminal case initiated against a prisoner serving a sentence in a high-security correctional colony was completed. He is charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

The student is suspected of attempted murder and participation in Columbine. On December 27, 2023, FSB officers detained a 15-year-old schoolboy in Yegoryevsk, who was allegedly planning an attack on local gymnasium No. 10. A criminal case was opened against him under Part 1 of Art. 30, paragraph “a”, part 2, art. 105 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder of two or more persons) and under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization).

On December 27, 2023, statistical information about the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia in 2023 became known. According to Jehovah's Witnesses as of December 25, the number of searches conducted at their Russian co-religionists since the ban was 2,058. During the year, searches took place at 183 addresses in 74 regions, 43 people were detained, 15 were put through pre-trial detention.

In the Volgograd region, attackers smashed a sign commemorating the deportation of Kalmyks. On December 25, 2023, in the Volgograd region, at the Abganerovo railway station, unknown persons destroyed a memorial plaque erected in honor of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the deportation of Kalmyks.

“Citizen of the USSR” was fined for discrediting the RF Armed Forces. At the end of December 2023, in the Tula region, a 55-year-old resident of Plavsk was fined 45 thousand rubles under Art. 20.3.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (discrediting the use of Russian armed forces ). According to a media report, a resident of Plavsk is a supporter of the banned organization “Citizens of the USSR”; he posted materials on social networks aimed at discrediting the Russian military.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a 60-year-old supporter of the banned “Union of Slavic Forces of Russia” was sentenced to imprisonment in a colony. At the end of December 2023, in Karachay-Cherkessia, the court convicted a 60-year-old local resident under Part 1.1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (inducement and recruitment of a person into the activities of an extremist organization) and under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

“Citizen of the USSR” from Novouralsk Nikolai Yuryev was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the case of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office. On December 19, 2023, the Central District Military Court sentenced Nikolai Yuryev, a resident of Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region, to 18 years in prison in the case of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office.

In Kislovodsk, a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization and deliberate destruction of property was brought to court. At the end of December 2023, the Kislovodsk Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory completed the investigation of the criminal case of a city resident accused under Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code (deliberate destruction or damage to property) and under Part 2 of Art.

The persecution of 86-year-old Viktor Pivovarov is connected with the publication of an anti-war article. On January 22, 2024, the Slavic City Court of the Krasnodar Territory registered the materials of a criminal case against the 86-year-old Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (RosOC) Viktor Pivovarov, who serves in the Intercession-Tikhonovsky Church. He is accused under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the armed forces).