New cases have been initiated under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On February 7, 2024, it became known that searches of Jehovah's Witnesses were carried out in the Jewish Autonomous Region (JAO). As believers later clarified, the searches took place on February 6 in Birobidzhan and the village of Amurzet - and, according to preliminary information, as part of two different criminal cases. The suspect in the case initiated by the regional FSB Directorate under Part 1.1 of Art.

In Krasnoyarsk, the “Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the Krasnoyarsk Territory,” which is another organization of “citizens of the USSR,” has been recognized as extremist. Members of the association were repeatedly charged with various administrative charges. Criminal cases have been filed against the two for insulting and using violence against a government official.

In Novosibirsk, a group of teenagers “calling themselves skinheads” attacked a 15-year-old schoolboy . On January 21, 2024, in Novosibirsk, a group of teenagers “calling themselves skinheads” called a 15-year-old schoolboy from home and severely beat him, doused his eyes with pepper liquid and cut his hair with a knife.

Resume Systematic racist and neo -Nazi violence : attacks on ethnic “strangers” : attacks on ideological opponents : attacks on LGBT+ : attacks in “defense of morality” : religiously motivated attacks Crimes against property Criminal prosecution for violence Criminal prosecution for crimes against property This report of the Center “Owl” is about what is called hatred crimes, that is, about ordinary criminal offenses, but committed on the motive of ethnic, religious and the like enmity or

Anton Kusakin was fined 10 thousand rubles under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offences. On January 26, 2024, the Motovilikha District Court of Perm fined Andrei Kusakin 10 thousand rubles under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). The reason was two comments that Kusakin left in July 2023 under a post in the community “EVIL PERMYAK | PERMIAN".

In the Kaliningrad region, a case of racist insults during a traffic conflict was brought to court. On January 31, 2024, the Zelenograd City Court of the Kaliningrad Region received a criminal case against a 63-year-old resident of Svetlogorsk, Salaudi Yunusov. Yunusov is accused under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism motivated by national hatred).

From January 31 to February 4, 2024, a new batch of videos with direct actions appeared in far-right Telegram channels. The video included attacks on migrants, blacks, drunks and homeless people, car tires being cut and punctured, and a door being set on fire in the apartment of a native of Dagestan.

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Here we collect cases of persecution in 2024 under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) for critical statements about public servants, including law enforcement officers, as well as military personnel. We consider it unlawful to prosecute such criticism if it does not involve clear calls for violence. Why?

A case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On February 7, 2024, it became known that Jehovah’s Witnesses were searched in Nizhny Novgorod. Investigative actions were carried out within the framework of a criminal case initiated under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization). It is reported that about 15 believers are involved in the case.

In Krasnoyarsk, was convicted . a group of ultra-rightists who took part in attacks on anti-fascists and a visitor from Kyrgyzstan On February 8, 2024, the Leninsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced a group of ultra-rightists. Depending on the role of each person involved in the case, they were found guilty under Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (organization and management of an extremist community and participation in it), Art.

In February 2024, it became known that the Nakhimovsky District Court of Sevastopol was considering the case of a 33-year-old resident of the Rostov region, who in August 2023 staged a pogrom in the St. Nicholas Church of Sevastopol. The man, according to eyewitnesses, who had signs of drug intoxication, caused a riot, broke several icons, and also caused bodily harm to himself.

An elderly native of Ukraine was suspected of insulting the feelings of Orthodox Christians. On February 8, 2024, it became known that in Serov, Sverdlovsk Region, Nikolai Pozharuk was searched in the case of insulting the religious feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code).

On February 8, 2024, it became known that the magistrate of judicial district No. 44 of St. Petersburg sentenced Olga Volodina, who was found guilty under Art. 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings). According to the court, on January 27, 2023, at a trolleybus stop, Volodina approached a previously unfamiliar Z., who is visually impaired, group 1, from behind, and hit her on the head several times with a phone for no apparent reason.

In Prokopyevsk, a Pentecostal pastor was sentenced to forced labor for distributing “New Generation” materials. On February 8, 2024, the Central District Court of Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region, convicted the 41-year-old pastor of one of the religious groups of Evangelical Christians, Sergei Mikhalev. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art.