We present a report based on information collected during the monitoring carried out by our Center. Information is presented on the Center’s website in the section “Religion in a Secular Society” ( www.sova-center.ru/religion ), including links to sources in the media and on the Internet; The report provides links only to sources not noted on the site. Based on the events of the previous year [1], only necessary updates are given.

Artem Nekrasov received two years probation. On February 19, 2024, the Shpakovsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced a resident of the village of Sengileevskoye, Artem Nekrasov. According to the FSB, he posted several publications with public calls for extremist activities. A criminal case was initiated under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities). The court found Nekrasov guilty and sentenced him to two years of suspended imprisonment.

A 19-year-old leader of an ultra-right group of football fans was sentenced in Tula. Let us recall that in November 2023, security forces detained an offender for repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols. During the search, a T-shirt with extremist symbols was confiscated from him, as well as “Tula Skinheads” stickers. He was sentenced on March 1, 2024 by the Sovetsky District Court of Tula. The court sentenced the accused to 320 hours of compulsory labor under Part 1 of Art.

On March 5, 2024, the Southern District Military Court sentenced the prisoners of the colony under Part 2 of Art. 205.4 of the Criminal Code in Kalmykia for the creation of the Ahlu al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaat community. According to the press service, in 2013, a terrorist community called “Ahlyu al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaat” was created on the territory of one of the colonies in Kalmykia.

Elena Kozhevnikova was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On March 4, 2024, the Central District Court of Tolyatti sentenced Jehovah's Witness Elena Kozhevnikova to two years of suspended imprisonment. She was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

Andrei Maksimov was found guilty in two administrative cases under Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offences. On March 1, 2024, the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar ordered 15 days of arrest in two administrative cases against local resident Andrei Maksimov. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Administrative Code (public display of symbols of an extremist organization).