On June 24, 2024, it became known that the Magistrate's Court of the Neklinovsky District of the Rostov Region fined monk Dionysius (Dmitry Belolipetsky), a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Apostolic Church (ROAC), under Part 4 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (carrying out missionary activity in violation of the requirements of the legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations).

On June 20, 2024, an application was published by the Alexander Nevsky Parish in Kolpino regarding the transfer of ownership or free use for a period of 100 years of the building of the former chapel on Admiralteyskaya Street and the land beneath it. The building is “currently under the operational management of the state budgetary educational institution ‘Education Center No. 170 of the Kolpino District of St. Petersburg’.” At the beginning of the 20th century, the chapel was used as a temple.

Sofi Noskova-Avramovich was fined 30 thousand rubles for insulting the religious feelings of a citizen who inspected the design of the S'aint bar. On June 19, 2024, the magistrate of judicial district No. 204 of the Central District of St. Petersburg issued a sentence under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code (insulting the religious feelings of believers) to Sofi Noskova-Avramovich. The owner of the S'aint bars was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia's anti-extremist legislation in May 2024. Lawmaking On May 15, the president signed amendments to the law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum” and related acts. The bill initially focused on the technical aspects of submitting data to the electoral commission and was adopted in the first reading on April 2, 2024.

It was not considered in parliament for more than three years. On June 24, 2024, the State Duma of Russia decided to return to the subject of legislative initiative - the Supreme Court - the bill on introducing the concept of "criminal misconduct" into the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. The bill was introduced in February 2021.

On June 24, 2024, it became known that the investigation into the criminal case of Askar Butaev, who extinguished candles in a Moscow church, had been completed. A comprehensive forensic psychological and psychiatric examination conducted during the investigation concluded that he needed to be sent for compulsory treatment.

They again tried to hold the Pskov oppositionist accountable for the symbols of Navalny's banned structures. On June 25, 2024, the Pskov City Court terminated the prosecution under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of prohibited symbols) of local deputy from the Yabloko party Nikolai Kuzmin. The case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for administrative liability.

Sergei Veselov was also tried under Article 214 of the Criminal Code, but the case under this article was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On June 27, 2024, the Shuya City Court of the Ivanovo Region sentenced local activist and blogger Sergei Veselov to a fine of 350 thousand rubles. He was found guilty of three counts under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the Russian armed forces).

A resident of Perm Krai was again held accountable for a video by a local group of “USSR citizens”. On May 21, 2024, the Vereshchaginsky District Court of the Perm Territory fined “USSR citizen” Sergei Larionov 80 thousand rubles under Part 2 of Article 20.3.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public calls for separatism made on the Internet).

Sergei Veselov was also tried under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code, however, the case under this article was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On August 19, 2024, the Ivanovo Regional Court upheld the sentence that the Shuya City Court handed down to activist and blogger Sergei Veselov on June 27, 2024. The court found him guilty of three counts under Part 1 of Art.

On June 24, 2024, it became known that the investigation into the criminal case of Askar Butaev, who extinguished the candles in a Moscow church, had been completed. A comprehensive forensic psychological and psychiatric examination carried out during the investigation came to the conclusion that it was necessary to send him for compulsory treatment.