The Ministry of Justice's claims to ban both associations were registered by the St. Petersburg City Court. On February 2, 2026, it became known that the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to ban the Russian LGBT Network and the LGBTQ+ group Coming Out as extremist organizations. The case materials were registered by the St. Petersburg City Court on January 27; the consideration of the claims will take place on February 24 behind closed doors.

Deputies developed amendments to Art. 354.1 and 243.4 of the Criminal Code. On February 2, 2026, a bill was introduced to the State Duma introducing criminal liability for “denial of the genocide of the Soviet people” during the Great Patriotic War and the destruction, damage or desecration of the graves of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people. As part of the amendments, it is proposed to change the wording of Art.

Egor Dergunov was sentenced to 12 years in prison. On January 21, 2026, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced under Art. 275.1 of the Criminal Code (cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state) and Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization) sentenced 20-year-old Saratov resident Egor Dergunov to 12 years in a maximum security colony with the first four years in prison.

It is unknown what became the reason for the criminal prosecution of Fedor Bushev. On January 30, 2026, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil registered a criminal case against local resident Fedor Bushev. He is accused under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the Russian armed forces). It is unknown what became the reason for the criminal prosecution.