Dmitry Murachev from the village of Saryg-Sel was found guilty of financing extremism. He was initially given a suspended sentence, but an appeal increased the sentence. On February 24, 2026, the Supreme Court of Tuva toughened the sentence of 43-year-old resident of the village of Saryg-Sel, database specialist Dmitry Murachev under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).

Based on available information, the 39-year-old defendant is accused of making donations to the banned Anti-Corruption Foundation. On March 3, 2026, the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Stavropol Territory reported on the completion of the investigation against a 39-year-old resident of Nevinnomyssk. He is accused under Part 1 of Art.

A resident of the Penza region is accused of posting calls for violence against people from the Central Asian region on Telegram. On March 3, 2026, the FSB Directorate for the Penza Region reported that a case had been opened against a 49-year-old resident of the Penza Region under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

We became aware of 28 sentences handed down in February against 33 people, which included charges of involvement in extremist and terrorist communities and organizations whose activities we monitor . One man was convicted of involvement in the neo-Nazi gang Sparta 88. Three people - for cooperation with the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and three - for cooperation with the Legion "Freedom of Russia" (LSR). Two people were convicted of financing Artpodgotovka.

Zamir Abdullayev left a quote from the forbidden volume of al-Saadi's tafsir on VKontakte. This is how he commented on the news about the driver who, in the cold, refused to let passengers onto the bus while he was doing namaz. On February 5, 2026, the Surgut City Court of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra fined local resident Zamir Abdullaev three thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of extremist materials).

On March 2, 2026, a bill “On Amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses” was introduced to the State Duma, introducing administrative liability for publishing images of religious objects without religious symbols. Let us remind you that the law on the protection of religious symbols was adopted in 2025. Now it is proposed to introduce administrative liability for violating the ban on publishing images of churches without crosses.

The case of a resident of Mordovia on financing a terrorist organization has been brought to court. On March 3, 2026, it became known that in Mordovia a 53-year-old local resident was charged with Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities) and Part 1.1 of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code (financing of terrorism). According to the press service of the regional FSB Directorate, in 2021 the defendant sent transactions using electronic details.

The case was considered behind closed doors. Earlier, the Ministry of Justice filed a corresponding claim in court. On March 3, 2026, the St. Petersburg City Court recognized the LGBTQ+ group “Coming Out” as an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The consideration of the case took place behind closed doors.

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On February 20, 2026, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' signed a decree deposing Archpriest Andrei Lorgus. The church court of the Moscow diocese made a corresponding decision on December 23, 2025. The priest’s actions were seen as a violation of a number of Apostolic rules and the rules of the Ecumenical Councils, but neither the decree of the patriarch nor the court decision spells out exactly how these rules were violated.

On the prosecution of Muscovite Dmitry Mitrofanov under Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code became known back in August. On March 3, 2026, the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Central Bank employee Dmitry Mitrofanov to two years of forced labor, one and a half years of restriction of freedom and confiscation of three and a half thousand rubles. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).

He was fined 300 thousand rubles for three donations. On March 3, 2026, the Nevyansk City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region fined 300 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing extremism) by Mikhail Sidorenko. It follows from the verdict that Sidorenko, a resident of the village of Verkh-Neyvinsky, on August 5, 2021, subscribed to monthly donations of 500 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).