New Greatness extremist movement trial adjourned until May due to pandemicMoscow’s Lyublinsky District Court has postponed hearing of arguments in a case against activists of the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) extremist movement until May 7.11:53 16.04.2020
Six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia face trialA court in the city of Ulyanovsk will consider a criminal case against six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports Wednesday.17:04 15.04.2020
Suspect in coronavirus church vandalism arrested in St. PetersburgA suspect in the writing of the coronavirus comments on the wall of one of the St. Petersburg churches has been arrested by anti-extremism police.12:50 08.04.2020
Investigation into alleged leader of Russia’s Aum Shinrikyo cell completedProbe into Mikhail Ustyantsev, an alleged organizer of a Russian cell of Aum Shinrikyo organization prohibited in Russia, has been completed.13:19 26.03.2020
Criminal case of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders reaches courtThe criminal case over illegal business operations and extremism the defendants in which are leaders of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg has reached court.14:16 12.02.2020
Number of extremism cases over Internet posts drops in half in Russia - expertsThe number of criminal cases opened over Internet publications has decreased by almost twice. Experts come to associate it with the partial decriminalization of the Criminal Code’s article on incitement of hatred and enmity.11:21 04.02.2020
Student cleared of Moscow riots charges appeals against sentence for extremismStudent Yegor Zhukov has filed an appeal against a 3-year suspended term given to him for calls for extremism through YouTube.19:09 16.12.2019
Four Jehovah's Witnesses followers face trial in Russia on extremism chargesFour residents of Russia’s Orenburg Region will go on trial on charges of creating, financing and participating in an extremist organization.17:39 11.12.2019
Student cleared of Moscow riots charges gets 3-year suspended term for extremismStudent Yegor Zhukov, who had been previously cleared of Moscow summer riots charges, on Friday received a 3-year suspended sentence for calls for extremism.10:59 06.12.2019
Student cleared of Moscow riots charges pleads not guilty to extremismStudent Yegor Zhukov, who had been previously cleared of Moscow summer riots charges, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to extremism.13:18 03.12.2019
Defendant in case on threats against Moscow judge put in detention for 2 monthsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court during a hearing behind closed doors on Wednesday ordered Alexey Veresov, a defendant in a case over murder threats against a Moscow City Court’s judge and extremism, to be detained until January 11.17:13 13.11.2019
Defendant in Moscow judge threat case pleads guilty to extremismAlexey Veresov, one of the defendants in a case over murder threats against a judge of the Moscow City Court, has pleaded guilty to extremism.10:56 13.11.2019
Two men arrested on suspicion of extremism and murder threats against Moscow judgeTwo men have been arrested as part of a case over online calls for extremism and murder threats against a judge of the Moscow City Court.10:46 12.11.2019
Alleged members of banned extremist movement plead not guilty to terrorist plotAssociates of Vyacheslav Maltsev, an alleged leader of the Artpodgotovka civil movement banned as extremist, on Monday pleaded not guilty to preparing a terrorist attack and participating in a terrorist association.17:09 11.11.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence of 2004 presidential office takeover convictsThe Supreme Court’s Presidium on Wednesday refused to overturn sentence in a case against 39 members of the banned National Bolshevik Party convicted of an attack against the Russian presidential administration in 2004.11:51 25.09.2019
Journalist convicted of inciting terrorism, extremism freed from Russian prisonJournalist Boris Stomakhin, who had been convicted of inciting terrorism, was released from prison in a Saratov Region on Thursday morning.10:44 19.09.2019
Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay activist $3k for illegal extremism prosecutionA court in Russia’s Ulyanovsk on Friday ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) in compensation to activist Danil Alferyev for illegal prosecution of extremism.11:45 16.08.2019
Russian woman adjudged compensation for illegal prosecution for extremismA court in Russia’s city of Barnaul has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 100,000 rubles ($1,600) in compensation to Maria Motuznaya for illegal prosecution over a publication on VKontakte social networks.15:13 22.07.2019
Russia's lower house of parliament ratifies SCO counter-extremism conventionThe State Duma ratified the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Convention for Countering Extremism during its plenary session on Wednesday.16:04 17.07.2019
Infamous Russian nationalist seeks release on paroleThe leader of the Restruct nationalist movement Maxim Martsinkevich has filed a parole petition in connection with the partial decriminalization of an article of the Russian Criminal Code whereby he had been sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison for extremist posts on a social network.13:41 09.07.2019