Russia: extremism-related convictions by crime 2022

In 2022, 276 Russians were convicted of a public appeal to extremism under Article 280 of the Criminal Code of Russia. Further 274 people were found guilty of justifying terrorism in public. Overall, the number of extremist-related criminal convictions in Russia increased from 729 in 2021 to 906 in 2022.

Number of convictions for selected extremism-related crimes in Russia from 2021 to 2022

Characteristic	2021	2022
Public appeal to extremism (Art. 280 Sec 1-2)	255	276
Public justification of terrorism (Art. 205.2 Sec 1-2)	199	274
Participation in an extremist community (Art. 282.2 Sec. 2)	84	129
Participation in an illegal armed formation (Art. 208 Sec. 2)	45	65
Organization of an extremist community (Art. 282.2 Sec. 1)	36	56
Incitement of hatred and enmity (Art. 282 Sec 1-2)	43	42
Inducement, recruitment or other involvement in an extremist organization (Art. 282.2 Sec. 1.1)	5	27
Rehabilitation of Nazism (Art. 354.1 Sec 1-3)	30	18
Breach of the sanctity of religion (Art. 148 Sec 1-4)	14	11
Organization of an illegal armed formation (Art. 208 Sec. 1)	14	6
False communication about terrorism (Art. 207.1)	4	2

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October 2023

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

2021 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The following articles of the Criminal Code of Russia were selected:
Article 148, Sections 1-4 - Obstruction of the exercise of the right of liberty of conscience and religious liberty;
Article 205.2, Sections 1-2 - Public justification of terrorism;
Article 207.1 - Knowingly making a false communication about an act of terrorism;
Article 208, Section 1 - Organization of an illegal armed formation;
Article 208, Section 2 - Participation in an illegal armed formation;
Article 280, Sections 1-2 - Public appeal to performance of an extremist activity;
Article 282, Sections 1-2 - Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as the abasement of human dignity;
Article 282.2, Section 1 - Organization of an extremist community;
Article 282.2, Section 1.1 - Inducement, recruitment or other involvement in an extremist community;
Article 282.2, Section 2 - Participation in an extremist community;
Article 354.1, Sections 1-3 - Rehabilitation of Nazism.

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