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Anti-Extremist Law Enforcement in February 2026
We are publishing a review of anti-extremist enforcement in February 2026 as it applies to public speech, organized activity, and attacks on physical objects unrelated to xenophobia.
Anti-Extremist Law Enforcement in January 2026
We are publishing a review of anti-extremist enforcement in January 2026 as it applies to public speech, organized activity, and attacks on physical objects unrelated to xenophobia.
Anti-Extremist Law Enforcement in December 2025. Preliminary Results for 2025
This is our review of anti-extremist enforcement in application to public speech and organized activity in December 2025, as well as a preliminary overview of the year.
Anti-Extremist Law Enforcement in November 2025
The following is our review of anti-extremist law enforcement in November 2025.⁠
Anti-Extremist Law Enforcement in October 2025
The following is our review of anti-extremist law enforcement in October 2025.⁠
Radicalization of Far-Right Violence: Ideologically Motivated Crimes against Persons and Property and State Responses in Russia in 2025
This is an analytic review focused on the phenomenon, known as hate crimes – that is, on ordinary criminal offenses committed on the grounds of ethnic, religious or other similar enmity or prejudice.
Anti-Extremism Lawmaking in 2025
Over the course of 2025, the legislation of interest to us — on countering extremism and terrorism, as well as related provisions affecting freedom of expression and freedom of association — underwent a number of significant changes. Most of them were aimed at tightening regulations, with some exceptions. In this report, we summarize the most important changes, as well as several relevant decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Russia.
Counter-Extremism in 2024: Regulation of Public Speech and Organized Activity
This report is an analytical review of anti-extremist legislation and its use in 2024 to regulate public speech and organized activities. Unlike in previous years, we have decided to merge the review into one, addressing law enforcement in general and related abuses together. Drawing on our monitoring data and official statistics, we present an analysis of law enforcement across several parameters.
Sanctions for Administrative Offenses Related to Extremism in 2023–2024
In recent years, SOVA Center has been monitoring the application of specific articles of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses that regulate public statements. This report summarizes our observations on how these legal norms were applied in 2023 and 2024.
On Anti-Extremism and Religion in Russia over the Past Decade

The Journal of Law and Religion publishes an open access article by Alexander Verkhovsky on anti-extremism policy in the religious sphere in contemporary Russia.

Freedom of Expression in Russia. SOVA Center's statement at Warsaw Human Dimension Conference
SOVA Center's representative made a statement and sumbitted recommendations at Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
Address and Recommendations at the Plenary Session II “Fundamental Freedoms I”
SOVA Center took part in the OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on October 2-13, 2023. Below is the SOVA's statement along with the relevant recommendations for the session "Fundamental Freedoms I".
Submission on Implementation of the General Measures in the Group of Cases “Taganrog LRO and others v. Russia”

On August 11, 2023, Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre and SOVA Center for Information and Analysis made a submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the non-implementation of the European Court for Human Rights’ judgment and the Committee’s recommendations on Jehovah’s Witnesses cases by the Russian authorities.

Address and Recommendations at the OSCE human rights conference 2022 - Session "Tolerance and Non-Discrimination II"
SOVA Center took part in the OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on September 26 - October 7, 2022. See the SOVA's written statement and recommendations for the session "Tolerance and Non-Discrimination II".
SOVA Center's statement for the session on promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms at ODIHR 30th anniversary conference
SOVA Center took part in the OSCE conference "ODIHR: three decades and ready for the future" in Warsaw on October 14-15, 2021.