RUSSIA: January 2025 to April 2026 prosecutions for not showing official full name: list

Forum 18 found 52 Administrative Code Article 5.26, Part 3 prosecutions in 2025 and the first four months of 2026 for not showing registered religious organisations' official full names on literature, online, and on buildings. Of these, 34 ended with fines, 6 ended with warnings, 4 ended with acquittals, and 7 in the case being sent back or closed. The outcome of 1 is unknown. Courts ordered religious literature destroyed in 3 cases and confiscated in a further 14 cases.