A record number of Russians were declared terrorists and extremists in 2024
A record number of 3,152 people were registered as subversives and extremists in Russia in 2024. This year, the list includes 161 minors - 138 of whom are "terrorists" and 23 "extremists."
In 2024, the list of terrorists and extremists compiled by Rosfinmonitoring was replenished with 3,152 people. This is 72 percent (or 1,324 people) more than last year, writes Vestka.
This year, 161 minors were included in the list - 138 of them are "terrorists" and the remaining 23 are "extremists". Their total number is even higher than in the period from 2019 to 2023 (143 people). In 2023, 110 fewer Russian youth were included in the list compared to this year.
The four youngest "extremists" were born in 2010, meaning they were 14 years old when they were added to the list. Two schoolchildren who tried to set fire to a relay office at Lakhta station in St. Petersburg in September 2023 and were sentenced to life imprisonment were added to the list in February this year.
One of the convicts, Egor Lauskis, was the youngest "terrorist" on the list when he was added.
2024 was a record year for adding births to the register in the Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Lugansk regions of Ukraine - 187 people were added.
The list has grown fivefold since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and now includes more than 16,000 names. In particular, writer Boris Akunin, 13th world chess champion Garry Kasparov, Dissernet co-founder Andrei Zayakin, and Shaninka teacher Boris Kagarlitsky are considered "terrorists and extremists."
All of those on the list have their accounts frozen and their rights to dispose of their property restricted.
At the same time, employment problems can also arise: many employers, having learned about a potential employee's condition, often refuse to hire him.
In December, the State Duma expanded the scope of crimes classified as "extremist."
Crimes such as hooliganism, murder, intentional harm to health, torture, and grievous bodily harm are also classified as terrorism or extremism if they are committed on the basis of political, national, racial, or religious hatred.
The mass dissemination of "false" information about the army and "discrediting" the Russian army may also be grounds for inclusion in the list.
