Reports about people being added to Russia’s register of “terrorists and extremists” appear regularly, but only a small share of such cases becomes widely known. According to calculations by Novaya-Europe, Rosfinmonitoring’s list now contains 18,771 people, and roughly 250 to 350 new names are added every month. In the incomplete year of 2025, through mid-October, 3,031 people were added, or an average of 319 per month.
The outlet says the register includes not only convicted people but also suspects in terrorism and extremism cases. A court verdict is not required for inclusion. This status sharply complicates daily life: a person may not spend more than 10,000 rubles a month, use bank cards, conduct real estate transactions, or enter into inheritance.
An anonymous human rights defender interviewed by the outlet suggested that since early 2024, security agencies have been adding more people who are still under investigation. In 2025, the pace also increased because legislation was broadened: from December 28, 2024, the list could include suspects and convicts in violent crimes “motivated by hatred,” as well as under the articles on “fake news” and “discrediting” the army; in summer 2025, sabotage was added as another basis.
The authors separately note a rise in the number of minors in the register. While before 2023 their share was below 2.5%, from July 2025 it reached 11%. In 2025 alone, 249 teenagers were added to the list, and 81 of them were under 16 at the time. The details of many such cases remain unknown.
Among the most recently added names, 9 out of 10 are men. At the same time, the share of Ukrainian citizens has risen since 2023 from 5% to 21%. This includes, in particular, captured military personnel and civilians convicted in Russia under “terrorism” articles, as well as, in the human rights defender’s view, symbolic listings of well-known foreign figures.
The regional pattern has also changed. In 2019–2020, more than 40% of newly listed Russian citizens came from the North Caucasus, but that share has now fallen to 10%. At the same time, Magadan Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region stand out in relative terms. By absolute number of people added since 2023, the leaders are Dagestan with 808 people, followed by Chechnya with 330, and Moscow with 264. In the same incomplete period of 2025, 559 people were removed from the list.