76 Organization of riots accompanied with personal violence, pogroms, arsons, damage and destruction of property, resistance to a representative of authority with use of or threat to use arms or other objects as arms, as well as active participation in riots – shall be punished with imprisonment from ten to fifteen years. (As amended by the Law of 29.08.2001) Article 2441. Production and Dissemination of Materials Containing Threat to Public Security and Public Order Production or keeping with the purpose to dissemination of materials that contain ideas of religious extremism, separatism, and fundamentalism, calls for pogroms or violent eviction, or aimed at creating a panic among the population, which have been committed after imposition of an administrative penalty for the same acts – shall be punished with a fine from fifty to one hundred minimum monthly wages, or correctional labor up to three years, or arrest up to six months, or imprisonment up to three years. Any form of dissemination of information and materials containing ideas of religious extremism, separatism, and fundamentalism, calls for pogroms or violent eviction of individuals, or aimed at creating a panic among the population, as well as the use of religion in purposes of breach of civil concord, dissemination of calumnious and destabilizing fabrications, and committing other acts aimed against the established rules of conduct in society and of public security – shall be punished with a fine from seventy-five to one hundred minimum monthly wages, or arrest up to six months, or imprisonment from three to five years. The actions foreseen in Paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article, committed: a) by previous concert or by a group of individuals; b) with use of official capacity; c) with use of financial or other material aid received from religious organizations, as well as from foreign States, organizations, and nationals – shall be punished with imprisonment from five to eight years. (Introduced by the Law of 1.05.1998, amended by the Law of 29.08.2001) Article 2442. Establishment, Direction of or Participation in Religious Extremist, Separatist, Fundamentalist or Other Banned Organizations Establishment, direction of or participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other banned organizations – shall be punished with imprisonment from five to fifteen years. The same actions that have resulted in grave consequences – shall be punished with imprisonment from fifteen to twenty years. A person shall be discharged from liability for the offense punishable under Paragraph 1 of this Article, if he voluntarily communicated about the existence of banned organizations and assisted to detection of the offense. (Introduced by the Law of 1.05.1998, amended by the Law of 29.08.2001) Article 245. Taking Hostage Taking or holding a person as a hostage in purposes of forcing the State, international organization, or physical or legal entity to commit some action or abstain therefrom as a