February 9, 2011 President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov gave an interview to the Ufimskiye Vedomosti newspaper and touched upon several religious issues. In particular, R. Minnikhanov spoke "categorically against teaching religion in schools" : "If they want to learn the law of God, let them on Sunday they go to school. Whatever religion it is. We are a secular state written into our Constitution.

On February 4, 2011, a criminal case against 26-year-old Maykop resident Alexander Arteev, accused of writing in 2009-2010. articles and posting them on website of one of the terrorist organizations. According to the prosecutor of Adygea, " the accused under false names (including Abu Tanvir of the Caucasus - ed.) turned to Muslims. He persuaded them to commit extremist and terrorist crimes, called for murders and sabotage ".

February 7, 2011 chief Police Department of Pyatigorsk Saveliy Ayrapidi told reporters that he considers the recommendation illegal leadership of the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University attend university in Muslim dress. "I think it's illegal, we don't have the right to ban it. That's all is like forbidding people to wear short skirts," said the head of the police department.

On January 11, 2011, the Saratov Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the RF Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case on the fact of anti-Semitic statements under the nickname "Anti-Semitic" on the forum of one of local news agencies under the news about the allocation of funds for construction local synagogue, which appeared in late summer and autumn 2010.

On February 10, 2011, it became known that the head of the administration Novosheshminsk (Tatarstan) Vyacheslav Kozlov on January 25 gathered city imams and announced a ban on the study of the basics of Islam in mosques and the wearing of headscarves Muslim women.

On February 9, 2011, the Runet Council of Atheists issued a statement regarding the document “ Attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to deliberate public blasphemy and slander against the Church” adopted by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church.