On April 4, 2011, Vladimir Borovsky, a consultant at the Russian Ministry of Defense for working with religious military personnel, reported that within a year, about 200 clergy of “traditional” religious organizations would be sent to the troops. They will work in those units where the number of believers is more than 10% of the personnel.

On April 3, 2011, the cleric of the Barnaul diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, priest Sergiy Belyaev, accompanied by a police squad, a security company and specialists from the Castle Service company, arrived at the Ascension Church, the community of which came under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Those who arrived in the absence of parishioners changed the lock.

On March 28, 2011, the ECtHR communicated the complaint to the public organizations from Tyumen "Rainbow House" for refusals in registration and discrimination based on sexual orientation. Recall that in 2006 Rosregistratsiya refused to the human rights LGBT organization in registration on the grounds that its alleged activities are allegedly of an extremist nature. "Rainbow House" Tried to challenge this refusal in different instances, but to no avail.

April 1, 2011 it became known that the Russian Orthodox the church claims the building of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Bolvanovka, part the premises of which are occupied by the kindergarten of the Rot Front confectionery factory, and a plot of land where a kindergarten and a factory are located. Part of the temple was handed over to the community in 1991, since 1992 services are held here.

At the end of March 2011 in the city of Izhevsk, Republic of Udmurtia The investigation of the criminal case on the attack of Nazi skinheads on passers-by with a "non-Slavic" appearance. Two young men will soon be in the dock aged 24 and 16, who charged under s. "a, b" part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism using items used as weapons, committed on the basis of national hate).

4 April 2011, the ECtHR addressed questions to the Russian Federation regarding two complaints of Russian Muslims about the inclusion of Islamic books in the Federal List extremist materials. First the complaint concerns a ban in August 2007 by the Buguruslan City Court Orenburg region 17 titles of Muslim books. This decision became infamous due to the fact that it became known only later several months, when the Federal List of Extremist materials.

At the end of March 2011, an open appeal from three clergy of the Izhevsk diocese to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was circulated. Archpriest Sergius Kondakov, Archpriest Mikhail Karpeev and Priest Alexander Malykh expressed concern about certain phenomena in church life.

On April 4, 2011, the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation reported that that another participant in the riots was detained in Moscow December 11 at Manezhnaya Square.

On April 1, 2011, a rally of opponents of the current leadership of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic. Rally organizer Gabdulla Galiullin became the imam of the Kazan Nurulla mosque. About 300 people demanded to suspend preparations for the Republican Congress of Muslims scheduled for April 13.

In March 2011, all the same trendscontinued in the misuse and abuse of anti-extremist legislation, with at leasttwo improper criminal, and one administrative, convictions. There were alsowrongful decisions to ban a book and several films. Criminal Prosecution A District Magistrate’s Court in Kemerovofound two local residents guilty of public appeals for extremist activity (Part1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).

March 28, 2011 representatives of the Federal Judicial Service bailiffs in the Vladimir region changed the locks on the doors earlier belonging to the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) of St. John the Baptist in the village of Pavlovskoye , Suzdal region. Give the keys to the temple the parishioners refused. Recall that the temple was seized from the ROAC by the decision of the regional Arbitration Court in 2010.

In the beginning of April In 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma a bill amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Among other things, articles 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activity), 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization extremist community) and 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of activities extremist organization).

As it became known in early April 2011, there were a case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting religious hatred). January 17, 2011 to local resident Pavel Stegachev was charged with this case, however The prosecutor refused to approve the indictment.

In March2011, at least 1 person was killed and 3 injured across Russia in attacks byneo-Nazis. Violent incidents were recorded in Moscow (1 injured) and St.Petersburg (2 injured and 1 dead). Accordingto data available to SOVA Center, this brings the year-to-date tally ofneo-Nazi victims to 32, including 9 deaths. Seven regions of Russia wereaffected: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Astrakhan, Voronezh, the Ryazan and SamaraOblasts, and the Komi Republic.