In December 2011, a criminal case under part 1 was initiated in the city of Kurgan Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). The case was opened against a 22-year-old local resident who is suspected of that it was he who with xenophobic inscriptions covered the walls of one of the houses in the city at the beginning of November this year.

In December 2011, in Saratov, a verdict was passed in the case on incitement of national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was 21-year-old Andrey Borisov, who was accused of creating in August last year in one of the social networks a xenophobic group, on the pages of which he posted video files whose titles may contribute to the humiliation of human dignity on the grounds of nationality .

On December 13, 2011, Dmitry Filatov (born 1990) was sentenced in Kurgan. part 2. Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism). D. Filatov was sentenced to restriction of freedom for a period of one year for desecration of a church building Jehovah's Witnesses "out of hatred". Recall that the desecration was committed on the night of August 15-16, 2011 of the year.

On December 16, 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated in Bashkiria under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity) against Fanzil Akhmetshin, Chairman of the Council of the Bashkir Youth Kurultai.

On December 9, 2011, an initiative group of defenders of the Perm Art Gallery sent a statement to the prosecutor's office of the Perm region calling on them to “investigate the fact of corruption” in connection with the transfer of the gallery building to the ownership of the Church.