13th of January In 2012, the prosecutor's office of Kabardino-Balkaria announced the initiation of an article "Balkaria for the Balkars ... and Moscow for them, dear ones" of the criminal case under part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred).

January 13, 2011 Magistrate of the court district of the Oktyabrsky district city ​​of Saratov sentenced a 3rd year student of the SSAU 19-year-old Evgeny Russians. Recall that the student was accused of he drew a swastika on the door of the headquarters of the regional branch of United Russia . The court found him guilty under Art. 20.3 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) and fined him 1,000 rubles.

January 17, 2012 at the Public Chamber a discussion was held on the topic “Nationalist danger in Russia: results of 2011 of the year. Trends, prospects, countermeasures”. The discussion was based on the report of Semyon Charny " Social Foundations and Manifestations of Radical Nationalist sentiment in the Russian Federation. Review for 2011 ”, prepared by the International Human Rights Movement “World without Nazism”.

January 6, 2012 it became known about that in December 2011 the leadership of the Chelyabinsk regional museum of local lore the influence of the Chelyabinsk diocese and public organizations refused the Civil Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to place the exhibition "Psychiatry: death industry.

December 30, 2011 Gorno-Altai city court sentenced Sergei Tadyrov under Parts 1 and 2 of Art. 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the threat of murder in the presence of real reason to fear the implementation of this threat, as well as the statement of the threat murder if there are real grounds for fearing that the threat will be carried out motive of hatred or enmity towards any social group).

On January 17, 2012, it became known that public hearings were held in the Losinoostrovsky district of Moscow, dedicated to construction of Orthodox churches on Ostashkovsky passage and Startovaya street.

16 January 2012, the SO of the RF Investigative Committee for the Orenburg Region was informed of the completion investigation of a criminal case against participants in the public fund "School of Self-Improvement" under the leadership of former psychotherapist Vyacheslav Vesnin. (Recall that the case against Vesnin himself was initiated in September 2011).

January 11, 2012 Prot. Vsevolod Chaplin initiated a public discussion on whether it is necessary and possible in Russia a Christian (or Orthodox) political party whose name does not there will be indications of confessionality. Referring to the "Fundamentals of the Social Concept" of the Russian Church, Fr.

January 17, 2012 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Murmansk region announced the completion of the investigation of the criminal case under Part. 2 tbsp. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a prohibited organization) in relation to activists of the "Other Russia" Inna Marinina. According to the investigation, I. Marinina participated in the activities of the NBP banned as extremist.

On January 17, 2012, the Investigative Department for the city of Syzran of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region was informed about the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

January 16, 2012 was Boris Berezovsky's open letter to Patriarch Kirill was published. The author of the letter called on the patriarch to “ensure bloodless change of power in Russia”, inform Vladimir Putin's "voice of the people" and when "he hears, take power from his hands and peacefully, wisely, in a Christian way to convey it to the people. According to B. Berezovsky, this the only way to "save Russia from embarrassment." Church Representatives commented on B. Berezovsky's initiative.