January 27 2012, the Ustinovsky District Court of the city of Izhevsk delivered a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred and enmity committed in public) to Andrey Mokrushin (born in 1989). Mokrushin in November 2011, produced and pasted on trade kiosks and poles in Ustinovsky district of the city flyers with text “282, FORBIDDEN TO BE RUSSIAN”, “Crush the Jews!”, “I am Russian”, “Immigrant from Caucasus!

In February 2012, St. Petersburg completed investigation of the case of a member of the neo-Nazi group NS / WP - Dmitry Nedugov. A young man is accused of murdering a homeless man, attempted on the murder of an Iraqi citizen and the arson of the icon case in the Church of Our Lady of Kazan on Stachek Avenue. He is charged with s. "f, l" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder motivated by national hatred), Part 3 of Art.

February 3, 2012 Syktyvkar City Court of the Republic Komi satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized the video “Skins cut chock." The video came to the attention of law enforcement agencies in March last year: upon its publication in the VKontakte social network, there were filed under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). Recall that 18-year-old Antonov Vostrikov posted the video online was convicted in July 2011.

On February 8, 2012, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court overturned the decision of the Central District Court of Krasnoyarsk, which on June 16, 2011 recognized the activities of the Sunday school at the Cathedral Mosque of the city as illegal and imposed a fine of 170 thousand rubles on the Muslim community for conducting educational activities without a license.

Moscow Memorial" responded in detail to an open letter nationalist, hurt by the principled decision of the capital's memorialists clearly define the possible boundaries of cooperation. "Last week "Moscow Memorial" issued a statement "On the boundaries of cooperation" ( http://www2.memo.ru/d/3148.html ), in which we justified our decision not to participate in the formation Civil Council - the coordinating body of the newly established Civil Movement.

On February 8, 2012, the opinions of the clergy on Russian nationalism were published. According to Hieromonk Macarius (Markish), it is important to distinguish between nationalism ("like hatred for strangers") and patriotism ("like love for one's own"). Archpriest Sergiy Shastin, rector of the Krutitsy metochion, is convinced that there should be fewer accusations of Russian nationalism.

On February 2, 2012, the Maykop City Court dismissed the complaint of the chairman Council of the Adyghe Republican Movement "Circassian Congress" Murat Berzegov to a warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activity issued to the organization in September 2011 by the Office of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea.

On February 8, 2012, as part of the election campaign, Vladimir Putin met with representatives of religious organizations. The meeting was attended by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Buddhist community Hambo Lama Damba Ayusheev, Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gainutdin, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar, Archpriest.

On February 8, 2012, “Other Russia” activist Olga Komarova was brought in for questioning by an investigator of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow in a case brought against her under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a prohibited organization). Later, Komarova was released on her own recognizance.

On February 8, 2012, during a meeting with religious leaders, Vladimir Putin announced figures that, in his opinion, confirm the special, "state-forming" role of Russian Orthodoxy. According to the statistics presented by the Prime Minister, 71% of Russians support the creation of an Orthodox TV channel, 66% - the organization of church general education schools, 73% - church orphanages, more than 80% - church hospitals and nursing homes.

On February 7, 2012, Interfax reported that an advertisement for "Orthodox" cigarettes had spread on the Internet with the inscription "Smoking is a sin" on each pack. Journalists point out that the advertisement is "distributed by the non-existent Nizhnepokrovsky parish of Hierofen Skarimsky" and that many bloggers see it as a well-thought-out anti-church action. Sources "Orthodox cigarettes" advertised on the Internet // Interfax-religion. 2012. February 7.