On March 21, 2012, the Tomsk Regional Court refused to recognize the book as extremist. "Bhagavad Gita. As It Is" Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada - commentary on the monument of ancient Indian literature. The regional court rejected the appeal of the prosecutor's office and confirmed the decision of Leninsky District Court of Tomsk, issued in December 2011.

On March 21, 2012, the Central District Court of Orenburg found a 23-year-old local resident guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). At the same time, he was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. A criminal case was initiated on the fact of posting videos RuSSia 88 and RuSSiA_88 on the website of the social network VKontakte.

On March 20, 2012, the Kommersant newspaper published a series of materials devoted to the problems of applying Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and finding ways to resolve these problems. We consider this publication to be very important and worthy of attention, despite the fact that it also contains a number of incorrect references to legislation. An article by Kommersant columnist Oleg Kashin describes a number of incidents related to the application of Art.

On March 20, 2012, the Leningradsky District Court of the city of Kaliningrad, with the participation of the public prosecutor of the prosecutor's office of the Leningradsky district of the city of Kaliningrad, sentenced 27-year-old Yuri Drynkin in a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 (actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as degrading a person or a group of persons on the basis of gender, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as belonging to any

March 21, 2012 was the statement of the “initiative group of believers, atheists and agnostics” of Moscow was circulated and Petersburg, dedicated to the theme of the clericalization of the Russian society. “ We are forced to state ,” the statement said, “ that the main threat the unity of Russian society today comes from a registered as religious organization of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP).

On March 21, 2012, a group of deputies from the United Russia party proposed for consideration a protocol instruction to the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption to request information from the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor General's Office on the measures taken by these departments to identify and bring to criminal liability under Art.

On March 20, 2012, it became known that on March 2, 2012, the Moscow prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (calls for mass riots) against journalist and social activist Arkady Babchenko. The case was opened at the request of the head of the Orthodox corps of the Nashi movement, member of the Public Chamber Boris Yakemenko.

March 20, 2012 Supreme Ataman of the Union of Cossacks of Russia sent Pavel Zadorozhny appeal to the head of state and Patriarch Kirill with a call to punish not only participants of the " punk prayer " in the Cathedral of Christ, but also all bloggers and journalists, disseminating information about the action. “ We, the Cossacks ,” it is said in a letter - the Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the roads as the greatest national shrine, as a symbol of the revival of Russia.

On March 20, 2012, the director of the SOVA center, Alexander Verkhovsky, delivered a speech at a meeting of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. We are publishing a translation of this speech into Russian. Dear deputies, ladies and gentlemen! I am grateful for the opportunity to speak at these hearings.

20th of March 2012 in the Intercession Cathedral of Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol Territory) act of vandalism. Armed with a knife a young man (about 25 years old) smashed lampadas, threw icons on the floor and a bow cross, into which he plunged a knife, knocked out feet the Royal Doors. Breaking into altar, he sat down in the bishop's chair, called himself God and shouted curse words and biblical quotes. Priest Alexander Polyakov, who tried stop the criminal, received several punches in the chest.