April 16, 2012 in the Kursk region entered into force the decision of the Pristensky District Court, according to which the brochure of the Witnesses Jehovah's "What happens at death" is not recognized as extremist. The court dismissed the case to ban the brochure on the grounds that in 2009 The Rostov Regional Court found that it contained no signs of extremism. Pristen prosecutor's office continues to seek a ban four more publications of Jehovah's Witnesses.

April 19, 2012 presidium Government of the Russian Federation will consider the bill of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on amendments to Article 20.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (Propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols). The bill provides for the introduction a fine also for public display of paraphernalia or symbols extremist organizations.

April 18, 2012 actor, director and temporarily banned from Orthodox priest Ivan Okhlobystin announced the creation of a political party "Coalition Sky". The party program is based on the one he developed in 2011 year "Doctrine-77", which has "Orthodox content and Orthodox aesthetics." I. Okhlobystin emphasized that the party is secular, founded on Orthodox lines.

April 10, 2012 Andrey Tychinin, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, submitted a bill to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on amendments to Federal Law No. 126-FZ "On Communications". In an explanatory note, the author bill draws attention to the fact that by virtue of Part 3 of Art.

On April 18, 2012, the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation resumed the proceedings against St. Petersburg student Vitaly Tsarenko, convicted in April 2010 along with ten other members of an ultra-right group for attacks on foreigners in 2007 Thus, the presidium satisfied the submission of the head of the RF Armed Forces, who asked for the resumption of proceedings in connection with new circumstances.

In January 2012, representatives of the State Fire Supervision Service held an unscheduled verification of the Spassky Cathedral of Kirov in order to control the execution of earlier issued order, the period of execution of which has expired. During the verification it turned out that 10 of the identified violations of fire safety requirements arrival are not eliminated.

On the night of April 18, 2012, in the north-west of Moscow in the South Tushino district on Aerodromnaya Street, a mass fight occurred between natives of the Caucasus and local residents. Presumably the cause of the fight was “ alcohol abuse and ethnic hatred .” Unfortunately, it is not clear from the message who initiated the conflict. According to various estimates, from 10 to 20 people aged 17-25 years took part in the fight.

April 18, 2012 CO on Kirovsky district of the city of Yekaterinburg, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region was informed about completion of the investigation of the criminal case against three Nazi skinheads aged 17 to 23 years. Defendants depending on the roles of each of them are accused of committing crimes under paragraph "a" Part 3 Art.

In April 2012, the public movement “Russia for All” conducted a survey on Facebook on the secularism of the state. Respondents were asked the question: “The Constitution of the Russian Federation separates the Church from the state. What kind of Russia would you like to live in?

On April 17, 2012, the Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow recognized 25-year-old Yuri Tikhomirov guilty of the death of anti-fascist Ilya Dzhaparidze and sentenced him under part 1 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (infliction of grave bodily injury resulting in death) to ten years in a penal colony. Besides, Tikhomirov will have to pay compensation to the relatives of the murdered one million rubles.

April 18, 2012 in Kirov near one of the houses on the street. Engels a group of young people attacked on two natives of Azerbaijan. One of the attackers, an underage teenager, stabbed one from the victims. The attack was motivated by hatred. This became known in October 2012 from the news about the sentencing for assault.