From January to March 2012, discrimination against Jehovah's Witnesses by law enforcement officers was noted in various regions of Russia. In Moscow, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kostroma, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Yaroslavl regions, in the Republics of Bashkortostan, Karelia, Tatarstan, Krasnodar Territory, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Jehovah's Witnesses were detained during the field service.

On May 3, 2012, in Voronezh, the police inspected the cars of the participants of the all-Russian action "Autorun-2012: from Kamchatka to Moscow" and withdrew all leaflets for checking "for extremism" with promotional advertising. Police say they have seized many leaflets and " literature with suspicious emblems" . The detained drivers themselves say that under such "literature", apparently, the book by Svetlana Peunova "We and our children" is meant.

May 1, 2012, in addition to Moscow , in several cities of the country Nationalist May Day demonstrations took place. IN Petersburg, the procession passed from the BKZ along Nevsky Prospekt to Isakievskaya Square. Activists took part Slavic Force (Dmitry Ekishev), National Socialist Initiative (Dmitry Bobrov), Civic Platform (Andrey Kuznetsov), National Democrats (Dmitry Sukhorukov), "Freemen" and "Russian Jogging".

In May 2012, a criminal case was initiated in Rostov-on-Don under Part 1 of Art. 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred). The case was launched against a 19-year-old with a previous conviction for fraud and auto theft and wanted and for other crimes, young person. The young man was detained for publishing with one of social networks of several video clips that were previously recognized extremist.

April 8, 2012 in Belgorod, representatives of the Nashi organization held solo pickets in front of the building of Jehovah's Witnesses. The picketers held posters “What are Jehovah’s Witnesses silent about?” Sources Information about the manifestation of religious intolerance towards Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia from April 01 to April 30, 2012 // Message from the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. 2012. May 2.

On May 3, 2012, Ahmed Nasir Mujib Formulali was attacked in Stupino, Moscow Region. Three shaven-headed men approached the foreigner and asked what he was doing in Russia was called a "chock" and told to leave. After that, one of the attackers stabbed him with a knife. The victim was hospitalized with a stab wound to the abdomen. The criminal case was initiated and closed. Sources Information provided by the Civic Assistance Committee.

On April 15, 2012, unknown persons threw a stone at the window of the liturgical buildings of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kaluga. Broken glass, none of the believers Suffered. On the night of April 23, in Elista, unidentified persons broke a window in the building of the Witnesses Jehovah.

In May 2012, St. Petersburg completed investigation into the case of the leader of the neo-Nazi group NS / WP, 21-year-old Georgy Timofeev . It is reported that the young man made a pre-trial deal with the investigation and therefore his case was separated into a separate proceeding. Among other things, he is accused of committing 7 murders, 4 assassination attempts, not bus stop bombings . The young man is charged with pp. "a, f, l" part 2 of Art.

From January to March 2012, several attacks on Jehovah's Witnesses were recorded in different regions. January 10, 2012 in Chelyabinsk, a resident of one of apartment buildings that believers went around to talk about the Bible, threatened two preachers with "what looked like a gun". January 27 in St. Petersburg during the preaching service a resident of one of the houses hit two women - Jehovah's Witnesses with a stick.

April 28, 2012 in the city of Shakhtersk, Sakhalin Region leaflets were distributed with a call to come to the rally scheduled for April 29, dedicated to the problems of the city and criticism of local authorities. leaflets, signed by the organizers of the action, including a member of the human rights center of the Sakhalin region Vasily Samchenko, except for the invitation to participate in actions contained appeals to " throw off these fat cats ." " Destroy everything in your path.

May 3, 2012 Soviet-Havana City Prosecutor's Office of the Khabarovsk Territory announced a lawsuit filed with the Central District Court of Khabarovsk to the Far East branch of OAO Rostelecom. The prosecutor's office demands to block 14 Internet sites that contain links to " works of leaders National Socialist German Workers ' Party. Recall, in our opinion, the blocking of the entire site due to links on individual extremist materials is unjustified.

In May 2012, the judge of the court district No. 38 of Sverdlovsky district of the city of Perm issued a decision on an administrative case on a mass distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). In the dock was a local resident Alexei Tarasov, who was accused of posting the banned film Russia with a knife in the back. Jewish fascism and the genocide of the Russian people ". The court sentenced the young man to a fine.

During April 2012, there were several cases detention of Jehovah's Witnesses and disruption of their worship. In the city of Bogdanovichi, Sverdlovsk region, the village of Karpogory Arkhangelsk region, the cities of Sobinka and Suzdal of the Vladimir region, in Galich Kostroma region, the village of Grachevka, Orenburg region, the police detained believers during the field ministry.