On May 4, 2012, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Mordovian region filed a lawsuit demanding that the poem be recognized as extremist “The detachment was walking along the shore. Anti-fascist song" (author's spelling retained) and materials "14 words of David Lane", "Die the Aryan Goys", "Bob Matthews" and "Is there Russian fascism?". The court fully satisfied the requirements of the prosecutor's office. The materials were found on the site http://baboons.narod.ru.

May 4, 2012 became aware of the decision to transfer the Iverskaya to the Novodevichy Convent icons of the Mother of God (XVII century) from the funds Historical Museum. The icon will be handed over to church hierarchs by Vladimir Putin on May 6. According to the press service Patriarch, the icon was in the monastery from 1654 until its closure in 1922 year. Since 1922, the icon has been included in the museum fund.

In May 2012, the prosecutor of the Republic of Mordovia applied to the court demanding that the video “Mujahideen, Martyrs, Chechnya” be recognized as extremist. The video calls for a fight against "infidels" and "Russian aggressors”, as well as the liberation of “occupied Muslim territories” in Russia and the world. The claim is under consideration. Prosecutor's attention attracted in the course of anti-extremist monitoring of the Internet.

On May 3, 2012, hearings ended in Moscow World Russian People's Council on the theme "Patriarch Hermogenes, the Russian clergy and the Church in the service of the Fatherland." In the adopted resolution, the members of the Council “noted the exceptional historical significance of the events of 1612 for the fate of Russia” and suggested: - "to celebrate the 400th anniversary of overcoming the turmoil as a nationwide celebration, - erect monuments to Patriarch Hermogenes, Prince Mikhail

In the beginning of May 2012, it became known that on April 29, the construction process began on the territory Ketchenerovsky district of Kalmykia hundred meters inscriptions with the text of the Buddhist mantra "Om mani padme hum" ("O a pearl shining in a lotus flower"). The inscription is located at the foot of the hill on the highway Elista-Volgograd near the village Shin Mer.

entered into force in St. Petersburg On May 4, 2012, the verdict in the case of one of the members of the neo-Nazi group NS / WP, Dmitry Nedugov, . On April 23, 2012, by the verdict of the St. Petersburg City Court, Nedugov was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison. He made a deal with the investigation, the case against him was separated into a separate proceeding.

In May 2012, it became known that the fourth psychological and psychiatric examination came to conclusion that the mental illness of former police officer Ilya Galkin, defendant in the case of a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, he developed only after August 2011, i.e. at the time of the commission of the incriminated crimes he was sane. The first two examinations recognized Galkin as sane, and the third, made at the Serbsky Institute, revealed schizophrenia in him.

In May 2012, several acts were committed in Tambov neo-Nazi vandalism. A 25-year-old resident of the city of Kotovsk covered the walls of houses in Tambov nationalist slogans. He did not have time to finish his last act of vandalism: one of passers-by, seeing a young man, came up with the words “Now you will also I have an African, ”took a can of paint from the vandal and sprayed it on face. In this form, the young man was detained by the police.

In May 2012, it became known that on April 13, 2012 The Kirovsky District Court of Saratov satisfied the claim of the Saratov prosecutor's office against to the local branch of the company "Rostelecom" about the prohibition of access to the site "For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland" as containing "materials extremist." Unfortunately, it is not clear which materials are meant.