On April 26, 2012, the magistrate of court district No. 19 of the Kirov district of the city of Khabarovsk issued a verdict in the case of calls for extremist activity (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and vandalism motivated by national hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

On May 12, 2012, the Petrozavodsk City Court decided to place Maxim Efimov, the chairman of the Youth Human Rights Group of Karelia, against whom a case was filed under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity based on attitude towards religion).

On May 12, 2012, it became known that the Investigative Committee for Voronezh region, based on the results of the pre-investigation check, refused to initiate case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) and ch. 1 and 2 Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (organization of an extremist community) due to lack of composition crimes.

On May 12, 2012 it became known that in the prayer room correctional colony No. 1 in Kostroma, officers of the UFSB and UFSIN confiscated 7 books, included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. It is known that among seized materials include the writings of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, as well as a book used by the followers of Tablighi Jamaat”. Sources Extremist books seized in the prayer room of the Kostroma colony // Interfax-religion. 2012. May 12.

On May 11, 2012, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court refused consider a case for recognition extremist materials 13 materials of Scientologists. During the hearing, the court came to the conclusion that the hearing of the case on the recognition of materials as extremist in special proceedings is unacceptable, and refused prosecutor to consider the application.

Russian nationalist groups, who have been actively attempting to bolster their popularity by way of participation in the protest movement For Fair Elections, made sure to attend the May 6, 2012 March of Millions in Moscow. Members of the Great Russia party gathered at the Oktyabrskaya Metro station with flags and banners with their symbols, passing through metal detectors without hindrance.

On May 2, 2012, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow refused to satisfy the application of the editor-in-chief of the Russky Vestnik newspaper A. Senina to the deputy head of Roskomnadzor K. Protopopov. Roskomnadzor in 2011 issued an anti-extremist warning . Recall that the warning was issued for the article “Scenario massacres of Russians from an old Uzbek".

March 10, 2012 Votkinsky District Court of the Udmurt of the Republic issued a verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was 50-year-old Vadim Blagorazumov, who was accused of being from April 2006 to October 2011 posted on his website on the Internet anti-Semitic and racist materials. Recall, earlier it was reported that in Votkinsk a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art.

In May 2012, the Leninsky District Court of the city of Stavropol satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized Boris Stomakhin's article "You will be free, Caucasus!" as extremist. It is reported that the article contained positive ratings deportations, repressions against Russians and negative assessments of them. The decision of the court has not yet entered into force. Recall that in 2006 B. Stomakhin was convicted under Art.