On August 13, 2012, the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Altai announced that the prosecutor's office of the Ust-Koksinsky district had issued a warning about the inadmissibility of violating the law on countering extremist activity against the organizer of the ethno-festival "Children of the Sun", which takes place from August 9 to 15 at the campsite "Zvenigorod" near the village of Chendek.

2 August 2012 Novaya Gazeta published an open letter community of lawyers over the case of the action of the punk band Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

August 13, 2012 in Ryazan, a criminal case according to paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred and enmity, as well as the humiliation of human dignity, committed by a person using his official position) regarding the editor-in-chief of "Vechernyaya Ryazan" Nikolai Kirillov referred to the court for consideration on the merits. Kirillov is charged under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art.

On August 13, 2012, the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg announced the completion of the investigation of the criminal case against members of the neo-Nazi group NS / WP. In the dock: Valentin Mumzhiev (NS Taiga), Vladimir Mumzhiev (Vova Sharpening), Artem Zavyalov, Evgeny Koryabkin, Herman Wengerveld (Herman), Dmitry Abalishin, Roman Veits, Kirill Prisyazhnyuk (Vegan) and Arseniy Miroshnichenko .

On August 13, 2012, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Region announced that a criminal case had been sent to court against 17-year-old Dmitry Simonenko and 20-year-old Evgeny Ivanushkin. E. Symonenko is charged under paragraphs. "e", "and" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder from hooligan motives with special cruelty), part 3 of Art. 30 p.p. "a", "g", "i", "l" part 2 Art.