In December 2012, a book by a religious scholar, Dr. Philosophical Sciences Sergei Ivanenko "Ordinary anti-cultism" (St. Petersburg: Publishing House "Drevo life”, 2012. – 104 p.). The book tells about the emergence and development of the anti-cult movement in Russia, its leaders, the most striking episodes of the persecution religious minorities using anti-extremist legislation.

On December 12, 2012, it became known that on August 22, 2012, the Olovyanninsky District Court of the Trans-Baikal Territory ruled decision on the claim of the MRO "Christian Church "True Light" in Transbaikalia" to the prosecutor's office of the Olovyanninsky district on recognizing as illegal the warning issued to the church by the deputy prosecutor Olovyanninsky district in May 2012.

In December 2012, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of the city Barnaul of the Altai Republic terminated the criminal case on the initiation of a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against a 17-year-old vocational school student. Recall that the young man was accused of publishing in social network "VKontakte" of the racist poem "Nationalist Antikhach".

December 9, 2012 during a meeting with trusted representatives Vladimir Putin, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vyacheslav Volodin stated the need to “support traditional religions and proceed from the fact that they are the guarantor stability" . In his opinion, "sects" and "offshoots" are an opportunity to "call tension" in society. “We started building a large number of religious buildings, but did not think about who would come there to preach.

On December 8, 2012, it became known that the European Court of Human Rights accepted the complaint of Pussy Riot member Ekaterina Samutsevich. Let us remind you that the complaint indicates a violation of Samutsevich’s right to freedom of expression, mentions illegal criminal prosecution, unjustified arrest, and violation of the torture convention.

December 8, 2012 in Moscow near the house number 1 on the street Sokolniki Val, a Turkish citizen was attacked. Unidentified men stabbed the man in the chest. Victim delivered in hospital. Fortunately, he managed to survive. No robbery was reported. The issue of initiating a criminal case under Art. 111 UK RF (causing grievous bodily harm). Sources Unidentified persons stabbed a Turkish citizen in Moscow // Special letter. 2012. December 9th.