On April 8, 2013, it became known that the Deputy Prosecutor General The Russian Federation approved the indictment in a criminal case against 16 residents of Taganrog. After delivery copies of the indictment, the materials of the criminal case will be sent to the Taganrog city court. Nikolai Trotsyuk, Alexander Skvortsov, Alexei Koptev and Yuri Baklushin charged under Part 1 of Art.

SOVA Center published a report on the state of freedom of conscience in Russia in 2012. About why the ROC needed the trial of Pussy Riot, where did the Orthodox activists come from and what does the authorities want from the Church, Center director Alexander Verkhovsky told The New Times.

April 5, 2013 in Moscow in the Moscow House of Nationalities (MDN) hosted a presentation of the report "Antisemitism in Russia in 2011-2012", prepared by an expert group of the Jewish community of Russia on the problems of anti-Semitism. The group was formed with the support of the Eurasian Jewish Congress (EAJC). The report was presented by members of the expert group: General EAJC Secretary, Vice President of the Federal Jewish national-cultural autonomy prof.

In early April 2013, Artem Brykin, a member of the ROD Human Rights Center in Volgograd, reported that he was brought to administrative responsibility under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production and distribution of extremist materials).

On April 5, 2013, the prosecutor's office of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city of Voronezh announced that it had submitted a proposal to eliminate violations of the law addressed to the director of school No. 74 of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city. During the prosecutor's check, it was found that on the fence of the sports ground, belonging to the school, was drawn in German cross.

On April 8, 2013, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was again updated, paragraphs 1776-1777 were added to it. The list has been expanded to include a Muslim brochure and a xenophobic video from the VKontakte network. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated April 8, 2013: Brochure (untitled) with quotes from the surahs of the Koran and commentaries on them on 76 sheets. The brochure begins on page 5 with the words “O you who have believed!...”.

On April 7, 2013, the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vasily Kichedzhi announced the decision of the city government to transfer the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple houses the Museum of Urban Sculpture. It is assumed that the exhibits will be transported to Utkina’s dacha, which is listed as part of the museum, but is in need of restoration. Sources Grigoriev D.

On April 8, 2013, it became known that the Tomsk Metropolis claims the complex of buildings of the Ministry of Defense. Ministry does not use several buildings on Nikitin and Kievskaya streets, where until 1917 there was a theological seminary and a diocesan women's school. Negotiations for the transfer of these buildings to the Church have been ongoing since 2010 of the year.

On April 8, 2013, the press service of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region reported that a 19-year-old resident of Snezhinsk was fined Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The young man posted the group's recordings for free access "Kolovrat", recognized as extremist by the decision of the Kominternovsky District Court of Voronezh of February 16, 2012.

On April 6, 2013, the riot police dispersed the believers who had gathered at prayer service at the site of the proposed construction of the temple in the Gagarinsky district Moscow. The reason for the dispersal was a violation of the law on mass events. The action was not approved by the authorities. According to Interfax-religion, "Cossacks and Orthodox athletes who specially arrived at the scene to ensure " the safety of those who pray .

On April 8, 2013, the Investigative Department for the city of Cheboksary of the Investigative Committee of the ICR for Chuvashia announced that the investigation of the criminal case against a 26-year-old unemployed local resident, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of nationality, language, origin, committed in public).

On April 5, 2013, the Investigative Department for the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, the Investigative Committee of the ICR for the Republic of Tatarstan, was informed that a criminal case had been opened against 36-year-old Nikolai Vasiliev. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

31 March 2013 in the center of Krasnodar about 40 ultra-right fans of "Kuban" attacked for 7 Anji fans. First, they threw a flare at Anzhi's fans, and then they began to beat them. The attackers fled when a car with people sitting inside drove up to the scene of the attack. policemen. April 2 on Youtube in channel of the Anzhi fan association "Wild Division" posted a video with one of the victims Mutalim Akhmedov.