On April 18, 2013, it became known that a criminal case had been opened under Art. 244 (desecration of the bodies of the dead and places of their burial) on the fact of cemetery vandalism in the village Petropavlovka, Dzhidinsky district of Buryatia. April 17 2013, about 50 graves were damaged at the local cemetery - monuments were knocked down, grave crosses were split, some portraits of the dead were painted lipstick inscriptions, a cross burned in the chapel.

April 18th 2013, it became known about the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder) in relation to a 34-year-old woman, a resident of the Cheremisinovsky district of the Kursk areas. According to investigation, on April 13, 2013, a woman in a quarrel hit her husband with a kitchen knife in chest, which is why he died. The quarrel flared up on religious grounds - the woman refused go to church with my husband.

On April 18, 2013, it became known that a criminal case against local residents Vladimir Smirnov and Igor Esbotaev had been sent to the Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration on the merits. The Petrograd District Prosecutor's Office approved the indictment 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).

12th of April 2013 as part of the investigation of a criminal case under paragraph “c” of Part 2 of Art. 282 (excitement hatred or enmity by an organized group) were searched at the Witnesses' Jehovah of the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region. In the village of Vorokhobina 15 police officers inspected the premises where the liturgical meeting was held Jehovah's Witnesses, and found "a book from the list of extremist literature." ABOUT which book in question is not reported.

April 9, 2013 in the Moscow region in connection with the activities of the Witnesses Jehovah initiated a criminal case under paragraph "c" part 2 of Art. 282 UK (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity, committed by an organized group).

April 17, 2013 Committee for Public Associations and religious organizations of the State Duma of the Russian Federation decided on the establishment of a working group to study the activities of "representatives non-traditional religions”, “public religious associations” and “foreign religious and public organizations” operating in the territory of Russia. Deputy Mikhail Markelov (United Russia) has been appointed project manager.

On April 18, 2013, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was updated again, paragraphs were added to it. 1792-1802. The list was replenished with more texts and videos from the VKontakte network, books confiscated during a search from the Muslim community, material from Islamic terrorists.

April 15 2013, it became known that the Orthodox believers of Tomsk had collected 250 signatures demanding the immediate resignation of Commissioner for Human Rights Nelly Krechetova. Among the claims that Orthodox citizens present to the Ombudsman are there are two main ones - "active defense of various destructive sects" and "anti-Orthodox position".

On April 15, 2013, the Omsk Regional Court appointed a new comprehensive psychological and linguistic expertise on the case on the ban of 68 Muslim materials. 42 will be submitted for examination material. Four months were allotted for the preparation of the conclusion.