On April 30, 2013, the Metallurgical District Court of the city of Chelyabinsk passed a verdict in the case of inciting national hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code), vandalism motivated by national hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (Part 2 Art. 213 of the Criminal Code).

In May 2013, a court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ruled decision in an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution extremist materials) against the director of one of the bookstores in the city.

Far-right groups organized two May Dayactions this year in Moscow, with both taking place on May 1, 2013. The first was a mass procession beginning atthe Oktyabrskoe Polye Metro stop and ending at the Schukinskaya Metro stopalong Marshal Biruzov Street and the Marshal Vasilievsky Street. Based onSova’s observation, roughly 500 people attended. Nationalist leaders Dmitri Demushkin,Aleksandr Belov, Vladimir Tor and Roman Zheleznov were all present.

On May 1, 2013, a man who introduced himself as Polycarp called the Optina Pustyn hotel (Kozelsky district of the Kaluga region) and said that during the holidays there will be a mass poisoning of pilgrims psychotropic substances. To prevent this, he demanded 6 million 500 thousand dollars. rubles. Police are investigating the incident and are investigating initiation of a criminal case.

In May 2013, in the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, initiated an administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (distribution extremist materials). The case was initiated against a local resident who, according to according to law enforcement agencies, published books on the file-sharing network "The ABC of Domestic Terrorism" and "God's People" by Grigory Klimov, listed in Federal List of Extremist Materials (p. 468 and p.

In May 2013 in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region the investigation of the case under paragraph “b” of Part 2 of Art. 244 of the Criminal Code (desecration of places burials motivated by national hatred in relation to architectural building dedicated to the fight against fascism).

On May 6, 2013, it became known that the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Astrakhan region detained seven people from 19 to 36 years old, suspected of participation in a banned religious organization (apparently, speech is about Tablighi Jamaat ).

On May 3, 2013, an attack was committed in St. Petersburg for two citizens of Uzbekistan. It is reported that the visitors were walking along Tankist Khrutsky Street and noticed that they were followed by a group of young people (10 people) aged 16-18, including including two girls. After the visitors turned into the courtyards of the avenue People's militia, young people attacked them, knocked them to the ground and began beat with hands, feet and sticks.

On May 5, 2013, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter.