On May 18, 2013, deputy of the municipal assembly of the Moscow district Severnoe Izmailovo Dmitry Baranovsky said that on behalf of State Duma Deputy Vladimir Resin, he was invited to a meeting on construction of an Orthodox church in the park near the Yenisei cinema. In January 2013, the municipal assembly voted against the construction of a temple on this site and suggested that the prefecture choose another plot.

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On May 20, 2013, it became known that the authorities of the city of Gubkinsky The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug was cut off from electricity and water supply to the local mosque. The reason was the warning of the prosecutor's office "about the inadmissibility of violation law, due to unsatisfactory technical condition, which poses a threat life and health of an indefinite circle of persons .

In May 2013 in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). The case was initiated upon the discovery on the wall of one of the residential buildings located on 8 March Street, racist graffiti calling for violence against one of the ethnic groups. So far no one has been arrested in the case.

On May 17, 2013, in St. Petersburg, on the International Day against Homophobia, there was almost an attack on LGBT activists by nationalists, Orthodox activists and airborne veterans. When about 100 participants of the action arrived at the Champ de Mars to carry out the agreed action, about 200 people with icons and homophobic posters were already waiting for them. The latter shouted insults and slogans at LGBT activists and threw smoke bombs at the crowd.

On May 20, 2013, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Chaplyginsky district Lipetsk region sent an administrative offense case to the Magistrate's Court according to part 2 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of legislation on the protection children from information harmful to their health and (or) development) to owner of the computer room "ENERGY" in the city of Chaplygin.

The bill “on the feelings of believers,” which since its introduction to the Duma last fall was criticized only by the lazy, passed through the harsh filter of the Duma Committee on Legislation and acquired, in essence, a completely new look . Has he gotten better? Of course yes. Everyone noticed that a separate article for insulting the feelings of believers has disappeared .

On May 20, 2013, the Levada Center published the results of the April 19-22, 2013 poll "Russians about Pussy Riot and Churches. 57% of respondents believe that state and church should not interfere in each other's affairs, 30% hold the opposite point of view, and 14% found it difficult to answer. 42% are sure that the state should punish for insulting shrines and religious feelings.

May 18, 2013 in Syktyvkar there was an attack by members far-right organization "Frontier of the North" Alexei Kolegov at a meeting of the human rights Commission "Memorial" in the Republic of Komi. During a meeting that took place at the Campus anti-cafe, several young people, headed by A.

On May 17, 2013, Roskomnadzor issued a second warning to the editors of the Grani.ru website for violation of Art. 4 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On the Mass Media". Office demands to remove the photo for "inciting religious hatred", illustrating an article dated April 23 about a similar warning issued by edition earlier. Recall that Roskomnadzor is concerned about photos of T-shirts with "icon" of Pussy Riot by Novosibirsk artist Artem Loskutov.

May 16, 2013 in Moscow in the framework of the European Forum "Media, religion and democracy” (coordinator Sigtunastiftelsen (Sweden) – Sigtuna Foundation), at the initiative of the Biblical Theological Institute of St. Apostle Andrew took place conference "Media, Religion and Civil Society". Participated in the conference director of the SOVA center Alexander Verkhovsky. Director of the Sigtuna Alf Foundation spoke at the opening of the conference Linderman.

In May 2013, in the city of Chita, Trans-Baikal Territory, there were a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hatred) and part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity).