In May 2013, it became known that, in addition to the cassation complaints to the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Vasily Bokin, author of the article "Stop the genocide", recognized extremist material on August 21 2012 by the Inzensky District Court of the Ulyanovsk Region, sent a complaint to European Court of Human Rights.

On May 24, 2013, the Federal List of Extremist materials, paragraphs were added to it. 1886-1914. The list was supplemented by: an anti-police leaflet, anti-Caucasian posters, video files from the VKontakte network, materials from the Amadou Altai newspaper, an anti-Semitic text from a blog, and a book by Yuri Gomonov, a neo-pagan sorcerer. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated May 24, 2013 Year: 1886 Leaflet with the title “Down with political repression! Cops to wall!

On May 17, 2013, the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Chechen Republic initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a public association in respect of which court issued a final decision to ban the activity in connection with the implementation of extremist activities) on the fact of the activities of members of the association "Spiritual and tribal Power of Rus'".

On May 23, 2013, in Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region, employees of the local police department, as well as specialists from the department for combating extremism of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region, searched the house of Stepan Chernogubov (born in 1987).

On May 21, 2013, the residents of Tomsk organized several single pickets along the way of the religious procession in honor of the Days of Slavonic Literature and culture. Several people stood on Lenin Avenue with posters: "Place priest in the temple”, “No propaganda of religion to children”, “Power has no place on procession." One of the picketers explained the reason for her protest as follows : on their own initiative. I can’t watch religion being forced on children .

On May 23, 2013, it became known that a criminal case against Vladislav Druganov was sent to the Severodvinsk City Court of the Arkhangelsk Region. The deputy prosecutor of the city of Severodvinsk approved the indictment under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting national hatred), Part 1, Art. 280 (public calls for extremist activity) of the Criminal Code.

On May 20, 2013, the US State Department published its annual report on religious freedom around the world. The report's authors ranked Russia among the countries where violations of freedom of religion are the most serious. In general, the authors of the report state, the Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees freedom of religion, but a large number of regulations, on the contrary, limit this freedom.

On May 23, 2013, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a statement in connection with the publication of a report by the US State Department on the state of religious freedom in the world, which mentioned violations of the right to freedom of religion in Russia.

On May 24, 2013, it became known that in relation to the head administration of the Gorky district of the Omsk region Nikolai Saenko started pre-investigation check. He is suspected of illegally sending construction of the Trinity Church funds intended for the construction of housing. The damage caused to the municipal budget is estimated at 16 billion rubles. Sources A church was illegally erected near Omsk instead of a residential building // RBC. 2013. May 24.

On May 24, 2013, the State Duma adopted second and third readings of the draft law "On Amendments to Articles 4 and 24 Federal Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious associations" (in terms of granting religious organizations the right establishing requirements for ministers, religious personnel and workers religious organizations, as well as candidates for these positions).

On May 23, 2013, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk satisfied complaint of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses demanding that the ban on holding a congress of this organization in 2012. The trial has been ongoing since October 2012. Sources The court declared illegal the decision to ban last year's congress of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Chelyabinsk region // Interfax-religion. 2013. May 23.

On May 24, 2013, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court refused satisfaction of the appeal complaints against the verdict to the president of the association of Pomors of the Arkhangelsk region Ivan Moseev, issued March 1 by the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of human dignity). Recall Moseev was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.