On August 1, 2013, the Akhtubinsk city prosecutor's office notified Yelena Grigorieva, a follower of Jehovah's Witnesses, that the criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation religious hatred) is closed against her, and she has the right to rehabilitation. Recall that the case distribution of the literature of Jehovah's Witnesses was initiated against her in February 2011.

On August 9, 2013 it became known that the Ministry of Justice RF Draft Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and about religious associations. The bill, in particular, provides for the abolition of the need confirmation of the 15-year existence of the religious group for registration as a religious organization. In addition, the bill removes from religious organizations the obligation to report annually on the continuation of its activities.

On August 9, 2013, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials, paragraphs. 1995-2008. The list was supplemented by: xenophobic photos, audio and video materials from Internet blogs and the social network "VKontakte", including the song of the Russian anarchist rock band "Mongol Shuudan", a racist brochure, another article by Boris Stomakhin, the site "Heroes of Will", an article from the site "Antikompromat.org", materials from Islamic militants, materials from the site islamdin.

On August 8, 2013, the TV channel 100.tv aired discussion on the forced dismantling of the sign "Orthodoxy or death” from the gates of the ROCOR church in the Leningrad Region. The participants in the discussion were director of the information and analytical center "Sova" Alexander Verkhovsky, coordinator movement "People's Cathedral" Yevgeny Andrushchenko and deputy of the Legislative Petersburg collection Maxim Reznik. According to E.