In August 2013 in the city of Saransk, Republic of Mordovia a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate). The case was initiated against a 23-year-old local resident who between August 2011 and July 2013 published on its page on the social network "VKontakte" a xenophobic image. According to law enforcement, it calls for beating and killing strangers.

On August 21, 2013 it became known that the government of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a bill “On Amending Article 16 of the Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations”. The project is aimed at regulation of the procedure for holding public religious events. The bill defines the list of places where worship and other religious events may be held without notice to the authorities.

In August 2013 in the city of Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk region, an investigation into the case of inciting ethnic hatred was completed (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), dissemination pornography (clause “b” of part 3 of article 242 of the Criminal Code), and illegal storage of ammunition (part 1 of art. 222 of the Criminal Code). A 36-year-old local will soon be in the dock a resident who is accused of having published Adolf's book on the Internet Hitler's Mein Kampf.

At the end of August 2013, it became known that the residents Moscow microdistrict Kuzminki oppose the construction of an Orthodox church at the intersection of Yunykh Lenintsev and Marshal Chuikov streets. The reason for the dissatisfaction of the residents was that the construction of a modular temple will require cutting down part of the square. In addition, in the vicinity of this place already there are 5 temples, the nearest of which is 400 m.

On August 26, 2013, the Federal Security Service of the Republic of Bashkortostan held searches in the homes of several residents of Ufa. The searches were carried out as part of a criminal cases brought under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization activities of an extremist organization).

In August 2013 in the city of Salavat of the Republic of Bashkortostan the court satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized the page of the 25-year-old as extremist user of the social network "VKontakte". It is reported that he published some texts, images and comments calling for violence against Russians. Unfortunately, what kind of materials are we talking about? reported.

In August 2013 in the city of Nizhny Tagil Sverdlovsk region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation national hatred). The case was initiated against a 19-year-old unemployed local resident, which, between February and May of this year, published on its page on the social network xenophobic videos and photographs calling for racist violence. Unfortunately, what kind of videos and photographs are we talking about, not reported.

In August 2013, a series of attacks on visitors in the city of Lipetsk, which occurred in the last two months. According to media reports, on July 1, unidentified persons threw bottles of incendiary mixture of a house on Voroshilov Street, in which visitors from Uzbekistan. Three people were killed and four more were injured. That same night, another house was set on fire - Molotov cocktails were thrown at teacher Aleksey Rudnev's window. Man died.

On August 28, 2013, the St. Petersburg Magistrate's Court delivered a verdict on the case of involvement in the activities of "Nurcular". Shirazi Bekirov recognized guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of a religious an association in respect of which the court has adopted a legally binding decision to ban its activities in connection with the implementation of extremist activities) and sentenced to 6 months in a colony-settlement.