In December 2013, in the Chelyabinsk region, Dmitry Zhikharev was convicted of xenophobic comments on the Internet. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region announced that a verdict had been passed against 32-year-old local resident Dmitry Zhikharev, who was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity), part 1 of Art.

In November 2013, a 33-year-old social media user was sentenced in the Samara region for posting a song that was deemed extremist. In November 2013, the federal court of the Sergievsky district of the Samara region sentenced a 33-year-old local resident who was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity committed publicly or with the use of the media).

A group of Muslims suspected of setting fire to two churches was detained in Tatarstan. On December 12, 2013, a group of Muslims (aged 22 to 35 years) was detained in Chistopol, suspected of organizing arson attacks on Orthodox churches in Chistopol and the village of Lenino, Novosheshminsky district of Tatarstan.

On December 11, 2013, a resolution was published to initiate supervisory proceedings against the verdict of Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. The ruling was made based on a complaint from the defense of Alekhina and Tolokonnikova, as well as on a petition from the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Vladimir Lukin.

On November 22, 2013, the Tenth Starovoit Readings "Twenty Years of the Russian Constitution: Achievements, Problems, Prospects" were held in Moscow, organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Research Center, the Liberal Mission Foundation and the Foundation for Constitutional Reforms . Alexander Verkhovsky, Director of the SOVA Center, spoke at the round table "The Constitution and the Nation".

In December 2013, in Chudovo, Novgorod region, Oleg Trofimov was convicted of distributing a racist video on the social network VKontakte. The Chudovsky District Court rendered a verdict in a criminal case against 20-year-old resident of the city of Chudovo Oleg Trofimov. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity committed in public0.

"Samara metro" opposed the construction of the temple in the park them. Kalinin. December 12, 2013 Sergei Rubakov, Head of the Construction Department of Samara, in response to bloggers' questions, stressed that the construction of the temple in the park to them. Kalinina conducted without documentation and will be suspended. Against the construction of the temple, according to him, was made by the Samara Metro.

6 December 2013, in an interview with journalists, Dmitry Medvedev touched on the topic of freedom conscience.

In December 2013, in Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, a criminal case was brought to court for distributing xenophobic leaflets. The Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region completed the investigation of a criminal case against a resident of the city of Volgodonsk, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

In Moscow, a verdict was passed in the case of cooperation with Hizb ut-Tahrir. 12 December 2013 Worldwide the judge of the court district No. 406 of the Nizhny Novgorod district of Moscow delivered a sentence under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) in relation to Magamed Magamedov, a 34-year-old resident Dagestan. M.