Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was amnestied and released from the FSIN hospital in Krasnoyarsk. On December 23, 2013, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, convicted for the action of the punk group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, was released from the FSIN hospital in Krasnoyarsk as a result of an amnesty announced on December 18, 2013. Let us remind you that Pussy Riot participants were convicted for the action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior under Part 2 of Art.

December 20, 2013 State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill banning "propaganda separatism". On December 20, 2013, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the third reading bill No. 403815-6 "On Amendments into separate legislative acts of the Russian Federation in order to establish liability for public calls for action aimed at violating territorial integrity of the Russian Federation".

The amnesty adopted by the State Duma will affect first line of minors. Those among those convicted of racist attacks a lot. But, as far as we know, all who are now deprived of their freedom have sentencing articles excluded from the amnesty. The amnesty also includes the article "Hooliganism" regardless from age. Therefore, doubts arose whether those who who was convicted under this article for racist attacks. We can express only preliminary assumptions.

Maria Alyokhina was amnestied and released from the Nizhny Novgorod colony. December 23, 2013 Maria Alyokhina, convicted for the action punk band Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, was released from IK-2 Nizhny Novgorod as a result of the amnesty announced on December 18, 2013. Recall that Pussy Riot members were convicted for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Part 2 Art.

In December 2013, in the city of Novocheboksarsk, an 18-year-old local resident was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom for posting xenophobic materials on a social network and manufacturing edged weapons. In December 2013, the Novocheboksarsky City Court of the Chuvash of the Republic issued a verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code) and illegal manufacture of edged weapons (part 4 of article 223 of the Criminal Code).

On the building Krasnodar Jewish community center found anti-Semitic inscriptions. On the night of December 20, 2013 in Krasnodar, unidentified persons hanged pig's head on the building of the Jewish community center and left insulting inscriptions. The vandals wrote: "Happy Tu Bishvat, Jewish pigs” (the inscription is made in English). Others were found on the wall antisemitic inscriptions. As part of a joint project of the SOVA Center and the Russian Jewish Congress .

December 14, 2013 in St. Petersburg in hot pursuit two citizens of Uzbekistan were detained Suspects of beating . They were nine teenagers aged 15 to 18 years. Two of them are students, one is from the Marine Technical College, the second is Lyceum No. 116, and the rest are schoolchildren, students of grades 9-11.

In December 2013 in Ozersk against a local resident, posted on the forum a message with a Nazi flag, was initiated administrative case on the public display of Nazi symbols. In December 2013, in the city of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Region, initiated an administrative case under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public displaying Nazi symbols).

On December 23, 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kurgan Region reported that the Kurgan City Court satisfied the claim and recognized it as extremist 89 audio clips and 72 videos. It is reported that these materials were published on his page in the social network "VKontakte" a local resident.

In December 2013, Naberezhnye Chelny initiated criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 43-year-old local resident who published racist content on social media. In December 2013 in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny of the Republic Tatarstan was prosecuted according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

December 23, 2013 Prosecutor's Office Tatarstan considered the complaint of his wife one of the detainees in the criminal case on arson of churches for actions Nizhnekamsk police officers and admitted the fact of torture . "In action police officers see signs of a crime under paragraph “a” Part 3 Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - abuse of power with the use of violence " , - said Elvira Zaripova, senior assistant to the prosecutor of the republic.

On December 14, 2013, in St. Petersburg, a group of teenagers beat up two citizens of Uzbekistan. Both were taken to the hospital with bruises and head injuries. December 14, 2013 in the Vyborgsky district of St. Petersburg there was an attack on two citizens of Uzbekistan, 27 and 42 years old. It is reported that a group of teenagers, at least 9 people, pounced on foreigners at house number 23 on Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospekt, and began to beat, punching and kicking.

Deputies of the City Duma of Togliatti reduced the rent for religious organizations. In May 2013, the City Duma lowered the rental coefficient for religious organizations from 3.5 to 1.2. On December 18, the deputies decided to recount rent for the whole year for ten religious organizations renting premises near the city.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed investigation into the murder of a Pskov priest and sent the case to court. December 23, 2013 Investigative Committee The Russian Federation announced the completion of the investigation of the criminal case on the murder of Prot. Paul Adelheim. The case was referred to the court for a decision on placement of the accused Sergei Pchelintsev for compulsory treatment. Recall o. Pavel Adelheim was killed in August 2013.

In December 2013, the far right carried out several xenophobic attacks. On December 17, 2013, in the Yuzhnoye Butovo area at Shcherbinka station, a group of young people attacked a native of Uzbekistan. Reports that members of the far-right group planned to carry out the “White Car” action, but after boarding the train and not finding potential victims, they got off at Shcherbinka station. At the station they attacked a native of Uzbekistan and severely beat him.