Metropolitan Tikhon (Emelyanov) of Novosibirsk and Berdsk appealed to the prosecutor's office and the regional government with a protest against the staging of R. Wagner's Tannhäuser.

In February 2015, in the city of Engels, Saratov Region, there were a criminal case was initiated against a 24-year-old local resident who published banned audio clip in the social network. In February 2015 in the city of Engels, Saratov region a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate).

In Novosibirsk, a teenager with far-right views killed a visitor from Kyrgyzstan with several stabs. On February 16, 2015, a racist murder of a native of Kyrgyzstan was committed in Novosibirsk. A young man who went out to get bread was attacked by a teenager who hit him and inflicted at least 4 stab wounds. The victim unfortunately died in the ambulance. In June 2020, from the news of the sentencing in this case, it became known that the attack was motivated by ethnic hatred.

The Sevastopol city court upheld the decision of the court of first instance on the arrest of Ruslan Zeytullayev, suspected of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. February 16, 2015 Sevastopol the city court upheld the decision of the court of first instance on the arrest of Ruslan Zeytullayev, a resident of Orlinoye, who is suspected of involvement in activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Recall that R.

On February 13, 2015, the leader of the group Right for European Development" Vitaly Shishkin. It is reported that he is charged with Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (excitation national hatred), but it is not reported for what exactly. The media says only that V. Shishkin is accused of creating and administering groups in social networks called "Manezhka-2.

At the beginning of year 2015, media reported that,among fighters of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion 'Azov', they identified nationalistAlexey ‘Kolovrat’ Kozhemyakin, known in the Komi Republic.A correspondent identified Alexey ‘Kolovrat’ Kozhemyakinon one of the pictures of Ukrainian battalion 'Azov' publishedon the official page of the armed group on social network VKontakte.

Committee on Constitutional legislation and state construction recommended the State Duma to adopt in the first reading the draft law on the responsibility of the media for extremism. On February 16, 2015, the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended that the State Duma adopt in the first reading a draft law on the responsibility of the media for publishing inflammatory appeals, extremist materials and materials promoting the cult of violence and cruelty.