In early July 2015, a criminal case was opened in Tobolsk for videos posted on a social network. On July 10, 2015, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Region announced that a criminal case had been opened against a 17-year-old resident of the city of Tobolsk. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity).

A process against 16 supporters of Tablighi Jamaat has begun in Novosibirsk. July 14, 2015 in the Dzerzhinsky district the court of Novosibirsk began the process in the case under Part 2 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) in relation to Nurlana Borbieva, Ibrokhim Dzhurakhudzhaev and 14 other people.

We are publishing a legal analysis of the recently adopted amendments to the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations” prepared by lawyer, chairman of the board of the Guild of Experts on Religion and Law, expert of the SOVA Center Inna Zagrebina.

In July 2015, it became known that a case had been initiated in the Arkhangelsk region about the desecration of the Walk of Fame in Novodvinsk. On July 14, 2015, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Region announced that a case had been initiated on the desecration of the Alley of Glory.

In Chelyabinsk, administrative cases were initiated against two leaders of the religious group of Scientologists. The audit revealed violations legislation on the use of personal data. On July 14, 2015, it became known that the prosecutor's office of Chelyabinsk and the regional Center for Combating Extremism conducted an inspection of religious group "Church of Scientology of the city of Chelyabinsk".

At a meeting of the Holy Synod, it was decided to move the Metropolitan Kazan and Tatarstan to the Simbirsk department, and Simbirsk and Novospassky - to Kazanskaya. On July 13, 2015, a meeting of the Holy Synod took place Russian Orthodox Church. The synod, in particular, changed the heads of the Tatarstan and Simbirsk metropolises: Metropolitan Anastassy of Kazan and Tatarstan was transferred to the Simbirsk cathedra, and Metropolitan Feofan of Simbirsk and Novospassky - to Kazan.

On July 14, 2015, jurors in the Moscow City Court announced the indictment verdict in the case of Ilya Goryachev, former leader of the ultra-right organization Russian Image. On July 14, 2015, jurors delivered a guilty verdict to the former leader of the Russian Obraz, Ilya Goryachev, at the Moscow City Court. Goryachev was on trial "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (BORN).