On December 21, 2015, Grani.ru published a commentary by historian Nikolai Mitrokhin on the dismissal of Sergei Chapnin from the post of executive editor of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. The expert considers the reason for the dismissal to be S.

The Kuban activist was found guilty of public calls for separatism and extremist activities. On December 21, 2015, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar found Kuban activist Daria Polyudova guilty under Part 2 of Art. 280.1 of the Criminal Code (public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, committed using the Internet) and Part. 1 and 2 tbsp.

Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory Konstantin Ilkovsky said that the “Church of the Decembrists”, which is claimed by the Russian Orthodox Church, will not be transferred until a new building is built for the Decembrist Museum located in the temple.

Committee of the Duma of the Stavropol Territory on security, inter-parliamentary communications, veteran organizations and the Cossacks approved the draft law "On missionary activity on the territory of the Stavropol Territory. It is expected that the regional Duma will consider it in December.

December 17 in Aleysk (Altai Territory) in the apartment of the Altai rock musician Alexander Podorozhny was searched. Operational actions were carried out within the framework of a case initiated in the Saratov region, part 1, article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity). On December 16, A. Podorozhny was summoned to the police. When he came to the department, he was taken home and seized 2 system units, books and personal notes.

At the end of December 2015, a local resident was sentenced in Kostroma, who was found guilty of posting xenophobic materials on a social network. On December 21, 2015, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kostroma Region announced that the court had sentenced a 29-year-old resident of the city of Kostroma. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

On December 16, 2015, a resident of the city of Togliatti was fined for posting xenophobic materials on a social network. On December 16, the Komsomolsky District Court of Togliatti, with the participation of the public prosecutor, considered the criminal case against Valery Lyulin (born 1989), accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

A resident of Voronezh was arrested under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. 21 December 2015 it became known that Kominternovsky the district court of Voronezh sentenced follower of Jehovah's Witnesses to ten days of administrative arrest under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (production and spread of extremist materials, as well as their storage for the purposes of distribution).

In December 2015, a local resident in Penza was fined for posting videos on the Internet "containing the themes of justifying terrorism and extremism." In December 2015, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Penza Region announced that the court had passed a sentence on a 19-year-old local resident. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorist activities or public justification of terrorism) and Part 1 of Art.

According to the Center for Economic and Political Reforms, the Russian Orthodox Church in 2013-2015 became one of the main recipients of presidential grants, along with Eurasianism promoters and pro-Kremlin youth organizations. On December 21, 2015, it became known that the Center for Economic and Political Reforms (CEPR) had prepared a report on the distribution of presidential grants. As follows from the report, one of the main grant recipients in 2013-2015 was the Russian Orthodox Church.

In Chelyabinsk, the court fined the pastor of the Pentecostal church "Cornerstone" for 500 rubles for violation of the law on personal data. Prosecutor's office brought a warning to the pastor about the inadmissibility of violating the law. On December 20, 2015, it became known that the world court The Central District of Chelyabinsk recognized the pastor of the Church of Christians of Faith Gospel "Cornerstone" Alexander Filippov guilty of offense under Art.