An agreement was reached on the transfer of the power line from the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl in 2016-2017. On January 6, 2016, it became known that the authorities of the Vladimir regions agreed with the federal authorities on the decision to move the power line section from territory of the Bogolyubovsky meadow, from the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, since the power line supports and wires spoil the view of the temple of the XII century.

The Patriarch replaced the dismissed Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin with publicist Alexander Shchipkov. On January 5, 2016, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' appointed publicist Alexander Shchipkov as acting first deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media. His area of ​​responsibility will include issues of interaction with authorities and public organizations.

In January 2016, it became known that in the city of Marx Saratov region was an act of ideological vandalism. It is reported that on the monument to Karl Marx unknown drew a swastika, made the inscription "loh", and also painted on the philosopher "Hitler" a mustache, a black eye, a bandage over his other eye, and a scar on his cheek. A report of the act of vandalism was sent to the police and the address of the owners of the site on which the monument is located.

Lawyer Oleg Kolesnikov filed a complaint with the Supreme Court against the ban on the "Russians" movement. January 11, 2016 Dmitry Demushkin's lawyer Oleg Kolesnikov filed with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation complaint against the ban on the movement "Russians". Oleg Kolesnikov is the only official representative of the banned organizations in court.

In Crimea, unidentified persons painted the wall of a mosque. On the night of January 10, 2016, unknown people desecrated the mosque in the village of Ai-serez in the Sudak region of Crimea. On the restored wall of the building vandals depicted an obscene drawing and crossed out image of Tamga Geraev (a generic sign of the Geraev dynasty that ruled the Crimean Khanate, used today by the Crimean Tatars as a national symbol).

In the Tambov region, a cafe was charged by the prosecutor's office for providing Wi-Fi services in the absence of content filtering. eleven January 2016 Prosecutor's Office of Tambov region reported that Kirsanovskaya the inter-district prosecutor's office made submission of remedy anti-counterfeiting legislation extremist activities against management of the cafe "Cascade".