The Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs wants to block appeals leading to interethnic and interfaith conflicts through Roskomnadzor. The Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs of Russia (FADN) has developed an amendment to the law "On Information", which introduces a new mechanism for short-term out-of-court blocking of sites with information that "contains calls for inciting or escalating ethnic or religious conflicts ." On February 11, 2016, the bill was submitted for public discussion.

In Simferopol, a court authorized the arrest of Enver Bekirov, Emir-Usein Kuku, Vadim Siruk and Muslim Aliyev, who were detained on February 11 on suspicion of collaborating with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On February 12, 2016, the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol authorized arrest of four Muslims detained on February 11 in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Crimea. Enver Bekirov, Emir-Usein Kuku, Vadim Siruk and Muslim Aliyev, by court decision, will stay in custody until April 8, 2016.

A collection of articles by Jan Nowak-Jezioranski will be checked for extremism. On February 11, 2016, in St. Petersburg, police officers seized from the printing house the entire print run (530 copies) of the collection of articles and essays by the Polish politician and publicist Jan Nowak-Jezioranski "Oriental Reflections". The protocol states that a message was received from the duty police department about the discovery of printed publications containing extremist texts.

In February 2016, a criminal case was opened in Sochi against a 20-year-old young man for publicly justifying terrorism. Earlier, a case was opened against him for inciting ethnic hatred. SO for the Central District of Sochi RF IC for the region investigation continues in the criminal case against the 20-year-old local resident accused of part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred and enmity on the grounds of nationality and religion).

On February 12, 2016 in Nizhny Novgorod, NOD activists attacked on duty at the local Boris Nemtsov memorial, the memorial was destroyed. On February 12, 2016, in Nizhny Novgorod, about fifteen NOD activists attacked on duty at the local Boris Nemtsov memorial, the memorial was destroyed. Alexander Sygotin and Arkady Galker left statements at the police station on the fact of the attack on them. Alexander Sygotin was injured.

In February 2016 in the Ryazan region, a criminal case was initiated against a 29-year-old local resident for xenophobic audio recordings on the social network. In February 2016, the Mikhailovsky MSO of the Investigative Committee of the RF Investigative Committee for the Ryazan region, a criminal case was initiated against a 29-year-old local resident suspected under Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

In February 2016, a criminal case was opened in Alatyr for disseminating xenophobic photo and video materials on social networks. In February 2016, the Shumerlinsky MSO of the Investigative Committee of the ICR for Chuvashia initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art.

In February 2016, a local resident in Kazan was arrested for 10 days for posting symbols of an extremist organization on a social network. In February 2016, a local resident in Kazan was punished for posting symbols of an extremist organization on a social network.

Greenpeace ecologists appealed to the Prosecutor's Office of Karelia with a demand to ban the construction of a temple on Valaam. On February 5, 2016, it became known that the international environmental organization Greenpeace appealed to the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Karelia with a demand to stop the construction of an Orthodox church on Valaam.

In Samara, a verdict was passed for publicly justifying terrorism. On February 9, 2016, the Moscow District Military Court ruled the verdict against Andrey Aksyutin, who on his page in the social network "VKontakte" justified the actions of ISIS. The court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 205.2 CC (public justification of terrorism) and sentenced to two years in prison to be served in settlement colonies.

The Nizhny Novgorod diocese signed a settlement agreement with Era LLC, which provided for partial payment of the debt to contractors and the promise of "eternal commemoration" of their family members. In early February, it became known that on 15 October 2016, the Arbitration Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region considered the claim against Nizhny Novgorod diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In February 2016, a criminal case was opened in Kursk for a xenophobic video file on the VKontakte social network. In February 2016, the Investigative Department for the Seimsky Administrative District of the city of Kursk, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kursk Region, initiated a criminal case against a 19-year-old resident of Kursk, under Part 1 of Art.