In February 2016, two criminal cases were initiated in Magadan cases under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code in connection with the publication on the Internet of certain extremist materials. In February 2016, it became known that in Magadan there were two criminal cases under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism).

Unidentified people in masks again beat the opponents of the construction of the temple in the park "Torfyanka" and the police. On the night of February 12-13, 2016, unknown defenders of the construction temple in the park "Torfyanka" again attacked local residents protesting against construction. At 4 a.m., several masked men drove up to the park on two trucks and cars and began to unload the cars, pulling out a beam for construction of a temporary temple.

In February 2016 in the city of Kazan of the Republic of Tatarstan in court filed a lawsuit demanding that certain xenophobic groups be recognized as extremist videos. The videos were published in the local network of the LLC "Production association "Zarnitsa". Unfortunately, what kind of videos are we talking about? reported.

A criminal case was initiated against Kazan religious scholar Suleimanov On February 8, 2016, Kazan religious scholar Rais Suleimanov was summoned to interrogation to the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee for Tatarstan, where he was announced the initiation of a criminal case under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 282 UK (actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, committed with use of official position).

The Federal Property Management Agency rejected the Church's application for ownership of the building of the former Edinoverie church, which houses the Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic. On February 15, 2016 it became known that the Federal Agency for Management state property rejected the application of the Russian Orthodox Church for ownership of the building of St. Nicholas Church of the same faith, which is currently Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic is located.

The Gorno-Altai City Court recognized photographs with NBP symbols as information prohibited for distribution. 15 February 2016 Prosecutor's Office of the Republic Altai reported that she had filed with the Gorno-Altai city ​​court issues lawsuit to block access to flag photos posted online banned National Bolshevik party (NBP).

In February 2016, a criminal case was opened in Kursk according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 22-year-old local resident who published a certain xenophobic video on social media. In February 2016, a criminal case was initiated in Kursk according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

In Anapa, a court decision was made to block several anonymizers. 15 February 2016 Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar region reported that the Anapa city the court ruled to block several anonymizer sites. ABOUT which sites are we talking about? reported. Recall earlier, the prosecutor's office of Anapa achieved through court restricting access to anonymizer NoBlock , and also to the site of the Roskomsvoboda project , on which the information was posted about ways to bypass blocking.

FSB officers searched the Verkhnyaya Pyshma mosque. The issue of initiating a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. February 10, 2016 in Mednaya the mosque of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk region, was searched by FSB officers. During the search, brochures (250-300 pieces) not prohibited in Russia were seized from the office of Mullah Airat Mukhametzyanov, which were delivered to the mosque from Egypt by charity program.

The Mejlis is accused of carrying out extremist activities. February 15, 2016 Crimean prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya handed over to the deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people to Nariman Dzhelyalov a copy of the claim to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea to ban organization's activities. Poklonskaya demands to ban the activities of the Majlis on the basis of Art.

In the park "Torfyanka" met supporters and opponents of the construction of the temple. 13 February 2016 in the park "Torfyanka" was held a rally dedicated to the construction temple. The event was attended by about 100 people. 400 locals joined the Orthodox activists residents who opposed the construction of the temple and were outraged by the attack unknown people in masks on the defenders of the temple and the police on the night of February 13.

Pope Francis met with Patriarch Kirill in Cuba. During the meeting, a joint statement of 30 points was adopted, which dealt with the situation of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa, the problems of family and marriage, proselytism, interreligious dialogue, countering terrorism, as well as the status of Greek Catholics in Ukraine. On February 12, 2016, a meeting between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis took place in Havana.