During the roundtable held on February 19, 2016 scientists and lawyers discussed the problems of religious expertise. On February 19, 2016, a round table "Problems Religious Expertise”, organized by the Center for Religious Studies Religiopolis research. Its participants were religious scholars, sociologists, lawyers, journalists.

February 16, 2016 Regions.ru published a selection of opinions on February 12, 2016 clergy about the meeting of the Pope of Rome Francis and Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill. Most of the respondents reserved in evaluating the results of the meeting, but glad that the merger was not discussed two churches.

In February 2016, in the village of Sovetsky of the Republic of Mari El, the court fined 2,000 rubles to a 25-year-old local resident who published prohibited materials with Nazi symbols on social media. In February 2016, in the village of Sovietsky of the Republic of Mari El, a administrative case under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (public demonstration symbols similar to Nazi symbols to the point of confusion) and Art.

Alexander Horrshr became a suspect under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code. On February 25, 2016, Moscow activist Alexander Khorrshr was interrogated by the FSB as a suspect in a case under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity on the Internet). His home was searched and his relatives were interrogated. As a measure of restraint, a written undertaking not to leave was chosen for him. On March 3, 2016, Horrshr was charged.

The court in Makhachkala decided to detain a public activist Muhammad Magomedov, accused of terrorism and collaboration with Hizb ut-Tahrir". On February 25, 2016, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala changed measure of restraint for an activist of the organization "Soyuz fair" to Muhammad (Khiramagomed) Magomedov from house arrest to detention. M. Magomedov is charged under Art. 222 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons), Art.

Sergei Tomikov announced that five criminal cases had been opened in Crimea against providers for disseminating extremist information. 25 February 2016 at a press conference in Simferopol deputy head of the anti-terrorist apparatus commission of the Crimea Sergey Tomikov said, that five criminal cases were initiated in Crimea cases against Internet service providers for disseminating "information of an extremist nature".

In February In 2016, in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 23-year-old local resident who published xenophobic materials in the social network. In February 2016 in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov region, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

In February 2016, it became known that in Omsk a court recognized as extremist 5 books of the Slavic-Aryan Vedas series by the Rodovich publishing house of different years of release. In February 2016, it became known that The Central District Court of the city of Omsk considered the claim of the prosecutor's office for recognition extremist 5 books of the series "Slavic-Aryan Vedas" of the publishing house "Rodovich" different years of release.