On April 20, 2016, the journalists of the Regions.ru News Agency published a review of the opinions of the Orthodox clergy about a potential ban on the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Bishop Irenaeus (Tafunya) reminded journalists that “ to ban an organization only on that reason that in it, referring to the Bible, they teach differently, it is impossible .

In April 2016 in Vladimir were sentenced to fines five local residents for posting prohibited materials on social networks. In April 2016, it became known that in Vladimir there were initiated five cases under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The case was started against local residents A.A. Velimetova, M.P. Kozhukhalova, A.V. Sotnichenko, A.A. Parkov and A.Kh.

April 3, 2016 in the village of Tuchkovo, Moscow Region there was a racist attack on a native of Tajikistan. It is reported that 27-year-old taxi driver Jumakhon Karimov arrived on a call to house number 28 on Lebedenko Street. Seen at the wheel foreigner, the alleged passengers started shouting racist slurs, whereupon one of them fired at driver with a double-barreled shotgun. Luckily the taxi driver survived.

The criminal case of a medical student accused of promoting the ideas of the Islamic State has been returned to the prosecutor's office. In the near future, the case will be transferred to the Moscow District Military Court for consideration on the merits. On April 20, 2016, the Moscow City Court returned to the prosecutor's office criminal case of a student of the Medical University Patimat Gadzhiyeva, accused under Art.

In April 2016 in the city of Novocheboksarsk of the Republic Chuvashia court sentenced a 27-year-old local resident to 8 months of correctional posted a xenophobic video on social media. In April 2016 in the city of Novocheboksarsk of the Republic Chuvashia was sentenced in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code).

The Other Russia activist was brought to justice under Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offences. On April 21, 2016, the Severodvinsk City Court fined Valery Sheptukhin, journalist and activist of the Other Russia party Eduard Limonov, one thousand rubles under Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or demonstration of Nazi symbols). The reason was that Sheptukhin published photographs and drawings depicting a swastika on his page on the VKontakte social network.

In April 2016, in the village of Chekmarevka, Oboyan district, Kurgan region, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 31-year-old local resident who published a xenophobic social media video. In April 2016, in the village of Chekmarevka, Oboyan district, Kurgan region, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

Residents of Saratov oppose the construction of a temple in the Solnechny-2 microdistrict. The church is planned to be built on the site of a sports ground, which caused outrage among local residents. April 21, 2016 It became known that residents of Saratov were protesting against the construction of a church in microdistrict "Solnechny-2". Construction is planned at the site where Currently there is a sports ground - "hockey box".

The Voskresensky Cathedral of the Vologda Kremlin and the church in Belozersk were transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. April 19, 2016 became It is known that the Vologda Metropolis was given the Resurrection Cathedral of the Vologda Kremlin and the Church of the Savior in Belozersk. The certificate of ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church for the cathedral building was issued on April 11, 2016. Recall that the decision to transfer the cathedral was made in May 2015.