HRC "Memorial" believes that the case of Andrei Kolomiyets is falsified.

Specially for the SOVA Center Elena Alshanskaya, head of the Volunteers to Help orphans”, commented on the recent statement of the Patriarchal Commission on family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood, directed against the introduction of criminal liability for causing beatings of close relatives.

In July 2016 in the village of Vanino, Khabarovsk Territory a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 47-year-old local a resident who posted 16 xenophobic images on social media. In July 2016 in the village of Vanino, Khabarovsk Territory a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate).

In June 2016, in the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, the court sentenced a 26-year-old local resident to 2 years of imprisonment on probation, who posted a xenophobic text on social media. In July 2016, in the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, a verdict was passed in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and public calls for extremism (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

The Supreme Court agreed with the decision of the Supreme Court of Kalmykia to ban the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 7, 2016, the Russian Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Elista community of Jehovah's Witnesses and upheld the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kalmykia to liquidate it for extremist activities. The decision to liquidate the local religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses of Elista was made by the Elista City Court on February 25, 2016.

On July 7, 2016, in the Samara region, the court found Anna Dmitrieva guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and fined her 1,000 rubles. On July 7, 2016, the Zhiguli City Court of the Samara Region found Anna Dmitrieva, an activist of the Volya party, guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (demonstration of Nazi symbols).

The prosecutor's office believes that the work of anonymizers contributes to inciting hatred. On July 7, the prosecutor's office of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, announced that, based on its statements of claim, the court recognized the information contained on three anonymizer sites as prohibited for distribution in Russia.

The President of Russia signed laws on strengthening measures to counter terrorism. On July 7, 2016, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Vladimir Putin signed two laws on countering terrorist and extremist activities, initiated by Senator Viktor Ozerov and deputy Irina Yarovaya.