In Orenburg, a court fined V. Ermakov for posting xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. In August 2016, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Orenburg issued a verdict in a criminal case against V.V. Ermakov, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred and enmity).

Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of Europe RAS Roman Lunkin commented for the SOVA Center on the case against the leader Church of the SDA in Biysk, accused of illegal missionary work due to the transfer a set of books as a gift to the district administration. Now everything related to religious organizations, becomes the object of research on the subject of missionary activity. An amazing incident occurred in the Altai Republic.

On August 29, 2016, in the Chelyabinsk region, a vandal who painted the swastika and symbols of the Azov Battalion on the monument to the soldiers-liberators was sent for compulsory treatment. On August 29, 2016, the Magistrate Court of Court District No. 1 of the Varnensky District of the Chelyabinsk Region delivered a verdict in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by political, ideological hatred).

Recently, we have seen more and more cases of prosecutors from different regions of Russia turning to the courts with claims to restrict access to anonymizers. As a rule, prosecutors substantiate their claims by saying that Internet users can access extremist materials using such services. Anonymizers themselves do not contain any prohibited information.

In Murmansk, a court fined local writer Anton Blagin for publications on their pages "VKontakte" and "LiveJournal" photos "depicting a black swastika in a white circle on a gray background." August 30, 2016 Leninsky District Court of Murmansk found local writer Anton Blagin guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Administrative Code (propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols similar to Nazi paraphernalia or symbols to the point of mixing).

In August 2016, a homeless man died from multiple stab wounds in Chelyabinsk. In September 2018, it became known that the murder was allegedly committed by two activists of the banned Misanthropic Division movement. In August 2016, a homeless man was murdered near one of the garden associations of the Sovetsky district of Chelyabinsk. The man reportedly died from multiple stab wounds.

Svetlana Solodovnik told the SOVA Center about the events that took place in Moscow Orthodox Festival "Preobrazhensky Meetings-2016. Having hope." Second Orthodox festival "Preobrazhensky meetings-2016. Those who have hope" passed on the weekend of August 20-21 at the Congress and Exhibition Center "Falconers".

In the Tula region, a resident of Bogoroditsk was fined 1,500 rubles for the film "The Eternal Jew" on the social network. In August 2016, the Bogoroditsky District Court of the Tula Region considered the case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials included in the published federal list extremist materials, as well as their production or storage for the purpose of mass distribution) in relation to a local resident.

The election commission found in the campaign materials of Igor Konopotov and Vadim Merkulov signs of slander and insults, as well as extremist activities of candidates. On August 30, 2016, the Election Commission of the Volgograd Region considered the content of a number of printed campaign materials, audio and video clips of candidates for State Duma deputies from the Party of People's Freedom (PARNAS) Igor Konotopov and Vadim Merkulov.

In Arkhangelsk, a vandal desecrated the grave of Bishop Tikhon. The suspect has been detained. On the night of August 31, in Arkhangelsk, unknown people desecrated the grave of Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory Tikhon (Stepanov): destroyed a photograph on a tombstone, flowers were torn out, a flowerpot was burned. The suspect was detained, a 29-year-old resident of Arkhangelsk, was under the influence of alcohol. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved.