In October 2016, in Khabarovsk, the court fined stores for selling CDs with banned songs by the Corrosion of Metal group. In October 2016, Khabarovsk initiated administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

FSB officers found a banned book in a resident of the Irkutsk region. On October 10, 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of the Irkutsk Region reported that the Prosecutor of the Irkutsk District issued a warning to a local resident, S., who kept the book "Three Foundations", which is recognized as extremist in Russia. The publication that S. kept at home " for personal reading " was found and confiscated by FSB officers.

In Voronezh, during the service of Jehovah's Witnesses, a search and screening of believers. On October 9, 2016, law enforcement officers thwarted worship of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh. The security forces arrived at the premises rented by the community, where about a thousand believers gathered, and right during the service they began a search and checking the bags of those present. Editions included in the Federal list of extremist literature.

Imam of the Yekaterinburg mosque, where the extremist literature, sentenced to compulsory work. He is forbidden to preach in for three years. October 10, 2016 Chkalovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg found the imam of the mosque "Ramazan" Albert Bayazitov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation human dignity).

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Our Lady of Moscow, Institute of St. Thomas and the Cultural Center "Pokrovsky Gates" held in Moscow conference on the theme "Mercy and Social Teaching". Svetlana Solodovnik prepared a report about this conference for the SOVA Center.

In October 2016, in ZATO Seversk, Tomsk Region, the court fined a local resident who posted banned audio clips on social networks and images with Nazi symbols. In October 2016 in ZATO Seversk, Tomsk region an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials) and art.

Anton Nosik was sentenced to a fine for inciting hatred towards Syrians, the lawyer asked to acquit him On October 3, 2016, the Presnensky Court of Moscow found blogger and media manager Anton Nosik guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) in the publication of an entry on a personal blog entitled “Erase Syria from the face of the Earth.” Nosik was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

The government wants to introduce heavy fines for providers for failing to fulfill their obligations to block and unblock sites. On October 7, the State Duma approved in the first reading a government bill providing for increased liability of Internet providers for failure to fulfill their obligations to block pages based on information received from Roskomnadzor. The bill was submitted to the State Duma on June 17, 2016.

The government and deputies recognized the existing procedure for blocking under Lugovoi's law as effective. On October 10, 2016, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications recommended rejecting in the first reading a bill on empowering prosecutors of federal subjects with the authority to draw up requirements for blocking sites under the " Lugovoi Law" .

Orthodox activists in Moscow detained and handed over to police street preachers and demanded that they be punished for illegal missionary work. On October 7, 2016 in Moscow, representatives of the Orthodox Human Rights analytical center” detained eight citizens who preached in electric trains of the Yaroslavl direction. The detainees were handed over to traffic police officers, and they delivered two of them to the ATC department.