Patriarch Kirill became an honorary doctor of St. Petersburg State University. November 28 2016 Academic Council of St. Petersburg State University awarded Patriarch Kirill the title of honorary doctor of St. Petersburg State University. The candidacy of the patriarch was put forward by the faculty of international relations. According to one of the professors of this faculty, the decisive factor for making such a decision was the meeting of the patriarch with the Pope in February 2016.

In St. Petersburg, a court left in custody until the end of January six Muslims suspected of collaborating with Hizb ut-Tahrir. November 29, 2016 Kirovsky District Court Petersburg extended the period of arrest for Muslims detained in St. Petersburg in the case Hizb ut-Tahrir. natives Dagestan A. Akhmedov, I. Akhmedov, E. Mamedov, citizen of Tajikistan A. Yusufov and residents of St. Petersburg M. Tsvetkov and V. Shmotov will remain in custody until January 30 2017.

The diocese of the city of Moscow received the property of the building of the church on Sparrow Hills. On November 29, 2016, it became known that the Russian Orthodox Church received the building of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Moscow on Sparrow Hills. The order to transfer the building was issued by the Department of City Property of Moscow. Sources The church was given the temple on the Sparrow Hills, where Kutuzov prayed // Interfax-religion. November 29, 2016.

Astrakhan nationalist, convicted under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code, toughened the punishment. On November 28, 2016, the Kirsanovsky District Court of the Tambov Region decided to toughen the punishment of the Astrakhan nationalist Igor Stenin, convicted under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for the implementation of extremist activities via the Internet). He was transferred from a colony-settlement to a general regime colony due to violations of discipline.

In November 2016, a court in the city of Ivanovo fined a local resident 1,500 rubles for posting a banned neo-Nazi song on a social network. In November 2016, in the city of Ivanovo, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The case was initiated against a local resident who posted a video with a banned song on his page on the VKontakte social network.

In November 2016, in the city of Abakan of the Republic of Khakassia, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 16-year-old local resident suspected of publishing two prohibited xenophobic texts on a social network. In November 2016, in the city of Abakan of the Republic of Khakassia, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The Moscow District Military Court at an off-site meeting in St. Petersburg passed a sentence on Muslim Dmitry Mikhailov, a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. 29 November 2016, the Moscow District Military Court at an off-site meeting in Petersburg passed a verdict against a Muslim Dmitry Mikhailov. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities terrorist organization) and sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.