The President of Russia stated that the state should not work in an illegal field in the course of the fight against extremism. Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the Human Rights Council on December 8, 2016, commented on the increase in the number of convictions for extremist activities in social networks and information about cases of unlawful prosecution.

In December 2016, in the city of Nyandoma, Arkhangelsk Region, criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 22-year-old local resident, a suspect in the publication of xenophobic statements on the social network. In February 2017, the case was referred to the court for consideration on the merits. In December 2016, in the city of Nyandoma, Arkhangelsk Region, criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national and religious hatred).

Girey Aminov was sentenced to five years in prison. On December 6, 2016, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Dagestan reported that the North Caucasus District Military Court found Girey Aminov, a resident of Makhachkala, guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to five years in prison in a general regime colony.

In December 2016 in city ​​of Yoshkar-Ola, Republic of Mari El, the court fined 22-year-old Ruslan Zh. guilty of publishing images with Nazi symbols on the VKontakte social network. In December 2016 in the city of Yoshkar-Ola of the Republic of Mari El, an administrative case was initiated on Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols).

In December 2016 in city ​​of Berdsk, Novosibirsk region, an act of neo-Nazi vandalism. A police check has begun. December 5, 2016 at the city of Berdsk, Novosibirsk Region, on the facade of house No. 42 on Lenin Street and on public transport stop in front of the building appeared swastikas and numbers 14/88. It is reported that neo-Nazi symbols are applied in white paint. On the act of vandalism a police investigation has begun.

In the Ulyanovsk region, the seller of a computer store sentenced to probation for reading an Islamist book at work, inciting national and religious hatred. On December 7, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Ulyanovsk region reported on the conviction of a 28-year-old sales assistant Veshkaim store "Computer Master" to Ramil Bakhitov. He is recognized guilty under Part 1 of Art.

In November 2016, in the city of Kungur, Perm Territory, the court fined two local residents 2,000 rubles, finding both guilty of posting banned videos on social networks. In November 2016, in the city of Kungur in the Perm Territory, initiated two administrative cases under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution extremist materials).

The Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs intend to jointly identify applicants and students prone to extremism. On December 8, 2016, it became known that the Federal Agency for National Affairs (FADN), together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is preparing a new system for questioning students of secondary specialized educational institutions and universities.

Activist Denis Khanzhin was sentenced to three days of arrest. On December 8, 2016, the Surgut City Court of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug sentenced local activist Denis Khanzhin to three days of arrest under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi paraphernalia). On October 30, Khanzhin, leader of the Russian Spirit public organization, came with his associates to a rally in memory of victims of political repressions on the city embankment of Surgut.

The decision to punish the local religious organization was approved. On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia upheld the decision of the Kostomuksha City Court dated October 7, 2016, by which the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was fined 50,000 rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (storage of extremist materials for the purpose of mass distribution).

In December 2016, in Smolensk, the court fined 1,000 rubles of a local resident found guilty of publishing social media posts swastika. In December 2016, Smolensk initiated administrative case under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or public displaying Nazi symbols). The case was initiated against a local resident who, according to law enforcement agencies, published on his page in the social network swastika images.

The local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was again found guilty under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On December 8, 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Mordovia reported that the court fined the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk 150,000 rubles for possession of extremist materials for mass distribution (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On December 8, 2016, in Moscow, a court placed under house arrest the fans of FC Lokomotiv detained on December 6, suspected of chanting xenophobic anti-Albanian chants at the Lokomotiv-Skenderbeu match on October 1, 2015. On December 8, 2016, a court session was held in Moscow, during which the issue of choosing a measure of restraint for four fans of FC Lokomotiv Evgeny Khoroshilov, Maxim Gadzhimagomedov, Roman Parshin and Nikita Bobrovsky.

In December 2016, in Ivanovo, the court fined 1,000 rubles of a local resident born in 1992 for publishing a prohibited item on a social network video. In December 2016, Ivanovo initiated administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

In December 2016, in the city of Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, the court case was referred against a 29-year-old local resident accused of publishing in social networks of xenophobic images with captions. In December 2016, in the city of Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, completed the investigation of the case of inciting ethnic hatred (part 1 of article 282 UK).