On February 12, 2017, a religious procession took place in St. Petersburg around St. Isaac's Cathedral, which was attended by State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov. In his speech after the procession, he, according to media reports, criticized the opponents of the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church. At the same time, in an anti-Semitic context, he mentioned the deputies Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, opposing the transfer.

In Saratov, the case of 19-year-old Alexander Gozenko was brought to court for xenophobic comments on the VKontakte social network. In February 2017, the prosecutor's office of the Oktyabrsky district of Saratov sent to court a criminal case against Alexander Gozenko (born 1997) under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). According to the case file, on November 13 and 14, 2015, Gozenko posted four comments on the VKontakte social network on his personal page.

In the Volgograd region, a criminal case against a 26-year-old local resident was brought to court for a xenophobic text on a social network. In February 2017, an investigation into the criminal case of a 26-year-old local resident was completed in the Volgograd Region. He is charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

The video blogger who caught Pokemon in the temple, at the request of the investigator, was released from the pre-trial detention center to an apartment with a lawyer. On February 13, 2017, the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg granted the investigator's request and transferred blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky to house arrest. The term of arrest is set to March 1. According to media reports, Sokolovsky will be in the apartment of one of his lawyers, Stanislav Ilchenko.

On February 4, 2017, unknown vandals scratched five swastika images on two parked cars in Kazan. On February 4, 2017, two cars were vandalized in Kazan. On Krasnaya Street near house No. 1, four swastika symbols were scrawled on the hood of a Lada Kalina belonging to a 28-year-old resident of Chelny. Further down the Street of Journalists, near house number 7, a Nissan Pathfinder belonging to a 44-year-old resident of the city had a swastika scrawled on the door.

The decision of the Chapaevsky City Court was approved, which found the local community of Jehovah's Witnesses guilty of possessing banned brochures for the purpose of distributing them. On February 7, 2017, the Samara Regional Court approved decision of the Chapaevsky City Court, which on November 14, 2016 fined religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses for 150 thousand rubles Art.

The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia issued a decision to liquidate the community of Jehovah's Witnesses and turn its property into state property. February 10, 2017 The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkess of the Republic decided to liquidate the local religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses in Cherkessk as extremist. community property in the form buildings and land will be turned into state property.

In the Tyumen region, a criminal case has been initiated against a minor teenager for inciting ethnic hatred and inciting hatred against government officials. In February 2017, a criminal case was initiated in the Tyumen region under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity).

A working group has been set up in the Federation Council to combat “destructive sects” under the leadership of E. Mizulina. One of the tasks of the group is to introduce the concept "sect" into legislation. On February 13, 2017, a working group was created in the Federation Council group to combat "destructive sects". Elena is appointed its head Mizulina. At a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State construction E.

A new reason for the persecution of an activist under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses served as a repost of a message about his court case. February 13, 2017 it became known that the Chuvash oppositionist Dmitry Semyonov again brought to justice under Art.