The community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk is threatened with liquidation. 14 February 2017 Supreme The Court of the Republic of Mordovia left without changing the decision of Leninsky District Court of Saransk dated December 6 2016, according to to which the local religious organization of the Witnesses Jehovah was fined for 150 thousand rubles Art. 20.29 Administrative Code for storage of extremist materials in their purposes mass distribution.

In February 2017 in the city of Surgut of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous county court fined a local resident found guilty of publishing in social networks of prohibited materials and materials with Nazi symbols. At the beginning of January 2017 in the city of Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, two administrative cases were initiated under Art. 20.3 Administrative Code (propaganda of Nazi symbols) and Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution extremist materials).

In February 2017 in Tver for 1 year and 7 months of imprisonment on probation, the court sentenced a 27-year-old local resident, having found him guilty of publishing xenophobic materials and materials on the social network against law enforcement officers, veterans, and figures of the Russian Orthodox Church. In February 2017 in Tver was sentenced to incite national hatred and hatred against representatives of certain social groups (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

State Duma Deputy Ivan Belekov opposed the proposal Bishop of Altai to install a worship cross on ancient mounds, since the local population considers them a sacred symbol. On February 14, 2017 it became known that the deputy of the State Duma Ivan Belekov did not support the proposal of the Bishop of Gornoaltaysky and Chemalsky Callistratus about the installation of a worship cross in the Kur-Kechu tract of the Ongudaysky district of the Altai Republic.

In the Kirov region, the Investigative Committee, at the request of believers, will check a local factory that produced Trifon beer with the image of Sergei Shnurov. Images there are no Orthodox objects on the label, but offended believers are sure that the beer is named after a revered saint.

On February 16, 2017, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd recognized extremist songs of the group "My Daring Truth" "Voice of Blood", "Eurasian", "Medicine". On February 16, 2017, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd recognized extremist songs "Voice of Blood" (three addresses), "Eurasian" (8 addresses), "Medicine" (3 addresses) of the "My Daring Truth" group.

In February 2017, a court in Ryazan fined a 27-year-old a local resident found guilty of publishing a banned social network neo-Nazi song. In February 2017, Ryazan initiated administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The case was initiated against a 27-year-old local resident who according to law enforcement agencies, published on his page in social network "VKontakte" prohibited audio recording.

The administration of Saratov refuses to hand over to the Old Believer community the building of the Kazan Church due to the lack of documents, confirming the confessional affiliation of the building. On February 15, 2017, it became known that Uspenskaya the Old Believer community of Saratov are trying to get ownership of the building Kazan Church, historically owned by the Old Believers.

In Gorno-Altaisk, the case of inciting hatred towards the Orthodox instituted upon the publication of a commentary on the article on Epiphany bathing in newspaper "Leaf". On February 15, 2017, a case was initiated in Gorno-Altaisk under part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred) on the fact of the publication of a comment in a newspaper "Leaflet" to the article on baptismal bathing.