In February 2017, a case was initiated in Kostroma under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 21-year-old local resident suspected of publishing xenophobic materials on social networks. In February 2017, a criminal case was initiated in Kostroma case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The head of the legal service of the Moscow Patriarchy said that The Russian Orthodox Church intends to raise the issue of transferring to it the Andronikov Monastery in Moscow, in which operates a museum. Andrei Rublev. February 16, 2017 head of the legal service of the Moscow Patriarchate Abbess Xenia (Chernega) stated that the Russian Orthodox Church intends to seek the transfer of the Andronikov Monastery, which houses the Museum of Old Russian culture and arts. Andrei Rublev.

Accused of justifying terrorism, the imam of the Yardyam mosque in In Moscow, Mahmud Velitov was mitigated and released on bail. On February 22, 2017 it became known about the completion preliminary investigation in the case of Mahmud Velitov, imam of the Yardyam mosque in Moscow, detained in July 2016 on charges of justifying the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir". The accusation has been reclassified from Part 2 of Art.

In February 2017 in the village of Vlasyevo, Shirinsky district Republic of Khakassia, a case was initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against the 27-year-old a local resident suspected of publishing xenophobic and prohibited materials in the social network. In April 2017, the case was referred to the court for consideration on the merits. In February 2017 in the village of Vlasyevo, Shirinsky district Republic of Khakassia, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art.

The President made changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses. On February 22, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO), which provide for increased liability of Internet providers for failure to fulfill their obligations to block pages based on information received from Roskomnadzor.

In February 2017, in Gorno-Altaisk, the decision to terminate the criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code, and the case itself was submitted for a new trial. February 16, 2017 in the city of Gorno-Altaisk, the Supreme Court Republic of Altai considered the claim to cancel the decision to terminate the criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred), the accused under which passed by a local resident M. Decision to terminate the criminal prosecution of M.