In Arkhangelsk, a chapel burned down near the railway station. Arson is being considered. April 21, 2017 in Arkhangelsk, a chapel burned down at the railway station area. Initially, a malfunction was considered as the cause of the fire. electrical wiring, but then experts came to the conclusion about a possible arson: there were found material evidence confirming this version. The chapel was considered a temporary structure, in 2006 the temple was built.

In Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, a Jehovah's Witness is accused of illegal missionary work for holding meetings with believers in their homes. On April 24, 2017, it became known about the initiation of an administrative cases of illegal missionary work in the Chelyabinsk region. According to part 4 of Art. 5.26 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation a resident of the city of Asha is accused.

Leader of an unregistered Baptist group in Transbaikalia was fined for the lack of notification of the start of the group's activities. On April 24, 2017, it became known that in the village of Chara Kalarsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the head of the evangelical group was fined Baptist Christians Andrew G.

On April 21, 2017, in Khabarovsk, 17-year-old Anton Konev attacked the reception of the FSB, which ended in the death of two people who were in the building and the attacker himself. The motives for the incident are being investigated. April 21, 2017 in Khabarovsk there was an armed attack on the public reception of the regional department of the FSB.

The City Court of St. Petersburg confirmed the decision of the court of first instance to refuse to consider the claim of opponents of the transfer of Isaac. On April 24, 2017, the St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision of the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg to refuse to consider a class action lawsuit regarding the legality of the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church.