The nationalist's defense disputes the vague wording of the article on incitement to hatred. On May 31, 2017, it became known that nationalist Alexander Belov (Potkin) filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court of Russia against Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or enmity).

In Yaroslavl, by a court decision, the bailiffs evicted the community of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church from the building of the Vladimir Church on Bozhedomka. On May 31, 2017, it became known that in Yaroslavl judicial bailiffs evicted the community of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church from the building Vladimirskaya Church on Bozhedomka. During the eviction, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and representatives of the Yaroslavl diocese.

On June 1, 2017, a 48-year-old native of Republic of Mordovia, who sold books in the city center. It is reported that the reason was that among distributed books turned out to be two banned books by Grigory Klimov "God's People” and “Protocols of Soviet Wise Men” (p. 1456 and p. 1958 of the Federal List of Extremist Materials, respectively). Recall that these works by G. Klimov are prohibited in due to their ardent anti-Semitic and homophobic nature.

In May 2017, in Krasnoyarsk, a court fined a 22-year-old local resident for 3,000 rubles, who was found guilty of posting banned materials and materials with Nazi symbols on a social network. In May 2017, an administrative case was initiated in Krasnoyarsk under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols) and Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials).

The SOVA Center has no information about the victims in May 2017 from racist and neo-Nazi motivated attacks. Total, by preliminary data, for the first five months of 2017 in 9 regions of Russia 3 people died and at least 13 people were injured. But in May we recorded at least 11 acts vandalism, which could be regarded as motivated by hatred - in 8 regions of the country. Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least 25 actions of ideological vandals in 19 regions.

Tomsk community of Jehovah's Witnesses fined for "illegal" missionary work. On May 31, 2017, it became known that the Tomsk community Jehovah's Witnesses fined 100,000 rubles for "illegal" missionary work. World Court of the October Court region of Tomsk recognized the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses guilty of administrative offense, under Part. 4 Article.

Party activist Konstantin Borovoy was again arrested for pictures with Nazi symbols. On June 1, 2017, from the message of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Penza Region, it became known that on May 12, the Kamensky City Court found a local resident Ivan Gorodisky guilty of an offense under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols). He was sentenced to 10 days of arrest. The decision of the court has entered into force.

The creator of the Church of the Chelyabinsk meteorite will leave the hospital. On June 1, 2017, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk ruled to release Alexei Moroshkin, the creator of the Church of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, also known as Andrei Breiva, from the psychiatric hospital. The decision was made on the recommendation of the head physician of the hospital on the basis of a medical examination.