On July 14-17, 2017, the Levada Center conducted a traditional survey on the xenophobic attitudes of Russians. The survey was conducted among the urban and rural population. Sociologists interviewed 1,601 people aged 18 and over in 137 settlements in 48 regions of the country. People were interviewed personally in their places of residence. The survey data was published on 23 August.

August 21, 2017 in Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region was 41-year-old Roman Gubaidullin, an activist of Artpodgotovka, was detained. August 21, 2017 in Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region was 41-year-old Roman Gubaidullin, an activist of Artpodgotovka and a supporter of Alexei Navalny, was detained.

The court considered the demolition of the monastery church of the XVIII century "insignificant violation” and did not fine the diocese. On August 22, 2017, it became known that the Leninsky District the court of Yekaterinburg terminated the proceedings on case of the demolition of the Assumption Church of the 18th century by the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery.

Vyacheslav Stepanov and Andrei Sivak were charged under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On August 24, 2017, the Moscow Regional Court upheld the acquittal in the case of two elders of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Sergiev Posad. Vyacheslav Stepanov and Andrei Sivak were accused of inciting religious hatred committed by an organized group (clause "c" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was opened in April 2013.

In Tyumen, a criminal case is underway against a biker from the Steel Helmet club, the director of the Desert Storm store Vladimir Ievlev (Batman) for an anti-Ukrainian insult on a social network. In August 2017, it was reported that a criminal case was underway in Tyumen under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) against the director of the Storm in the Desert store, a biker from the Steel Helmet club Vladimir Ievlev (Batman) (1969 .R.).

The case of the accused under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the nationalist demanded an additional investigation. The prosecutor's office of the Central District of St. Petersburg returned to the Investigative Committee to eliminate the identified violations and conduct an additional investigation, the criminal case of Dina Garina, accused under Part 1 of Art.

The lawsuit said that portraying Putin as a dictator could lead to political unrest. On August 23, 2017, the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg declared the collection of the Polish publicist Jan Nowak-Ezeransky "Eastern Reflections", its original layout and its electronic copy published on the Internet, banned for distribution in Russia.

Evgeny Posokhin fined under art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On August 15, 2017, the Omsk District Court of the Omsk Region fined 23-year-old Alexei Navalny’s headquarters volunteer Yevgeny Posokhin 1,000 rubles, finding him guilty of publicly displaying Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).