A bill specifying the conditions for bringing to responsibility for displaying prohibited symbols has been submitted for the second reading. 12th of February 2020, the State Duma will consider in the second reading a bill that changes the text of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or public display of Nazi symbols or symbols of extremist organizations).

The OSCE report "Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: A Policy Guide" has been published. In 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights prepared and published the report Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: A Policy Guide (Warsaw, 2019). The full text of this OSCE document in Russian and English can be found here .

An anti-clerical picket took place in Penza in memory of the 1918 decree on the separation of Church and state. On February 2, 2020, an anti-clerical picket took place in Penza.

The court considered that in the case of the publication of a satirical video, it is necessary to eliminate flaws. February 10, 2020 lawyer for an international human rights group "Agora" Stanislav Seleznev reported that the Moscow District Court of Kaliningrad returned to the police for elimination of shortcomings case for hours. 1 Article. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration Nazi symbols) about the publication of a video with a swastika.

Representatives of law enforcement agencies conducted a check of documents of Muslims on the territory of the Cathedral Mosque in Nizhny Novgorod, which outraged the Muslims. On February 7, 2020, in Nizhny Novgorod, representatives of law enforcement agencies checked the documents of Muslims on the territory of the Cathedral Mosque. The reason for this action was the prevention of violations of the rules for the stay of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation.

At least four believers have been detained. February 10, 2020 investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Trans-Baikal Territory together with the FSB officers, police and the National Guard conducted mass searches at the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Transbaikalia in as part of the investigation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization activity of an organization recognized as extremist).

Residents of Novokuibyshevsk again oppose the construction of a temple in the park on intersection of Voroshilov and Sverdlov streets. On February 9, 2020, it became known that Residents of Novokuibyshevsk again oppose the construction of a church in the park on intersection of Voroshilov and Sverdlov streets. February 6 in the social network "VKontakte" Internet voting began, which gathered not only votes, but also indignant comments of opponents of construction.

A resident of Kazan received 23 years in a strict regime colony on charges of organizing the activities of the "Russian cell" Hizb ut-Tahrir. February 10, 2020 Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced a resident of Kazan, Eduard Nizamov . He was recognized guilty of inciting to participate in terrorist activities under Part 1 of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization under Part 1 of Art.