The winter hotel and the women's refectory on Valaam will be restored at the expense of the federal budget. February 12, 2020 it became known that the project restoration of the Winter of the hotel and the women's refectory of the Valaam Monastery received a positive conclusion Glavgosexpertiza of Russia. After restoration of the hotel building, it will open, including a spiritual and educational center and museum of the Valaam Monastery, a cafe will operate in the refectory.

IN The court of the Volgograd region sentenced the vandal who doused the monument with paint victims of the Holocaust, to compulsory works. 10 February 2020, the Magistrate's Court of the court district No. 42 of the Oktyabrsky Judicial district of the Volgograd region ruled in the case against a resident of the Oktyabrsky district Vyacheslav Kotenko, accused of desecrating the monument to the victims of the Holocaust in the village Aksai. The court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art.

The head of the metropolitan branch of the unregistered "Other Russia" was arrested for an old photo with a badge of the banned NBP. On February 12, 2020, the Tverskoy District Court arrested Olga Shalina, head of the Moscow branch of the unregistered Other Russia party, for 10 days, finding her guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of prohibited symbols).

A draft law was adopted in the second reading, specifying the conditions for bringing to responsibility for demonstrating prohibited symbols. On February 12, 2020, the State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill amending 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 case of St. Petersburg Scientologists was submitted to the court. February 12, 2020 case Petersburg Scientologists was transferred to the Nevsky District Court. Members of the Church of Scientology Ivan Matsitskiy (local organization leader), Sahib Aliyev (accountant), Galina Shurinova (executive director), Anastasia Terentyeva (head of official matters) and Constance Esaulkova (lawyer) charge under Part 3 of Art. 33 p. "c" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code, part 3 of Art.