As part of the investigation of a criminal case on participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir, Crimean Tatars are detained in Bakhchisarai and massive searches are carried out in their homes.

The court fined Yaroslav Varenyk for quoting a xenophobic text in a news item. On March 11, 2020, in Arkhangelsk, the Lomonosovsky District Court fined journalist Yaroslav Varenik 10,000 rubles under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred). The reason for the administrative prosecution of Varenik was a news article that he published on the 29.ru portal in October 2019. The news was devoted to the fine imposed on the local resident Arseniy Kuroptev under Art.

In Mari El, imams Rafael Safin and Farit Shageev, who were previously dismissed from their posts, filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office against the Mari El State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In February 2019, this TV channel aired a story about these imams, which they consider slanderous, incites hatred and offends religious feelings.

The police officers detained the believer Rustam Seidkuliyev. On March 11, 2020, it became known that on February 15, 2020, police officers in Sochi detained Rustam Seidkuliyev, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. Then the believer spent five days in a local pre-trial detention center, after which he was escorted to Saratov, where they chose a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest.