SUMMARY LEGISLATION Bills Not Yet Implemented PROBLEMS WITH PLACES OF WORSHIP : Problems with the Construction of Religious Sites : Problems with Using Existing Buildings : Favorable Resolutions : Conflicts Surrounding the Transfer of Property to Religious Organizations DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF ATTITUDE TO RELIGION : Criminal Prosecution Restrictions on Missionary Activities Liquidation of Organizations and Denials of Registration Other Forms of Discrimination Favorable Resolutions

A prisoner in the Tula colony was sentenced to two years under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code. On March 16, 2020, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Tula Region reported that Sh. Chutov, a prisoner in one of the colonies of the region, who was serving a sentence under Part 4 of Art. 162 of the Criminal Code (robbery), was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

Orthodox Christians in Moscow and Yekaterinburg have come up with “new” methods to combat the coronavirus. On March 19, 2020, it became known that the Orthodox Christians in Moscow and Yekaterinburg came up with “new” methods to combat the coronavirus.

On March 17, 2020, Muslim R.A. was detained in Nizhnevartovsk. Khabibullin. According to the police, the man engaged in persuading local residents to join the ranks of terrorists, and also fund ISIS activities.” He is currently in custody. Sources Media reported on the detention of an ISIS recruiter in Yugra // islamnews. March 17, 2020

The court imposed a judicial fine on Aleksey Klimishin. On March 19, 2020, in Moscow, the Meshchansky District Court dismissed the case of Aleksey Klimishin, a participant in the Indefinite Protest, and imposed a court fine of 50,000 rubles on him. An activist close to the nationalist organization "Right Bloc" was accused under paragraph "b" of part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism motivated by hatred).

The prosecutor considered it necessary to close the process in order to "secure" potential listeners from the defendant's religious beliefs. On March 19, 2020, it became known that in the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Birobidzhansky District Court granted the prosecutor's petition and decided to close the trial in the case of Igor Tsarev , a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses .

A local resident is suspected of inciting hatred. On March 19, 2020, it became known that in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk a criminal case was initiated against a 41-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred). The reason for initiating the case was the xenophobic post of the man, which he published on the social network in November 2019. It is also reported that in July 2019, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city court had already brought him to responsibility under Art.