On March 29, 2020, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', during a sermon after the liturgy in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior, appealed to the flock not to visit churches and pray at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. He referred to the example of St.

In Bryansk, the court suspended the activities of the Christian church evangelical faith "Awakening", whose parishioners became infected with coronavirus infection. April 1, 2020 Bezhitsky District Court of Bryansk Art. 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of legislation in the field of providing sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population) suspended for 90 days the activity of the church of Christians of the Evangelical faith "Awakening".

On April 6, 2020, the Russian ultra-right organization "Russian Imperial Movement" (RID) of Stanislav Vorobyov was recognized as a terrorist organization in the United States. On April 6, 2020, the Donald Trump administration declared the Russian Orthodox-monarchist organization Russian Imperial Movement (RID) a terrorist organization (established in 2002, center in St. Petersburg, leader Stanislav Vorobyov).

In March 2020, a homophobic attack on a kissing gay couple took place in Moscow. In March 2020, a homophobic attack took place in Moscow. According to media reports, a resident of one of the houses in the north-east of Moscow saw a couple of young men kissing on the landing at the entrance of his house. A 50-year-old man made a remark to them, but the young people ignored him. Then the enraged neighbor rushed at them and began to strike. During the fight, he injured one of the injured eyes.

April 3, 2020 Head of the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of Moscow Vitaly Suchkov announced the readiness Moscow authorities to help the Russian Orthodox Church in organizing broadcasts services due to the fact that religious organizations in connection with the epidemic It is recommended not to hold worship services with the participation of parishioners.

The case of the Bashkir nationalist will be considered by the Central District Military Court in Samara. April 6, 2020 it became known about the transfer to court criminal case against the activist of the Bashkir national movement Airat Dilmukhametova. It will be considered by the Central District Military Court in Samara. 6 April, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg extended the term of detention until September 24, 2020.

On March 31, 2020, it became known that the RF IC on South-Western Administrative District of Moscow began a pre-investigation check of the statement Head of the Patriarchal Commission for Family Affairs, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, who named women living in a civil marriage, free prostitutes. Demanding that the priest be held accountable under Art.

We publish the report of Olga Sibireva from the collection “Secularism, Secularism, religiosity: historical, legal, philosophical and ideological aspects (materials of the International scientific-practical conference October 23-25, 2019, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)”, earlier published on the ReligioPolis portal . Anti-extremist legislation for many years years is one of the main instruments for restricting freedom of conscience in Russia.

Accusation under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code was brought against 77-year-old Vladimir Filippov. On April 6, 2020 it became known that on March 18, 2020 in Nadezhdinsky district of Primorsky Krai was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization activities of an extremist organization) to Vladimir Filippov in 1943 birth. He is accused of organizing the activities of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Razdolnoe village. Case under Art.

On April 6, 2020, a guest lecturer at the University of Vienna, an expert on extremist organizations Anton Shekhovtsov gave commentary to the SOVA Center on the recognition in the United States of the Russian ultra-right organization "Russian Imperial Movement" (RID) Stanislav Vorobyov - terrorist. I support US State Department decision. After the United Right March in Charlottesville On August 11 and 12, 2017, discussions about the threat of right-wing terrorism.

In Moscow, police detained a singer who was going to work Orthodox church, despite her certificate of an employee of a religious organizations. A notice was sent to the rector of the temple about the inadmissibility of violating the regime self-isolation. On April 5, 2020, it became known that in Moscow the police detained the chanter of the Church of the Epiphany in Kitai-Gorod when she was going to the service.