On April 12, 2020, a report was published on activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation for 2019 year. One of the sections of the report is devoted to the protection of the right to freedom of conscience and religion. In the report , in particular, it is reported that “ in 2019, the Commissioner received 1889 appeals on freedom of conscience and religion, including 56 collective. This is 32% less than in 2018.

Two residents of the Krasnodar Territory are suspected of membership in a satanic organization. April 11, 2020 it became known about the initiation of a criminal cases against a resident of the Krasnodar Territory and his sister. Both are charged with part 2 Art. 280 (public calls for extremist activities with using the Internet), and to her, in addition, part 5 of Art. 33 (complicity in crime).

In mid-April 2020, the Judicial Department The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation published statistics on the application of Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the law on freedom conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations) in 2019. IN during the year, 388 cases were considered under this article, which is slightly less than a year earlier (419).

The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation statistics on the application of articles of the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses for 2019. We provide information regarding application of the provisions on public speech and prohibited organizations, on distribution of prohibited materials and symbols.

On suspicion of involvement in the destruction of the stupa in Krasnoyarsk village, the police detained a local resident. against her initiated a criminal case on vandalism. On April 15, 2020, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of an act of vandalism in the village of Sukhaya, Emelyanovskiy District, Krasnoyarsk Territory. The case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by religious hatred).