The Russian Orthodox Church divided opinion on the admissibility of the image Stalin in the main temple of the Armed Forces in the Patriot park near Moscow. On May 3, 2020 it became known about the publication open letter to Patriarch Kirill, the authors of which ask "to take measures to overcome the grave temptation and prevent the image of Stalin in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ - the main temple of the Armed forces of Russia.

Due to the increase in the number of administrative cases under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production and distribution of prohibited materials), we combine such cases into a single list for each month. On May 22, 2020, the Tyulgansky District Court of the Orenburg Region fined local resident Ivan Melnikov 1,000 rubles for posting a banned audio clip on a social network.

On May 6, 2020, the federal list was updated extremist materials. The list was supplemented by an audio recording of the Yarovit group with nationalistic content and an illustration in a popular science book "inciting hatred against Russians." Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated May 6, 2020 5026.

28 April 2020, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report status freedom of conscience and religion in the world. Russia was again included in list of countries where the right to this freedom is violated.

After the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code in the Code of Administrative Offenses, a new article appeared - 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). We collect the resolutions issued on it into a single list on a monthly basis. - On May 13, 2020, the Prigorodny District Court of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania ordered local resident I.

A resident of the city of Uchaly fined under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On May 6, 2020, it became known that in Bashkortostan the Uchalinsky District Court under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials) fined R. Bagautdinov for one thousand rubles.

A resident of Novosibirsk published an image with the abbreviation Housing and Public Utilities, where the letter "X" was replaced by a swastika. April 23, 2020 in Novosibirsk, the Central District Court under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses fined a local resident named Tsyganov for one thousand rubles.

A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. In early May 2020, it became known that another criminal case was initiated in the Krasnodar Territory under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code in relation to followers of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. On April 29, 2020, FSB officers searched at least nine houses in two villages – Pavlovskaya and Kholmskaya.

Dismantled in the main temple of the Armed Forces image of Putin. Images of other politicians, including Stalin, remained. April 30, 2020 it became known about the dismantling of the mosaic images of Vladimir Putin in the main temple of the Armed Forces in the Moscow region Patriot Park. A few days before this, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the president is aware of the image and believes that it is still too early to evaluate his work in this way.