The case of Roman and Valentina Baranovsky, accused under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code, returned to the investigation. In May, it became known that on April 14, 2020, the First Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic of Khakassia refused to approve the indictment in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Roman and Valentina Baranovsky.

The case of a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, initiated back in 2018, has reached the court. May 7, 2020 and. O. The prosecutor of the Pervorechensky district of Vladivostok approved the indictment in the case of Yelena Barmakina, a follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. The case has been sent to court. Barmakina is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Voronezh Lutheran parish could not challenge in court the decision to withdraw the church building in favor of the state. In January 2020 Evangelical Lutheran the parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Voronezh turned into the Nineteenth arbitration court with an appeal against the decision of the court to withdraw from the community church building in favor of the state. In May, the court of appeal did not satisfied the claim of the parish and left the decision to withdraw the building in force.

The Birobidzhan court is considering the cases of Elena Reino-Chernyshova, Larisa Artamonova, Yulia Kaganovich and Svetlana Monis, accused under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. As we learned in May 2020, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region (JAO) is considering four cases of followers of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

On May 13, 2020, the URA.ru website reported that in Kurgan for violation of the regime of self-isolation, foreign citizens - "Mormons" were detained. Edition accused them of collecting information about dead Russians and transferring this information to foreign special services. Representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints was required to refute false information. On May 13, 2020, the URA.ru website reported the arrest of two people in Kurgan isolation violators.