Changes will be made to the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation." On May 23, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which those convicted under certain anti-extremist and related articles will be prohibited from running for legislative and representative bodies for five years after the conviction is expunged or extinguished. The State Duma adopted it on May 13.

The Old Believer community of Saratov was transferred to free use of the building of the Kazan (Gorinskaya) church. Formerly authorities refused to give this temple to the Old Believers. On May 25, 2020 it became known that the mayor of Saratov signed an order on the transfer for free use of the Samara and Saratov diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, the building of the former Kazan (Gorinsky) church on Chernyshevsky street.

On May 24, 2020 it became known that the user of Instagram and TikTok Yana Leonova (webdevka) went to the police with a complaint about the death threats she received after posting videos of she appears as a Catholic nun. Videos are erotic in nature. In addition to the nun, a certain “holy father” appears in them, whose role is played by also Yana Leonova. After posting these videos The user of the social network began to receive death threats.