KGIOP decided to allocate to St. Petersburg religious subsidies for organizations to carry out work on the preservation of cultural objects heritage. October 19, 2020 Committee on State control, use and protection of historical and cultural monuments of St. Petersburg issued an order to provide religious organizations with competitive subsidies for the implementation of conservation activities cultural heritage.

On October 21, 2020 it became known that in Astrakhan prosecuted for "illegal" missionary work 32-year-old citizen Turkey. He was sentenced to a fine and deportation from the Russian Federation. In addition, management on migration issues, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Astrakhan region found that when registering for migration, he provided incorrect information about himself. Behind He, too, was brought to administrative responsibility.

The Strasbourg court will consider the complaint of Yegor Zhukov, convicted under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code for videos about non-violent methods of resistance. On October 22, 2020, it became known that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) registered the complaint of the convict under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity committed on the Internet) by Yegor Zhukov.

In October 2020, in the city of Yalta of the Republic of Crimea, a criminal case was initiated on the rehabilitation of Nazism in connection with the publications of a local resident on the social network. In October 2020, in the city of Yalta of the Republic of Crimea, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (rehabilitation of Nazism).

A case was initiated against the activist under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and 280 of the Criminal Code. On October 19, 2020, it became known that the Krasnogorsk City Court of the Moscow Region arrested the activist, military colonel in the reserve Mikhail Shendakov, changing his measure of restraint from undertaking not to leave. A case was initiated against him under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred towards a social group) and Part 2 of Art.

On October 21, 2020, in Vladivostok, the SOVA center held a discussion about countering extremism in Russia and in the world. Director of "Sova" Alexander Verkhovsky in his presentation spoke about how the anti-extremist legislation in Europe, America and Russia. Center expert Natalia Yudina dwelled on the dynamics of hate crimes and talked about how developed anti-extremist law enforcement in Russia from 2004 to 2020 gg.

In October 2020, in Samara, a 35-year-old local resident, who was found guilty of publicly calling for xenophobic violence, was sentenced to 2 years in prison on probation by a court on probation. In October 2020, it became known that a verdict was passed in Samara in the case of public incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

The VKontakte administration removed posts about a small uncoordinated rally in Irkutsk at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. On October 22, 2020, the Irkutsk movement "New Russia - a Free Country" reported that on October 9, the administration of the VKontakte social network removed 10 entries from the movement's community.

On October 22, 2020, it became known that the residents of Kostroma organized a collection of signatures for a petition against the construction of the Church of the Intercession on Sverdlov Street, the laying of which took place on October 14. Opponents of construction, residents of nearby houses, consider the neighborhood with the church uncomfortable, they are afraid of noise and bell ringing. In addition, local residents believe that this place should have parking for cars.