In Moscow, Sochi, and Tyumen, six people suspected of multiple murders were detained. In December 2020, the main investigation departments of Moscow, Sochi, and Tyumen detained Andrey Kail, Alexander Lysenkov (aka Lysiy, “bald” in Russian), Maxim Khotulev, Pavel Khrulev (Myshkin), Alexey Gudilin, and Semyon Tokmakov (Bus) on suspicion of committing a series of “especially grave crimes, including murders of immigrants from Central Asia” in the early 2000s.

The court re-examined the case of Vladislav Shulga and fined him under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On December 25, 2020, it became known that in the Rostov Region, the Taganrog City Court re-examined the administrative case of Vladislav Shulga, a former employee of the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G. M. Beriev, and fined him under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting social hatred) for 10 thousand rubles.

A local resident is accused under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code. On December 25, 2020, it became known that in the Saratov region, a criminal case was initiated against a resident of Balakovo under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism on the Internet).

In Orel, the townspeople oppose the construction of a temple on the site of the Pobeda cinema. On December 25, 2020, it became known that the residents of Orel oppose the construction of a temple on the site of the Pobeda cinema, which was bought out by a local businessman in the summer of 2020. Orthodox activists, in turn, call the protesters provocateurs and “Soviet atheists.” Currently, the cinema building is under guard as an architectural monument.