There was a debate on the case of Artur Lokhvitsky, accused of participating in the activities of a banned community. December 29, 2020 in the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region held a debate on the case of Jehovah's Witness Artur Lokhvitsky, accused under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization). He is currently under bail.

On December 29, 2020, a case was initiated against the former schema-abbot Sergius (Romanov) under Part 3 of Art. 110.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (on inducement to suicide). Previously, cases had already been brought against him under Part 3 of Article 148 (violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion) and Art. 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (arbitrariness). Case under Part 3 of Art.

On December 28, 2020, the federal list of extremist materials. The list was supplemented by a poem with attacks against the Ossetians, a number of materials from the newspaper "Vladimirskaya Rus", two recordings of songs by T. Mutsuraev and the site of the "Russian Republic of Rus". Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials of December 28, 2020.

December 29, 2020 diocesan church the court decided on the eruption from the rank of protodeacon Andrey Kuraev. The reason was the publication of Kuraev in the "Live magazine” dated April 21, 2020 about the deceased from coronavirus infection Archpriest Alexander Ageikin. The court considered it offensive and saw in it blasphemy against the Russian Orthodox Church.

On the night of December 29, 2020, riot police and the National Guard entered the Sredneuralsky Convent in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves.” The confessor of this monastery, the former schema-abbot Sergius (Romanov), previously banned from serving and excommunicated , was detained and taken to Moscow. A search was carried out on the territory of the monastery.

The prosecutor asks 77-year-old Vladimir Filippov to be given six and a half years in prison. On December 29, 2020, in the Nadezhdinsky District Court a debate was held of the Primorsky Territory in the case of Vladimir Filippov, a 77-year-old follower of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).