A 19-year-old resident of the Bryansk region was sentenced to three years in prison for attacking a homeless man. In March 2021, the Bezhitsky District Court of Bryansk sentenced a 19-year-old resident of the city under paragraphs. "a", "b" part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed with the use of violence, motivated by hatred against any social group) and subparagraphs “e”, “h”, part 2 of Art.

State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and of religious associations approved amendments to the law finalized for the second reading "On freedom of conscience". Amendments concerning the re-certification of the clergy, finalized taking into account the wishes of religious organizations. Others that drew criticism amendments are left unchanged.

A resident of Kuzbass is accused of justifying the terrorist attack in the city of Christchurch.

On March 17, 2021, one of the far-right telegram channels spread the news that anti-fascist Anton “Bomzh” Sokolov had been attacked in St. Petersburg. According to the far right, Sokolov desecrated the grave of Dmitry Borovikov . According to another version, the grave was desecrated three or four years ago, and there is no photo of Sokolov confirming this event. The beating video shows the anti-fascist being knocked down and kicked to death.

The state prosecutor requested a real term for a Jehovah's Witness from Minusinsk, accused under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On March 16, 2021, in the Minusinsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, during the debate on the case of Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Maslov, the public prosecutor asked to sentence him to six years in a penal colony. Maslov is charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).

Members of the "Black Bloc" Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov were convicted of participation in an extremist community and hooliganism. On March 17, 2021, members of the Black Bloc Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov were sentenced in Moscow. Depending on the role of each, they are found guilty. The court sentenced Vorobyov and Nikitin under Part 2 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist community), part 2 of Art.

The European Court of Human Rights is asking Russia if the media should call foreign organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses extremist. On February 15, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated the case "MEMO LLC and Shvedov v. Russia", which combined five complaints against sanctions against the Kavkazsky Knot online publication initiated by Roskomnadzor. The case was published on March 8. One complaint concerns the mention of Jehovah's Witnesses on the website.

On March 16, 2021, it became known that the head of the St. Petersburg Property Relations Committee, Leonid Kulakov, signed an order to transfer the second floor of the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Russian Orthodox Church. These premises were previously occupied by the Museum of Urban Sculpture.

In Saratov, Nazi skinheads stabbed and beaten a native of Dagestan. On March 17, 2021, far-right telegram channels spread the news that in Saratov, Nazi skinheads stabbed and beat an 18-year-old native of Dagestan with an awl. It is reported that the reason for the attack was that a native of Dagestan refused to pay money in a taxi, and "three nationalists were passing by" who intervened in what was happening. One of the attackers poked the victim with an awl, and two kicked him.

The deputies decided to strengthen the criminal liability for the rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet, introduce penalties for "insulting the memory" of veterans and expand the administrative liability of legal entities. On March 17, 2021, the State Duma adopted in the third reading a package of amendments to increase responsibility for the rehabilitation of Nazism. Two bills - on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) and Art.