In Kaluga, on a tank in Veteranov Square, attackers painted over an inscription about Stalin and drew a swastika. In May 2021, in Kaluga, unknown persons on the turret of a T-34 tank installed in the Veterans Square painted over the image of the guards badge and the last word in the phrase “For the Motherland! For Stalin!". Instead, they painted a swastika on a plaque listing the military units that took part in the liberation of Kaluga in December 1941.

into the black man's face The assailant sprayed pepper spray . On May 16, 2021, in Novosibirsk, a young man with a pepper spray attacked a visitor walking down the street with a girl. The incident took place on Titov Street, where a young man was standing with leaflets, who looked about 17-18 years old. He tried to give the leaflet to the girl, but she did not take it, but walked past.

The retrial in court of the case of Alexander Pryanikov, Venera and Darya Dulov, charged under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On May 14, 2021, in the Karpinsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region, the debate of the parties began in the case of three Jehovah's Witnesses accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

May 16, 2021 in an interview with the Military Acceptance program TV channel "Zvezda" Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in the Russian army, there are programs to generalize and use the experience of those living in taiga and other hard-to-reach places of the peoples, to which the minister ranked and Old Believers. "Most of those who lives in the taiga, in the steppe, in the mountains, they do not survive, they live, normal a fulfilling life.

On May 17, 2021, it became known that Vladimir Putin instructed the government of the Russian Federation and the government of Crimea to assist in the completion of the construction of the cathedral mosques in Simferopol. Report Completion construction was entrusted until October 1, 2021. The opening of this mosque planned for 2020, Putin invited the president to the opening ceremony Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Skovorodinsky District Court of the Amur Region ordered Roskomnadzor to block access to the xenophobic community on the VKontakte social network. In May 2021, the Skovorodino Transport Prosecutor’s Office, during an audit, discovered a community on the VKontakte social network, where “information was posted that promotes ethnic intolerance and incites national and racial hatred.” The prosecutor's office filed a complaint with the court.

On May 14, 2021, the Fifth Court of Cassation of the General jurisdiction returned the case to the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church Kaspiysk, leaving it without consideration. September 24, 2020 Magistrate's Court of Judicial polling station No. 28 in Kaspiysk (Dagestan) fined a religious organization 30 thousand rubles under Part 3 of Art.

On May 17, 2021, the Central District Military Court in Samara ruled guilty verdict in the case of involvement in the activities of "At-Takfir Val Hijra". Two people were convicted: one for part 2 of Art. 282.2 (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) and par. 2 tbsp.

A description of the materials attached to the lawsuit to recognize the FBK, SFPG and Navalny's headquarters as extremist organizations has been published.

The Duma has prepared for the first reading amendments on the ban on being elected involved in the activities of extremist organizations. Meanwhile, Senator Andrei Klishas criticized the initiative. On May 17, 2021, the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations recommended that the draft amendments to the Federal Law "On Elections of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation" be adopted in the first reading.

The Kondopoga court is considering the case of a Jehovah's Witness accused under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On May 13, 2021, the Kondopoga City Court of the Republic of Karelia began considering the case of Jehovah's Witness Alexei Smelov, accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1, Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).