The State Duma is considering a bill giving religious organization the right to use in its full name the names "Russia", "Russian Federation" and their derivatives. May 19, 2021 State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society, issues of public and religious associations recommended to take into account the second reading of the draft amendments to the laws "On non-commercial organizations" and "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations".

Bazhenov was sent to Ukraine, where he lived as a child. May 19, 2021 a follower of the teachings of the Witnesses Jehovah Konstantin Bazhenov was deported to Ukraine and arrived in Kramatorsk, where met with his wife Irina, to whom the law enforcement agencies had no claims: she had to leave Russia to reunite with her husband. on parole Earlier, on May 5, Bazhenov was released from a colony in Dimitrovgrad, where he was serving a sentence under Part 1 of Art.

Rustam Seidkuliev was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. On May 20, 2021, the Leninsky District Court of Saratov found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) of Jehovah's Witness Rustam Seidkuliev. The court sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison in a penal colony with a year of restriction of liberty upon release.

Four believers from Chekhov are accused of continuing the activities of the banned community. May 19, 2021 in the Chekhov City court of the Moscow Region held a debate in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri and Zinaida Krutyakov, Konstantin Zherebtsov and Vitaly Nikiforov. Consideration cases began in January 2021; believers are accused of 1, 1.1, 2 st.

Four believers are accused of continuing the activities of the banned community. On May 18, 2021, the Industrial District Court of Kursk held a debate in the criminal case of Jehovah's Witnesses Andrei Andreev, Andrei Ryshkov and spouses Alevtina and Artem Bagratyan, who are charged under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization or participation in it) in the continuation of the activities of a prohibited community.

A case has been opened on participation in the activities of a banned organization. On May 20, 2021, the Investigative Committee of the TFR for the Saratov Region announced initiation of a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in activities extremist organization) against a 50-year-old resident of the Saratov region, who is accused of involvement in the activities of a banned religious Association "Tablighi Jamaat".

Alexey Fedorov was brought to justice under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offences. On May 18, 2021, the Kemerovo District Court of the Kemerovo Region under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (incitement of hatred) and Part 1 of Art.

On May 17, 2021, it became known that in Yaroslavl the land the plot, previously transferred from municipal property to church property, was transferred two companies. In 2016 and 2017, the plot on Tveritskaya embankment 12,338 square meters It was put up for auction three times, but no buyers were found. After that, the then mayor of Yaroslavl Vladimir Sleptsov ordered to transfer this land to the ownership of the Yaroslavl diocese.