The media are blocked for disseminating information that, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, is unreliable or contains calls for extremism. With the start of Russia's "special military operation" on the territory of Ukraine, Russian media (including those previously recognized as "foreign agents") and socio-political resources faced massive claims from state bodies. Roskomnadzor has begun blocking at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office in accordance with Art.

The Chelyabinsk diocese warned about the activation of the “Ukrainian sect" by Olga Asaulyak, who performs the function of the "fifth column" in Russia. On March 4, 2022, the missionary department of the Chelyabinsk diocese announced on the activation of the “esoteric psycho-cult created in Ukraine “School of a unified principle”, headed by Olga Asaulyak.

March 5, 2022 it became known about damage to four worship crosses in the Moscow region: in the village of Fryanovo and the villages of Golovino and Mavrino, Shchelkovsky District. The act of vandalism allegedly took place March 3rd to 4th. Damaged crosses belong to John the Baptist temple and the temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. In fact, the incident was initiated criminal case under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism).

A resident of Mari El was convicted for comments on the VKontakte social network. On February 22, 2022, the Central District Military Court (permanent judicial presence in Samara) fined 330 thousand rubles under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorist activities on the Internet) and Part 2 Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity on the Internet) of a resident of Yoshkar-Ola.

On March 5, 2022, Dmitry Sotnikov, the creator of the Telegram channel, was arrested in Moscow on suspicion of supporting the organization M.K.U., banned in the Russian Federation. A criminal case has been initiated against him under part 2 of p. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (calls for extremist activities). . Sources Illegal activity of M.K.U. supporter stopped in Moscow // No extremism. 2022. March 3. In Moscow, the creator of the Telegram channel was arrested... // Telegram. 2022. March 3.

Investigative actions in the offices of human rights organizations took place in the case of Bakhrom Khamroev, accused under Art. 205.2 CC. On March 4, 2022, searches were carried out in Moscow at the offices of Memorial International and the Memorial Human Rights Center, as well as the Civic Assistance Committee.

Former technical director of the channel Daniel Kholodny was arrested under Art. 282.1 CC. On March 4, 2022, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow took into custody on charges of participation in an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) the former technical director of the Navalny LIVE YouTube channel, Daniel Kholodny. He became a defendant in the joint case of Alexei Navalny himself and his supporters.

Another supporter of M.K.U. was detained in the Ryazan region. On March 5, 2022, the Federal Security Service in the Ryazan Region announced that a Russian citizen born in 2004, a supporter of the MKU group, had been detained. It is reported that the detainee was involved "in the administration ...