On April 7, 2026, the Stupino City Court of the Moscow Region dismissed the case of “illegal missionary” against the city’s Muslim community. Previously, the magistrate court found a local Muslim religious organization not guilty under Part 4 of Art.

The number of banned LGBT projects is growing rapidly. On April 22, 2026, the Zavodsky District Court of Orel recognized the media resource “Guys+” as an extremist organization. Previously, the regional department of the Russian Ministry of Justice filed a corresponding lawsuit with the court - the materials were registered on February 3, and on April 7 a preliminary hearing on the case was held.

A local resident became involved in a criminal case due to several online publications. On April 9, 2026, it became known that the Iriston interdistrict investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for North Ossetia opened a criminal case against a local resident under Part 4 of Art.

On March 11, 2026, it became known that a 42-year-old resident of the Abinsky district of the Krasnodar Territory was prosecuted for “illegal missionary work.” He was fined under Part 4 of Art. 5.26 of the Administrative Code (carrying out missionary activities in violation of the legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations) for organizing a prayer room in his own house and holding religious meetings there and reading sermons.

On March 26, 2026, the Sovetsky District Court of Omsk fined local resident Sergei Konovalov for republishing materials from a recognized undesirable religious organization. The court found Konovalov, a parishioner of the “Source of Life” Church of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals), guilty under Art.

The reason was comments on Telegram. On April 8, 2026, the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Irkutsk Region reported the detention of a suspect under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public justification of terrorism) and Part 4 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (desecration of symbols of Russia’s military glory, insult to the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, committed on the Internet).

A young resident of the region is accused of disrespect for the day of military glory in a post published on May 10, 2025. On April 9, 2026, the prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region announced that it had approved an indictment in the case of a resident of the Slobodo-Turinsky district, born in 2006, under Part 4 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code (distribution of information about the days of military glory of Russia, committed on the Internet, expressing obvious disrespect for society).

He was fined 15 thousand rubles. On March 20, 2026, the Novouralsk City Court fined 15 thousand rubles under Art. 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) to Nikita Sirbu. The court considered two cases against Sirbu, initiated in the prosecutor's office of Novouralsk based on materials from the FSB Directorate, combining them into one proceeding.

On April 8, 2026, it became known that in the Mega Park in the city of Kudrovo, Leningrad Region, a woman and her daughter shouted xenophobic insults at two girls who came from Ulan-Ude. The girls decided to film themselves with strollers when a woman approached them and began accusing their friends of “overloading her social infrastructure,” threatening and calling them names.

On March 31, 2026, a bill prepared by the government “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (regarding improved control over non-cash payments)” was submitted to the State Duma for consideration. The bill, in particular, obliges religious organizations with an income of more than one million rubles per month to use cash registers. In accordance with current legislation, religious organizations are exempt from using cash registers.

Sergei Shmakov was fined 350 thousand rubles under Art. 282.3 Criminal Code for one donation. On April 9, 2026, the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg fined 350 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing the activities of an extremist organization) by Sergei Shmakov.