18 January 2013, two Muslims, named Shahzod Salimov, born 1986, and Rahmatulloh Mahmudov, born 1988, were abducted from one of Moscow's mosques situated on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street after Friday's Jum'aa prayer. Later on, one of them by phone informed his friend that they have been delayed by FSB officers. He notified that he had received a prosecution by Article 282 Part 1 from the Russian Criminal Code.

06/11/2012: We have witnessed massive searches and detentions of Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow Region, approximately 40 searches. While in Ufa, 30 searches and detentions also took place. As a result more than 60 Muslims were detained on suspicion of involvement in the Islamist party Hizb-ut Tahrir. Grenades and guns were planted on some of the detainees. So far, the Russian authorities have demonstrated that Hizb-ut Tahrir has no…

We would remind you that the mosque attracted the security forces' attention in 2009 when its Imam, Rustem Safin, was sentenced to probation for his involvement in Hizb-ut Tahrir. Today Safin has an annulment of a record of conviction, but the corrupt media that hate Islam still indicate the verdict in their articles.

On 18 October 2012, President Vladimir Putin uttered words that essentially foretold of the upcoming forbiddance of hijab in schools. This ambiguous statement was announced as a reaction to a school conflict in Stavropolye between its director and Muslim parents, whose children were prohibited from entering school while dressed in hijab.