 In November 2018, on the eve of Solovyov's arrival for a creative evening at the Lensovet Palace of Culture, a picket was held in St. Petersburg against him, in which activists were detained.In May 2019, during protests in Yekaterinburg against the construction of the temple square at the Drama Theater, Vladimir Solovyov called people protesting against the cathedral “demons” and “devils”, and promised to visit the city to purge them..Activists began to file lawsuits.