The Ministry of Justice has included the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia and 395 of their local communities on the list of organizations banned for extremism. From that moment on, ordinary believers are under the threat of criminal prosecution under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code.

In Kirov, a local resident turned to the police and the city administration with a demand to check the legality of holding Hare Krishna events in the rotunda on the embankment. On August 14, 2017, it became known that in Kirov a local The resident contacted the police and the city administration demanding check the legality of holding Hare Krishna activities in the rotunda on embankment.

On August 2, 2017, in Shimanovsk, Amur Region, police officers detained a Muslim suspected of collaborating with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On August 16, 2017 it became known that on August 2, 2017 in Shimanovsk, Amur Region, police officers detained a Muslim. Detained young the person was born in 1998 in Tajikistan, by nationality - Uzbek. During a search of his home, they found video materials and symbols of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Sources A man in Shimanovsk was suspected of links with terrorists // Amur-info.

Twenty-year-old Artem Ibragimov is accused of inciting national and religious hatred and insulting the feelings of believers. 17 August 2017, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Tatarstan reported about initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting hatred) and part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (insulting the feelings of believers) in relation to a twenty-year-old Artyom Ibragimov.