In Rostov-on-Don, a court fined a Baptist church and its pastor a total of 800,000 rubles for misuse of a site. On December 19, 2017 it became known that in Rostov-on-Don the court fined the local Evangelical Baptist Church and its leader. The court held that the Baptists had illegally used a plot of 2 thousand square meters on the street. Lermontovskaya.

On December 18, 2017, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sent 49-year-old Mikhail Boldenkov to compulsory treatment for distributing leaflets "The last warning to the people of Israel (To avoid the wrath of God, be prudent!)" during the picket. On December 18, 2017, M. Boldenkov, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found 49-year-old woodcarver Mikhail Boldenkov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The Nizhnekamsk City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan fined the owner of the Planet Clothes Shoes store, which sold children's down jackets with a swastika. On December 18, 2017, the Nizhnekamsk City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan ruled under Part 2 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols).

In the Samara region, a resident of Tolyatti was convicted for xenophobic materials on a social network. In December 2017, the Avtozavodsky District Court of the city of Togliatti, Samara Region, delivered a verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 282 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, a case was initiated on the creation of a religious organization "Elle-Ayat", followers of which prefer viewing the sun to official medicine, drinking tea and reading books. On December 19, 2017, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated in Moscow cases under Part 1 of Art. 239 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation of a non-profit organization infringing on identity and rights of citizens).

In Orel, public hearings were held on the transfer of the House children's creativity for the construction of the Spiritual Center. Hearing participants opposed such a transfer. On December 18, 2017, public hearings were held in Orel on the issue of transferring the House of Children's Creativity to the Russian Orthodox Church for organization of a spiritual center in its place.

The Ministry of Justice of Tatarstan is trying to seize from a local organization Jehovah's Witnesses building, about which believers know nothing. In mid-December 2017, it became known that the Arbitration the court of the Republic of Tatarstan considers the claim of the Ministry of Justice against the Witnesses Jehovah of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsk region on the seizure of property.

In Moscow, the court arrested the leader SERB movement Igor Beketov and movement activists Oksana Shkoda and Yury Goroshko for disrupting the screening of the film "Flight of a Bullet" dedicated to the war in the Ukrainian Donbass at the "Artdocfest" festival.