On January 19, 2018, a traditional procession was held in Moscow in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova killed in 2009. The action was coordinated with the Moscow mayor's office. According to the observers of the SOVA Center, 450-480 people took part in it - more than a year earlier .

January 18, 2018 in Samara arrested a 25-year-old suspect of stabbing police officers and publications on the Internet of texts inciting religious hatred. January 18, 2018 in Samara by employees law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan detained a 25-year-old suspected of attempting the lives of two law enforcement officers authorities (Article 317 of the Criminal Code) and inciting religious hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In January 2018, it became known that in the closed city of Sarov Nizhny Novgorod region to 2 years in prison conditionally the court sentenced a local resident Artem Lipshev, who was found guilty of posting xenophobic materials on a social network. In January 2018, it became known that in the closed city of Sarov Nizhny Novgorod region was sentenced in the case of initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

Experts from St. Petersburg State University did not find an insult to the feelings of believers in the feature film "Matilda" by Alexei Uchitel. January 18, 2018 it became known that the experts of St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) did not find in the feature film "Matilda" by Alexei Uchitel "signs of the objective side of the crime under Article 148 of the Criminal Code”.

In January 2018, in the city of Pechora of the Komi Republic, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 38-year-old local resident, suspected of publishing certain xenophobic materials on the social network and comments to them. In January 2018, in the city of Pechora of the Komi Republic, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate).

At a court hearing in the case of a poet from Krom, who is accused of inciting hatred towards Russians, the prosecutor demanded that the dissemination of information about the progress of the trial be stopped. January 17, 2018 at a meeting on the case of the poet from the village of Kromy Alexander Byvshev in Trosnyansky district court of the Oryol region, the prosecutor of the Kromsky district said that against defendant initiated another criminal case - this time under Art.

One of the accused, Dmitry Dzhigalov, is under recognizance not to leave the place, the other, Oleg Semenov, has been under arrest since the fall. The Sudak City Court extended his detention until February. On January 17, 2018, the Sudak City Court extended until February 20 the period of detention of local activist Oleg Semenov, a member of the public association Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Republic of Crimea.

A round table "Russian sectarianism in the focus of religious studies" was held in Tambov. January 19, 2018 in Tambov took place round table "Russian sectarianism in the focus of religious studies". Event organizers - Center for Religious and Ethnopolitical Studies Leningrad State University. A.S. Pushkin, Faculty of History, World Politics and sociology Tambov State University. G.R. Derzhavin and the Russian Religious Society.

In January 2018 in the city of Ukhta Republic of Komi to 1 year of imprisonment conditionally, the court sentenced a 68-year-old local resident found guilty of publishing a xenophobic comment in Internet. In January 2018 in the city of Ukhta Republic of Komi was sentenced in the case of initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

In January 2018, it became known that in the city of Sobinka Vladimirskaya region, the case against local resident D., accused of publications on the social network VKontakte of a certain xenophobic audio clip. In January 2018, it became known that in the city of Sobinka Vladimirskaya region, an investigation into the case of inciting ethnic hatred was completed (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). A local resident D.

In January 2018 it became it is known that in the Lagansky district of the Republic of Kalmykia, the court fined a 20-year-old local resident, finding him guilty of posting a banned audio recording on a social network. In January 2018, it became known that in the Lagansky district of the Republic of Kalmykia, administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of prohibited materials).