In Crimea, a sentence was passed in the case of a resident of Kerch for inciting hatred on the Internet, possession and transportation of TNT and explosives. In January 2018, the Kerch City Court of the Republic of Crimea issued a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred), part 1 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code (illegal storage and transportation of ammunition) and Part 1 of Art.

Professor of Moscow State University refused to take an exam from a student in a kippah and suggested that the young man take off headdress or leave the audience. The student was forced to look for another teacher to take the exam. January 22, 2018 Professor Vyacheslav Baburin, Head Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia, Faculty of Geography Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, refused to take a geography exam from one of the students, because he was wearing a kippah.

The court sentenced to seven years in prison a resident of Kazan, recognized guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization - Hizb ut-Tahrir". On January 19, 2018, the Volga District Military Court, at an offsite hearing in the Kazan Garrison Military Court, found Ramil Gataullin, a resident of Kazan, guilty under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization).

On January 19, 2018, in addition to Moscow , in several cities of Russia, actions were held in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed in 2009. Three events were held in St. Petersburg that day. An unauthorized march in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova took place on Nevsky Prospekt, in which 25 people participated. Despite the fact that the action was not approved, no one was detained.

In Ufa, a case has been opened against a 43-year-old local resident for xenophobic publications on the VKontakte social network. In January 2018, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan initiated a criminal case against a 43-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

The retired bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Evtikhy (Kurochkin), called not to vote for V. Putin because he compared Lenin in the mausoleum with the relics of saints. On January 15, 2018, retired Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Evtikhiy (Kurochkin) on his VKontakte page called on people not to vote for V. Putin in the upcoming presidential elections. The bishop was outraged by the president's statement about the similarity of Lenin's mummy to the relics of saints.

Order published Roskomnadzor, designed to provide a ban on search engines to issue links to information prohibited for distribution in Russia. On January 16, 2018, was published the approved order Roskomnadzor No. 229 dated November 7, 2017 on the procedure for control and the list of measures to ensure that operators comply with search systems of requirements to stop issuing information about Internet resources, access to which is limited on the territory of Russia.

, was attacked in Moscow On January 19, 2018, an activist of the Left Bloc, who was returning from an anti-fascist march . On January 19, 2018, in Moscow, near the Domodedovskaya metro station, three unknown young people attacked Ilya S., an activist of the Left Bloc, who was returning from an anti-fascist march in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed in 2009. They shouted at the activist in the back "...