The bill of the Supreme Court establishes, in particular, the procedure for recognizing materials as extremist and banning materials on the Internet. On February 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Russia submitted to the State Duma a draft law "On Amendments to the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, the Code of Administrative Procedure of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation".

Activists of the “volunteer” movement held a picket in Astrakhan against the initiative Baptists. Local issue of "Vesti" for this occasion released an "anti-sectarian" report. From the Astrakhan edition of the Vesti program dated February 5, 2018 year it became known that in Astrakhan there was a picket of an unnamed "Astrakhan volunteer movement” in front of the building of the community of initiative Baptists.

In Samara, a criminal case has been initiated against a 25-year-old local resident for publications on the VKontakte social network. The suspect was detained by the FSB. On February 1, 2018, a criminal case was initiated in Samara under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) against a local resident (born in 1992). He was detained by the FSB.

In the Tambov region, the prosecutor's office and the Federal Property Management Agency appealed to the court, demanding to invalidate the agreement on the transfer of the Swedish organization property of Jehovah's Witnesses for its further withdrawal in favor of the state.

A resident of Krasnoyarsk, who posted a picture with Easter cake and eggs, which the prosecutor's office regarded as a phallic symbol, won a case for non-pecuniary damages. On February 8, 2018, the Soviet District Court of Krasnoyarsk satisfied a lawsuit filed by VKontakte user Irina Kudinova for compensation for non-pecuniary damage and court costs and decided to recover from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation 22,780 rubles.

Natalya Telegina from Barnaul was sentenced to a suspended sentence for eight publications on the social network. Although among them was a post of racist content, we doubt the validity of the criminal prosecution of a neo-pagan woman. On February 8, 2018, the Altai Regional Court upheld the conviction against Natalya Telegina, lawyer Alexei Bushmakov said on Facebook.

In Vladivostok, the prosecutor's office considered discrimination a sign on the door of the Center for Societies for Krishna Consciousness, which forbids entry to non-Vaishnavism. An administrative case has been filed. On January 10, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok opened a case under Art.

The court dropped the charge of inciting religious hatred against Anton Ushachev, but found him guilty of vandalism and insulting the feelings of believers. On February 8, 2018, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court of Tatarstan passed a sentence on 20-year-old Anton Ushachev, who was accused of making offensive inscriptions on the fence near the Borovets Church of the Holy Ascension Archbishop's Metochion and near a spring.

A resident of the city of Chernyakhovsk fined under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for publishing a swastika on a social network . On February 8, 2018, in the Kaliningrad region, the Chernyakhovsky city court found Dmitry Grundan guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. According to the case file, Grundan published materials depicting Nazi symbols on his page on the social network.

In the Chelyabinsk region, the case of a resident of Zlatoust was brought to court for a song on a social network. In February 2018, the Zlatoust prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the criminal case of a local resident accused under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

In Zelenograd, the case of an 18-year-old student of the Humanitarian College of the Russian State Humanitarian University was brought to court for xenophobic materials on the VKontakte social network. At the beginning of 2018, in Zelenograd, the case of an 18-year-old student of the Humanitarian College of the Russian State Humanitarian University under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) was brought to court.

The Supreme Court ordered the mayor's office of Novosibirsk to extradite the Mormon community permission to build a temple on a plot purchased in 2014. officials announced that they would delay the implementation of this decision.

Here we publish comments from the authors of “Owl”, dedicated to the problems of the relationship between religion, society and the state, published on other sites. Comments from 2017 can be viewed here , 2016 - here , 2015 - here , 2014 - here . For earlier ones, see the "Publications" section. The comments are listed in reverse chronological order: Russia's religions came under special surveillance by the State Department . Commentary by Alexander Verkhovsky // NG-Religions. 2018. December 18.

In the Chelyabinsk region, in one of the stores in the village of Magdagachi, thermal stickers with Nazi symbols were sold. In February 2018, in the Chelyabinsk region, one of the stores in the village of Magdagachi sold stickers with a swastika. Photos with thermal stickers on the counter and a receipt for the purchase of one of them were sent to the local media. The administration of the Magdagachinsky district confirmed the fact of the sale. The store was inspected by the police.