In the Penza region, the world court fined the head religious group for "illegal" missionary work. On June 1, 2018, it became known about the fine imposed on head of a religious group in the Gorodishchensky district of the Penza region. This was preceded by a prosecutor's check, during which The district prosecutor's office initiated a case against the pastor under Part 4 of Art.

The Oryol Regional Court toughened the sentence for the poet Byvshev, but set off the sentence served in the previous case. On May 30, 2018, the Oryol Regional Court changed the sentence handed down by the Kromsky District Court against local poet Alexander Byvshev.

In the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, a court found a 47-year-old local resident guilty of posting a xenophobic video on a social network. On July 19, 2018, it became known that in the city of Cheboksary, Chuvashskaya Republic A 47-year-old local resident was found guilty of inciting a national and religious hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The Kalininsky District Court sentenced the man to 6 months of corrective labor.

The Fare network and SOVA Center for Information and Analysis have released report "Discriminatory incidents in Russian football 2017 – 2018."There were 80 racist and far-right incidents at Russian games in the season of 2017/18, according to our new data. Download the report on either the Fare or the SOVA Center website .

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan sentenced Ruslan Arkhipov (Khialeev), Roman Khalilov, Rostislav Malakhov and Adel Askarov to real prison terms. On June 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan issued a verdict in the case of four far-right activists: 22-year-old Ruslan Arkhipov (formerly Khialeev), 19-year-old Roman Khalilov, Rostislav Malakhov and Adel Askarov. On October 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia confirmed this decision.

The case of an Ingush opposition leader, accused of inciting hostility towards the leadership of the republic, insulting a representative of the authorities and illegal possession of weapons, has been submitted to the court. On June 1, 2018, it became known that a criminal case against opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev had been transferred to the Nazranovsky District Court of Ingushetia. This was announced by the lawyer of the international human rights group "Agora" Andrey Sabinin.

A resident of Gorno-Altaisk found it offensive believers selling brooms from juniper, a plant revered by the Altaians. MP State Duma Rodion Bukachakov supported the voter, but the problem has not yet been solved Maybe. On May 28, 2018, a resident of Gorno-Altaisk complained to a deputy of the State Duma from United Russia to Rodion Bukachakov for sale on the market brooms for a bath from a juniper.

In a new criminal case, three Jehovah's Witnesses were detained in Magadan, and one in Khabarovsk. On May 30, 2018, three Jehovah's Witnesses were detained in Magadan: 31-year-old Konstantin Petrov, 41-year-old Yevgeny Zyablov, and 65-year-old Sergei Yerkin. On the same day, 39-year-old Ivan Puyda was detained in Khabarovsk in the framework of the same criminal case. It is being investigated in Magadan under Art.

The SOVA Center has no information about people affected by May 2018 from racist and neo-Nazi motivated attacks. Total, by preliminary data, in the first five months of 2018 from such attacks in Russia killed 3 people and injured at least 5 people in Moscow, Petersburg, Kursk and Moscow regions. (This statistic does not include victims of incidents that occurred in the republics of the North Caucasus and in the Crimea).

We publish an overview of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in May 2018. Prosecution for inciting hatred and opposition statements On May 24, the Sudak City Court found local activists of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Dmitry Dzhigalov and Oleg Semenov guilty under Part 1 of Art.

The decision of the Prokhladnensky District Court to block four resources of Jehovah's Witnesses has been cancelled. On May 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic overturned the decision of the Prokhladnensky District Court to block four websites of Jehovah's Witnesses, including jw-russia.org. The proceedings have been terminated.

On June 1, 2018, it became known that in Stavropol, the court sentenced a 26-year-old local to 2 years in prison resident Aleksey Elagin, who was found guilty of publishing xenophobic materials in the social network "VKontakte". On June 1, 2018, it became known that in The Stavropol court delivered a verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 of Art. 1 st. 282 of the Criminal Code).