The court sentenced a Kostroma resident to a suspended sentence for publishing songs on social networks aimed at inciting religious hatred. On June 7, 2018, it became known about the guilty verdict handed down to a 31-year-old resident of the village of Krasnoe-on-Volga, Kostroma Region. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art.

June 7, 2018 wives of arrested Jehovah's Witnesses appealed to the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Human Rights with an open letter. The letter mentions 17 people arrested on charges of participating in in the activities of the extremist organization Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as numerous detentions of believers in different regions.

At the suit of the prosecutor's office, a Sochi Pentecostal was fined for preaching without permission. On June 4, 2018, it became known that in Sochi for "illegal" missionary work fined a 60-year-old local resident. The City Attorney's Office, during an investigation, found that he preached on behalf of the association of Christians of the Evangelical faith (Pentecostals), without permits. Case filed against believer according to part 4 of Art.

On June 7, 2018, it became known that from the budget of the Sverdlovsk region allocated 5.7 million rubles for the preparation of the visit of the Patriarch of Moscow and of All Rus' Kirill for upcoming events on the occasion of the centenary of the execution of the royal families. With this money it is planned to rent three helicopters, for one of which require furniture. Relevant information is available on the website. public procurement.

On June 1, 2018, the Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow fined Dmitry Golikov, coordinator of the Right Bloc and organizer of the Russian March. On July 26, the Moscow City Court upheld this decision. On June 1, 2018, in Moscow, the Lyublinsky District Court fined Dmitry Golikov, coordinator of the Right Bloc and organizer of the Russian March, 1,000 rubles under Part 1 of Art. 19 3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer).

In the Arkhangelsk region, a criminal case has been opened against a 40-year-old resident of Severodvinsk for comments in one of the city's social network groups. In June 2018, a criminal case was initiated in the Arkhangelsk region against a 40-year-old resident of the city of Severodvinsk, suspected under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

In the Penza region, a case was initiated against a resident of the village of Lunino (born 1976) for xenophobic materials on the social network. In June 2018, the Bessonovsky MCO of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Penza Region initiated a case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred and enmity) against a resident of the village of Lunino, born in 1976.

In Tatarstan, a resident of Aznakayevo fined for photos with Nazi symbols in the social network. In June 2018, the Aznakaevsky City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan issued a verdict under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia and symbols). According to the prosecutor's office, a local resident posted photos with Nazi symbols in the public domain on his social network page. The offender was fined 1,000 rubles.

SOVA Center isnot aware of any information related to any attacks in May 2018 motivated byracism or neo-nazi ideology. According to our data for the first five months ofthis year, 3 people in Russia were killed in such attacks, while no fewer than5 were injured – in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the Kursk and Moscow regions (thesedata do not account for any incidents in the North Caucasus or Crimea).

On the page of the son of the activist of the Pskov headquarters of Navalny, the police found a video "Discofuhrer". On June 7, 2018, an activist of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Pskov, Pavel Chernov, was summoned to a meeting of the commission on juvenile affairs. A protocol was drawn up against him under Part 1 of Art. 5.35 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (improper performance of parental duties).

In Bryansk, the court extended until September 15 the arrest of Denis Bakholdin, accused of participating in the Right Sector. On August 20, 2018, it became known that the Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk, at the request of the Investigative Committee, extended until September 15 the arrest of 37-year-old Denis Bakholdin, accused of participating in the Right Sector.

The President of Russia believes that the practice of combating extremism should be "in the field of view of the public." On June 7, 2018, during a direct line, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered a question from State Duma deputy Sergei Shargunov about the practice of combating extremism.