The Plenum of the Supreme Court indicated that the courts may seize the property of an indefinite number of persons if "there are sufficient grounds to believe" that it was used to finance extremist activities.

Orthodox residents of Rostov-on-Don collected 3.5 thousand signatures in defense of the construction of a church in the park of the Elektroapparat plant. They demand a reconsideration of the decision to cancel construction. At the end of May 2018 it became known that the Orthodox residents of Rostov-on-Don collected 3.5 thousand signatures in defense of the construction of a temple in the square of the Elektroapparat plant.

On May 29, 2018, in the Tambov region, a court fined V. Andreev, a resident of Sosnovka, for photographs with Nazi symbols on the VKontakte social network. On May 29, 2018, the Sosnovsky District Court of the Tambov Region ruled in the case under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi symbols) against V. Andreev.

In Bashkiria, a 20-year-old student from Ufa was convicted for xenophobic comments on a social network. On April 13, 2018, in Bashkiria, the Ordzhonikidzevsky District Court delivered a verdict in the case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). A 20-year-old student from Ufa, Nikita A., was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The case was opened on August 14, 2017.

In Crimea, the case of 27-year-old resident of Yalta Elina Mamedova, who was accused of inciting ethnic hatred, was dismissed. In January 2019, in Crimea, the investigator decided, due to the lack of corpus delicti, to dismiss the case of Elina Mamedova, a 27-year-old resident of Yalta, who was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). This decision is connected with the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code.

The following is our review of theprimary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremistlegislation in May 2018.

Oryol businessman Sergei Klushin, founder of the Slavic Garden in Livny, complained to the president about pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church. On June 13, 2018, it became known that Orlovsky businessman Sergey Klushin, founder of Slavyansky garden" in Livny, complained to the president about the pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church.

A complaint from a Chelyabinsk resident convicted for reposting an appeal from the Right Sector has been communicated. In June, it became known that on May 14, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated the complaint of Chelyabinsk resident Konstantin Zharinov, convicted under Part 1 of Art.

In the Vladimir region, a resident of Murom (born 1991) received a year of probation for a xenophobic audio file on the VKontakte social network. In June 2014, the Murom City Court of the Vladimir Region sentenced a local resident (born in 1991) under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred).

In Ivanovo, a 21-year-old local resident was fined for a video posted on the VKontakte social network. In June 2018, an administrative case was initiated in Ivanovo under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution of extremist materials, included in the published federal list of extremist materials) against a 21-year-old local resident.