In the Ivanovo region, cases have been initiated on the organization of the activities of an extremist organization and its financing. In July 2018, it became known that on June 26, searches were carried out in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya, Ivanovo Region. Signatures not to leave were taken from believers in new criminal cases. According to available information, Elena Mikhailova (the wife of the arrested Dmitry Mikhailov) and Svetlana Shishina are charged under Part 2 of Art.