Alla Bespalova was sentenced to 5 years in prison for participating in the activities of an organization recognized as terrorist. July 18, 2018 Moscow District Military Court on offsite hearing in the Leningrad District Military Court sentenced Alla Bespalova to 5 years in prison under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in activities terrorist organization) for involvement in a banned Islamic religious Hizb ut-Tahrir party.

The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the village of Anapa was transferred to federal ownership. The building is estimated at 5.5 million rubles. On July 18, 2018 it became known that Zal Kingdom of Jehovah's Witnesses in the village of Anapa and the land plot attached to it (with an area 1200 sq. m) transferred to federal ownership. The building is estimated at 5.5 million rubles.

In Krasnodar, a criminal case was initiated against a 19-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On July 18, 2018, it became known that in Krasnodar a criminal case was initiated against a 19-year-old resident of the Karasunsky District under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). According to the case file, from July to December 2017, the young man posted some xenophobic photographs with captions on his social network page.

On July 20, 2018, the Order of the Ministry of Justice “On Amendments to the Form of Notification of the Beginning of the Activities of a Religious Group, Approved by the Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation” comes into force. From now on, the notification of the creation of a religious group must contain the personal data of its creator and information about other members.