In the Republic of Tatarstan, a criminal case was initiated against a local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On July 27, 2018, it became known that in the Republic of Tatarstan a criminal case was initiated against a 59-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). According to the case file, no later than April 2018, he posted xenophobic text and images on his social media page.

19-year-old Daniil Markin is accused of humiliating the dignity of Christians for memes saved on the social network. On July 25, 2018, Daniil Markin, a 19-year-old resident of Barnaul, spoke about how he became accused of inciting religious hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) for a series of pictures saved on the VKontakte social network. The criminal case was initiated in July 2017.

We are talking about the activities of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. There are two suspects in the case. On July 27, 2018, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kostroma Region announced that it had taken special control over the investigation of the criminal case initiated under chch. 1 and 2 Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization and participation in it).