A resident of Astrakhan received a suspended sentence for publishing in Odnoklassniki a call to hold a referendum on the formation of the Astrakhan People's Republic. On July 5, 2018, the Leninsky District Court of Astrakhan passed a verdict in the case of local resident Yesen Baikubenov, accused under Part 2 of Art. 280.1 of the Criminal Code (public calls for separatism made on the Internet).

The decision to restrict access to the site was made in March 2018 by the Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk. At the end of July 2018 Roskomnadzor entered the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Unified Register of Banned Sites jw-russia.org.

In Bryansk, a criminal case was initiated against a 39-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. In July 2018, it became known that in Bryansk a criminal case was initiated against a 39-year-old local resident under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred). According to the case file, from July to December 2017, the suspect posted some xenophobic materials on social networks. Details, unfortunately, are not reported.

Residents of Sevastopol opposed the construction of a wooden chapel in Ushakova Balka. In their opinion, the chapel should not be built in the protected area, but in another place. On July 24, 2018, it became known that the residents of Sevastopol opposed the construction of a wooden chapel in Ushakova Balka. In their opinion, the chapel should not be built in the protected area adjacent to the Ushakova beam, but in another place .

Patriarch Kirill replaced the head of the largest enterprise of the Russian Orthodox Church - the Sofrino art and production enterprise. The enterprise itself was taken under the protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. July 30, 2018 Patriarch Kirill appointed for the position CEO largest enterprise ROC - art and production enterprises "Sofrino" - Grigory Antyufeev, Doctor of Economics, ex-head of the Moscow Tourism Committee.

A Tatar nationalist activist who emigrated from Russia is accused of inciting hatred. July 27, 2018 Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Tatarstan announced the initiation of a criminal case on Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) against a 59-year-old man.

During the search, a woman was wounded. Two believers, including a disabled person of the second group, were arrested. On July 27, 2018, it became known that on July 22, 2018, as part of investigation of the case under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organizations) in the city of Berezovsky, Kemerovo Region, searches were carried out in three addresses where followers of Jehovah's Witnesses live.

Twenty-one Muslims were convicted, ten received more than 20 years in prison. On July 30, 2018, the Volga District Military Court, at an off-site hearing in the Ordzhonikidze District Court of Ufa, sentenced 21 of 26 defendants in the case of involvement in the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia. Ten defendants were convicted under Part 1 of Art. 205.5 (organizing the activities of a terrorist organization), another eleven - under Part 2 of Art.

The accused, who is in the pre-trial detention center, was not provided with medical assistance, which nearly cost him his life. On July 27, 2018, Novaya Gazeta reported that in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Grozny, in a serious condition without medical care after surgery for purulent appendicitis is 24-year-old student Ibragim Yangulbaev, accused under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting social hatred).