A Stavropol student who was going to be an election observer in March 2018 was arrested for three days under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. On August 10, 2018, blogger Ilya Varlamov published a letter from his reader from Stavropol, Pavel Karachaushev, about how he was arrested for three days under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public display of Nazi symbols).

In August 2018, the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Sergei Tsareva to 10 years and 3 months in a strict regime colony for attempted murder the murder of Sulaimon Saidov, a visitor from Tajikistan. In August 2018, a court in Moscow delivered a verdict in the case of an attack on a visitor from Tajikistan in the capital's subway.

In August 2018, in the city of Dolinsk, Sakhalin Region, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against the local a resident suspected of posting on a social network several xenophobic videos. In August 2018, in the city of Dolinsk, Sakhalin Region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 UK (incitement of national hatred).

In Karelia, a wooden church from the 18th century, a cultural heritage site, completely burned down. On August 10, 2018, in the city of Kondopoga in Karelia, the wooden Assumption Church of the 18th century, a cultural heritage site, burned down. The building was completely destroyed. Possible restoration is estimated at 80 million rubles. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art.

In relation to the residents of Yekaterinburg, a case is being investigated under Art. 280 and 282.1 of the Criminal Code. In August 2018, it became known that the central apparatus of the FSB was investigating a case about the activities of publics on the VKontakte social network and an Instagram account with a criminal theme. A married couple from Yekaterinburg was charged under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism via the Internet) and ch. 1 and 2 Art.

In August 2018 in the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic a criminal case was initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 24-year-old local resident, suspected of posting a xenophobic audio recording on a social network. In August 2018 in the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

On August 7, 2018, in Moscow, law enforcement agencies detained two members of the NS movement "Black Bloc" Artem Vorobyov and Dmitry Makarov (Sporykhin). On August 10, 2018, the Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the nationalists for two months. At the end of November, the arrest was extended until March 1, 2019. On August 7, 2018, members of the National Socialist movement “Black Bloc” Artem Vorobyov and Dmitry Makarov (Sporykhin) were detained in Moscow.

August 8, 2018 in the Federal list of extremist organizations published on the official website of the Ministry of Justice was added one organization .

The books "Advice to the Soul", "Treatise on the Miracles of the Quran", "Mesnevi Nurie" and "The Path of Positive Service (12-13-14 Rays)" are prohibited. On August 7, 2018, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was supplemented with four editions of the works of the Turkish Muslim theologian Said Nursi (pp. 4498–4501).