In Moscow, the Troitsky District Court found Elena Lobacheva, an activist of the Volya party, guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and sentenced her to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. On June 14, 2018, in Moscow, the Troitsky District Court found the activist of the Volya party, Elena Lobacheva, guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) and sentenced her to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. Lobacheva will appeal this decision.

*The Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) is preparing proposals for reforming anti-extremist legislation. These proposals are currently under discussion. The HRC's position is likely to be made public around 20 August. The main authors of the proposals in the discussion within the HRC are the director of the SOVA center Alexander Verkhovsky and the head of the Agora international human rights group Pavel Chikov.

In Saratov, a criminal case has been opened for xenophobic publications on social networks. In August 2018, it became known that in Saratov a criminal case was initiated against a 27-year-old resident of the Leninsky district under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The case of the poem about the expansion of NATO to the east is being investigated under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code. On August 14, 2018, Alexander Byvshev, a poet from Krom, Oryol region, announced on social networks that he had been interrogated in a new criminal case. It was initiated on July 27, 2018 by the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Orel Region under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity on the Internet).

In Klintsy, the Uyut Hotel was punished for providing Internet access without a content filter. On August 17, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Bryansk region reported that the prosecutor's office of Klintsov submitted a proposal to eliminate violations of the law to the general director of Central Hotel Uyut LLC. In addition, the legal entity was fined 20 thousand rubles under Part 2 of Art.

The Deputy Minister of Communications said that his department supports the bill of Shargunov and Zhuravlev. On August 15, 2018, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Alexey Volin said that the department sent a positive response to the bill on the partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).