The administration of Rostov-on-Don went to court to return the land previously allocated to the Rostov diocese for the construction of the temple. Plot located in the park, and the construction here caused discontent among the townspeople. On August 24, 2018 it became known that the department property and land relations of Rostov-on-Don applied to the arbitration court area with a claim to the parish of the temple of the Don Icon of the Mother of God.

The FSB was interested in Byvshev's poems about the Second World War.

The Levada Center has published the results of its annual survey of xenophobic attitudes among Russians. On August 27, 2018, the Levada Center published the results of its traditional nationwide survey of xenophobic attitudes among Russians. This year it took place on July 19-25 - sociologists conducted personal interviews with 1,600 people over 18 years old.

A resident of Murom for a post on the social network is accused of public calls for extremism. On August 23, 2018, it became known that on August 17 at against a 32-year-old resident of Murom, a case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities).

August 23, 2018 in the Federal list of extremist organizations, published on the official website of the Ministry of Justice, was added two organizations .

In the village of Bolshoy Tsaryn, a local resident was detained, suspected of hooliganism motivated by ethnic hatred. On August 15, 2018, in the village of Bolshoy Tsaryn, Oktyabrsky district of Kalmykia, a local resident was detained, who is suspected under paragraph “b” of Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism motivated by national hatred).

A chapel burned down in the Tomsk region. Believers do not rule out arson. On August 26, 2018, a fire broke out in the wooden chapel of the village Myldzhino, Tomsk region. The dome was burned, the veranda and the extension burned out. According to believers, electricity and gas heating in the chapel was turned off that day, so a short circuit will not occur could. Therefore, arson cannot be ruled out. The priest admits that someone could toss an unextinguished cigarette.

We are republishing an article by Alexander Verkhovsky published by Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the HRC's project to reform anti-extremist legislation.

Rinat Galiullin was sentenced to eight years in prison. On August 17, 2018, the Volga District Military Court sentenced to eight years of imprisonment and a year of restriction of freedom under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in activities terrorist organization) Rinat Galiullina. He was found guilty of continuation of the activities of the Islamic radical party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which is banned in Russia as a terrorist.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a court found Artpodgotovka supporter Roman Maryan guilty of preparing to participate in mass riots and sentenced him to 3 years and 2 months in prison. On August 27, 2018, the Achinsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory found Roman Maryan, a 39-year-old resident of the village of Emelyanovo, guilty under Part 2 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 1 of Art.