A resident of the city of Dyurtyuli was arrested after searches in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses. On October 18, 2018, in the town of Dyurtyuli, Republic of Bashkortostan, searches were carried out in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses. It is reported that after that the court detained 31-year-old Anton Lemeshev for one month as a defendant under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of activities of a prohibited organization).

The case of an activist accused under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code, returned to the prosecutor due to the inconsistency and vagueness of the charges. On October 18, 2018, at the preliminary hearing in the case of pensioner Vyacheslav Gorbaty, accused of membership in the extremist organization "Army of the People's Will" (AVN) (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow decided to return the case to the prosecutor.

The Moscow City Court recognized the lawful arrest of four young people accused of attacking Denis Pak. On October 19, 2018, the Moscow City Court recognized the arrest of Pavel Mamaev, Alexander Kokorin, Alexander Protasovitsky and Kirill Kokorin as lawful. They will be in custody until 8 December. Recall that on October 8, 2018, in one of the Moscow cafes, football players beat Denis Pak, director of one of the departments of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Russia does not agree with the decision of the ECHR on the complaint of the members of Pussy Riot. On October 19, 2018, the Russian Ministry of Justice announced that it was challenging the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued on the complaint of Pussy Riot members about persecution for performing in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. With what specific conclusions of the court the Russian side does not agree, has not yet been specified.

On October 18, 2018, the Federal List was updated again extremist materials. Items were added to it. 4515 - 4518. List replenished the journal "Ethnic cleansing of the Prigorodny district and the city of Vladikavkaz in autumn 1992”, part 2, article by Artem Snegov “Russians with racial point of view”, ultra-right audio and video materials. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated October 18, 2018 4515.