The former head of the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dzhankoy became a defendant in a case initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On the night of November 16, 2018, Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in Dzhankoy. After that, 46-year-old Sergei Filatov, who led the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses "Sivash", which was liquidated in 2017, was interrogated. He became a suspect in a case initiated under Part 1 of Art.

Russian border guards in Dzhankoy confiscated the 1810 edition of John Fox's Book of Martyrs from a citizen of Ukraine. The book has been submitted for review. On November 15, 2018, it became known that Russian border guards in Dzhankoy confiscated the "Book of Martyrs" John from a citizen of Ukraine Fox edition of 1810, hardcover. The book has been sent for review.

Dmitry Mikhailov, accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and financing extremist activities, has been released from the pre-trial detention center. On November 15, 2018, the Ivanovo Regional Court overturned the decision to extend the arrest of Dmitry Mikhailov, a 40-year-old Jehovah's Witness from Shuya. He was released on bail not to leave after six months in SIZO No. 1 in the Ivanovo region.

The trucker did not cross the border of the Customs Union, and therefore was not subject to sanctions for transporting prohibited literature. In October 2018, the border department of the FSB of Russia for the Novosibirsk region reported that at the Pavlovka automobile checkpoint in the Karasuk region, a truck driver was found with a book recognized as extremist in Russia.

A resident of Spassk-Dalny became a suspect under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. On November 12, 2018, the Investigative Committee of the ICR for the Primorsky Territory reported that a criminal case had been opened in Spassk-Dalniy under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). We are talking about the activities of the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses.