The State Duma adopted in the second reading amendments that allow sending some of those convicted of terrorist crimes to prisons instead of colonies, as well as arbitrarily transferring prisoners suspected of promoting terrorism among their inmates to other regions.

The Ongudaysky District Court of the Republic of Altai, having considered the claim of the local prosecutor's office, banned the activities of the Religious Association "Karakol Initiative Group".

The presidential amendments were adopted in the second reading without significant changes. On December 18, 2018, the State Duma adopted in the second reading two presidential bills on partial decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred) by introducing a mechanism of administrative prejudice. They were introduced in October and adopted in the first reading in November.

The Exploration College was punished for accessing "Metal Corrosion" songs. On December 18, 2018, it became known that in the Chelyabinsk region, the Miass City Court fined the Miass Geological Prospecting College 20 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established requirements for the distribution among children of information products containing information that is harmful to their health and (or) development).