A Russian Islamic website talked about the visit of Hamas representatives to Moscow and their meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. It also mentioned that before leaving, the Hamas delegation held an informal meeting with representatives of Russian Muslims.

Without drawing the attention of the media, the security services in Tatarstan and Bashkiria carried out massive raids and arrests of Muslims because of their suspected involvement in the work of Hizb ut Tahrir. In total, more than 20 raids and arrests were carried out in Kazan, Sibai and Bayamak on the 6th and 7th June.

In a large staff meeting of the Russian Interior Ministry on 9/3/2017, Vladimir Putin demanded from them to be tough on the war on (extremism and terrorism), adding that there is a need to actively work against those associated with global terrorist organizations. A week did not pass and yet the Interior Ministry in the Republic of Tatarstan rushed to hold a press conference and stated

The Security Forces, without drawing the attention of the media, have fabricated a charge (of taking power by force) against a member of Hizb ut Tahrir. The Moscow City Court sentenced a man from Tajikistan, he is Munirkhan Babayev, who was born in 1986, to 9 years, next to the four defendants in this case.