European Commission doubts presidential elections in Chechnya were free and fair

September 16, 2024 10:24

• Alexei Abramov's wife complains about deterioration of his health in SMO zone in Ukraine

  At the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, Alexei Abramov, a Krasnodar resident, was included into an assault squad, although he can only move on crutches. On the frontline, his legs became very swollen, and his health worsened, his wife Ksenia Abramova has stated.

September 15, 2024 23:40

• "Beslan Mothers" comment on Milashina's investigation into school storming

  On the 20th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, at a meeting with Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the "Beslan Mothers" organization raised the issue of the use of tanks during the school storming, Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the organization's committee, has stated.

September 15, 2024 23:09

• Rights defender Nagavkin demands compensation for custody conditions at Leninsk SIZO

  In his lawsuit, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has claimed to be paid 900,000 roubles for being kept in unsanitary conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Authorities are obliged to keep detainees in accordance with sanitary requirements, a lawyer and a human rights defender have confirmed.

September 15, 2024 14:48

• Volgograd residents dispute about restoration of bas-relief with Stalin

  The restoration of a bas-relief with a portrait of Stalin on the facade of the Volgograd Medical University has become a sign of Stalinism revival and insults the memory of repression victims, some residents of Volgograd have pointed out. Their opponents object that monuments merely reflect history.

September 15, 2024 12:29

• Details of case of KBR resident about knowingly false denunciation made public

  The case was opened more than two years after the examination of the document, in which Asker Shetov denies his involvement.