Opposition newspaper staff detained in Adjaria

November 16, 2024 22:48

• Policemen convicted in Dagestan for beating detainee up

  After finding them guilty of beating up a detainee and falsifying proofs within a criminal case, the Nogai District Court has sentenced the police chief of the town of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk (Dagestan) and three of his subordinates to colony terms.

November 16, 2024 19:35

• Native of Chechnya fined twice for discrediting Russian Army

  In Surgut, a court found two entries posted on a social network by local resident Marina Lolokhaeva to be discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The woman was obliged to pay a fine of 70,000 roubles.

November 15, 2024 23:30

• Journalist Kevorkova*’s case sent to prosecutor’s office

  A case against journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova*, accused of justifying terrorism, has been sent to the prosecutor’s office for approval of the indictment. Kaloi Alkhigov, an advocate of Nadezhda Kevorkova*, suggested that the investigation may be delayed due to the political nature of the case.

November 15, 2024 23:07

• Case of Zhuravel, who burned down Koran, evidences voluntary law interpreting

  The treason case of Nikita Zhuravel is being considered at the place where the alleged crime was committed, although the case of burning the Koran was transferred from Volgograd to Chechnya. The voluntary nature of Zhuravel's testimonies on treason remains in question, but the closed nature of the trial does not allow his statements to be heard.

November 15, 2024 22:23

• Makhachkala rioters offered removal from prophylactic register for contracts with MoD