Azerbaijan: Mekhman Aliev left in custody

November 04, 2024 21:50

• Sentence of Dagestani natives Atimagomedov and Kuramagomedov upheld despite torture applications

  The cassation instance has upheld the verdict to Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, Dagestan natives, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a colony employee in Kalmykia. The instance has treated the convicts' arguments about self-incrimination under torture as unconvincing.

November 04, 2024 20:49

• MIA announces publicist Boris Stomakhin wanted

  Boris Stomakhin, a publicist, who has served prison terms for publications about the terror acts in Volgograd and the armed conflict in Chechnya, has been declared wanted. The RIA "Novosti", citing a source, has reported that Stomakhin is a figurant in a criminal case for spreading fake news about the Russian Army in connection with his posts in social networks.

November 03, 2024 21:30

• Analysts comment on calls to support Makhachkala rioters

  The calls to release those accused of taking part in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport were initiated by their relatives or friends.

November 03, 2024 18:18

• Court slightly reduces sentences of Gadjiev, Rizvanov, and Tambiev

  In his final speech, Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev has requested court to fully acquit him in the case on financing terrorism. However, the military court of appeal only reduced by two months the sentences for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

November 02, 2024 22:13

• Priest Pivovarov calls news of his death a provocation

  Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has been subjected to stalking after the start of a criminal prosecution in a case on fakes about the Russian Army. The stalker threatens Viktor Pivovarov, insults him online, and disseminate false messages about him.