In May 2019, three persons fell victims to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

January 15, 2025 23:42

• Defence: court pronounces too harsh verdict against Boris Goncharenko in case on arson of military registration and enlistment office

  Bogdan Abdurakhmanov and Boris Goncharenko did not agree with the classification of the case and asked the court to impose a fair sentence in the case on the arson of the military registration and enlistment office in the city of Goryachy Klyuch. The verdict, according to which Boris Goncharenko was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, will be challenged.

January 15, 2025 22:53

• Kadyrov’s action results in demographic phenomenon

  Ramzan Kadyrov instructed the republic’s authorities to pay 500,000 roubles to parents of each boy born on December 31 and named in honour of national heroes. At the same time, it turned out that on the day of the action, four times more boys were unexpectedly born in the republic than on other days.

January 15, 2025 21:57

• Rights defenders call for immediate release of detained Georgian protesters

  The Amnesty International (AI) human rights organization has stated that all those detained in Georgia for peacefully exercising their rights to the freedom of speech and assembly must be immediately released.

January 15, 2025 21:40

• Karabakh NGOs demand to release Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan

  Karabakh nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party have appealed to Armenian authorities and the international community with a demand to protect the rights of the Armenian prisoners of war kept in Azerbaijan and take measures for the release of them.

January 14, 2025 22:31

• Krasnodar resident fined three times for discrediting Russian Army

  In Krasnodar, a court fined local resident Inna Tishkina three times, finding her guilty in three cases on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.