Students involved in checking QR code in shopping centres in Makhachkala

April 02, 2025 22:55

• Verdict to Sochi resident Schus upheld

  The appellate court has refused to change the sentence passed to Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, convicted on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and making a slingshot.

April 02, 2025 21:15

• Kurban Dalgatov's mother assess trial prospects of her son's death case

  The law enforcers guilty of the death of Kurban Dalgatov, a Makhachkala resident, are trying in every way to avoid punishment, while the judges are following their lead, the mother of Kurban, who died after being tortured by the police. The trial of Dalgatov's death case will continue on April 30 this year.

April 01, 2025 22:38

• Believer from Astrakhan complains about cruel treatment in penal colony

  In the Stavropol penal colony, convicted Jehovah’s Witness* Anna Safronova from Astrakhan is being sent to a punishment cell for long terms and forced to stand on her feet during 10-13 hours.

April 01, 2025 21:57

• Defence of Valery Bailo, who died in SIZO, treats officials’ response as formal reply

  Sergey Yanovsky, an advocate of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo, who died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), believes that the Public Oversight Commission (POC) fulfilled its duties in a formal way and that no assistance was provided to his client. A representative of the POC reported that deceased Valery Bailo complained of an acute toothache.

April 01, 2025 21:42

• Georgian Parliament tightens law on foreign agents

  In the third reading, members of the Georgian Parliament have adopted the “Act on the Registration of Foreign Agents” which introduces the concept of individuals-foreign agents.