Arrest of Sochi resident Schus for fakes about Russian Army extended

September 09, 2024 16:40

• Observers report violations at vote tabulation in Krasnodar Territory

  After closing the polling stations in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), violations during vote tabulation were recorded, observers have stated. Complaints about the process of summing up the election results are coming from the Seversky District.

September 09, 2024 15:03

• Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* added to register of foreign agents

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has justified the inclusion of Alexander Saveliev*, a journalist, and David Kankiya*, an activist, both from Krasnodar, by their participation in the creation of materials for foreign agents and spreading false information about authorities' decisions.

September 08, 2024 23:58

• ECtHR awards compensation to Rostov-on-Don activist

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded EUR 5000 in compensation to Ekaterina Vereschagina, an activist from Rostov-on-Don, concluding that Russian authorities had violated her right to the freedom and peaceful assembly by detaining her for 10 days in 2021 after she took part in an action in support of Alexei Navalny*.

September 08, 2024 23:48

• Voters report coercion to vote in Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories

  Residents of the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories have faced coercion to vote at the recent elections, voters have reported. From the Seversky District of the latter, the "Map of Election Violations" also received reports of pressure on an observer and violations during home voting.

September 08, 2024 23:18

• Former teacher Roman Melnichenko released from Volgograd SIZO

  Roman Melnichenko, a former teacher at the Volgograd State University and an international law expert, has been released after three days of arrest. Law enforcers cited his refusal to show his passport as the reason for the accusation of disobeying policemen.