Crime

March 27, 2023 18:17

• Kalmyk colony warden accused of torturing Dagestani prisoners arrested

  A court in Kalmykia has taken into custody the sixth colony employee, accused of abuse of authority and using violence against colony inmates from Dagestan.

March 25, 2023 16:57

• Kuban woman considers case on financing terrorism as revenge of law enforcers

  A case on financing terrorism instituted against Irina Dudka, a native of Kuban, was the revenge of the law enforcement bodies for protests against the sentence of her sister, who was convicted on a similar charge, Irina Dudka herself said.

March 24, 2023 18:23

• Activist Larisa Bachieva arrested for two months

  A court in Makhachkala has appointed two months of arrest for Larisa Bachieva, who is accused within the case of an extremist organization. Her defence insisted on house arrest; the court ruling will be appealed against, a relative of Bachieva has informed.

March 24, 2023 18:15

• Widow of pensioner from KBR treats compensation awarded by court as fair

  The widow of Nikolai Zakharchenko, a pensioner who committed suicide after being accused of growing hemp, is satisfied with the court's decision to compensate for her moral harm suffered from her husband's unjustified criminal prosecution and death; but she finds it more important to bring their neighbour to criminal liability for false denunciation.

March 24, 2023 18:12

• Blogger Alibekov convicted for discrediting Russian army

  In Novorossiysk, a court recognized a video posted on the YouTube channel by native of Dagestan Askhabali Alibekov to be discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and sentenced him to a year and two months of imprisonment in a penal colony. That was reported by the human rights project “OVD-Info”* with reference to advocate Marina Dubrovina.

March 24, 2023 17:14

• Participant of protests against mobilization in Makhachkala sentenced to probation

  In Makhachkala, a court sentenced Mukhamed-Afandi Asipov to a two-year suspended sentence in a case on an attack on a law enforcer during protests against mobilization.

March 23, 2023 21:57

• Ingush activists' defence fails to challenge judge

  The Stavropol Territorial Court has refused to challenge the state defenders in the "Ingush case"; after which the defence tried to challenge the judge, but the court rejected this demand as well.

March 23, 2023 20:22

• Court refuses to consider Zemfira Tskaeva's claim against MIA

  The lawsuit filed by the widow of Vladimir Tskaev, a resident of Vladikavkaz who died after being questioned by the police, against the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) demanding 15 million roubles in compensation was left without consideration.

March 22, 2023 21:53

• Oleg Orlov released after interrogation

  After being interrogated as a witness within the case of Nazism rehabilitation, law enforcers released Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence. Orlov refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement and was unable to obtain a copy of the search protocol.

March 21, 2023 17:24

• Court of Appeal points to violations in Ingush Daud Mamilov's case

  The Court of Appeal has returned the case of Daud Mamilov, a native of Ingushetia, who was found guilty of involvement in the activities of the "Islamic State"* and sentenced to eight years in prison.

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