North Caucasus

March 17, 2025 21:56

• Woman from Stavropol Territory sentenced to imprisonment in penal colony in case on fakes about Russian Army

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced local resident Anna Vorobyova to six years of imprisonment in a penal colony, recognizing her entries posted on a social networking service as dissemination of false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

March 16, 2025 20:47

• Analysts assess Dagestani head’s statement on appeals of SMO fighters

  The appeals of the participants of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine from Dagestan to republic’s authorities are caused by many local problems and remain one of the ways to attract officials’ attention. Despite the statement by the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, that the combatants record their appeals as a result of "manipulations," he will have to respond to them, analysts believe.

March 15, 2025 22:39

• Defence voices out details of Dagestani Magomed Magomedov’s torture case

  The inquiry into the violence against Magomed Magomedov raises questions from the public in Dagestan, while advocates are preparing to fight the investigators’ refusal to open a case against the law enforcers involved, despite the traumas fixed on his body by the examination.

March 13, 2025 23:57

• Defence denied of investigation into torture of Dagestani native Magomedov

  Investigators refused to institute a criminal case against law enforcers for the torture of Dagestani native Magomed Magomedov.

March 13, 2025 23:15

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident sentenced to suspended imprisonment for post on social media about SMO

  The law enforcement bodies considered that a resident of Nalchik was distributing on a social networking service the calls for extremist activities in connection with the special military operation (SMO).

March 13, 2025 22:57

• Court fines journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

  A Moscow court has found journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova guilty of justifying terrorism and sentenced her to a fine of 600,000 roubles.

March 12, 2025 22:58

• Lawyers assess chances of Karaushi brothers’ sentence mitigation

  Human rights organizations have commented on the possibility of mitigating the five-year prison term passed by the Nalchik Garrison Military Court for the Karaushi brothers, who were accused of evading their military service.

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