Rostov Region

April 23, 2025 23:50

• Rostov resident Elena Popova recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have announced Elena Popova, a resident of the Rostov Region, sentenced to 12 years for transferring money to journalist Arkady Babchenko*, to be a political prisoner.

April 22, 2025 19:45

• Defendants in two resonant cases in Rostov Region decide to go to SMO

  Three of the defendants in the case on the shootout between Chechen farmers in the Chernozubov farm yard have already left for the special military operation (SMO), and Anastasia Potorochina, a former psychiatrist of the Rostov tuberculosis hospital of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) wrote a letter asking for permission to conclude a military contract.

April 15, 2025 22:13

• Pre-planned nature is distinctive feature of attack on journalist Khoroshilov

  The actions of the man who attacked Igor Khoroshilov, a Rostov journalist, were prepared in advance, which excludes any spontaneous conflict. At the same time, the absence of direct proofs of links of the attack with Igor’s professional activities will allow law enforcers to treat the incident as a domestic conflict, lawyers have pointed out.

April 14, 2025 22:16

• Rostov journalist reports attack

  Igor Khoroshilov, a journalist, was attacked in Rostov-on-Don. According to his story, the attacker was wearing a mask, sprayed him with a can and hit him several times.

April 02, 2025 23:48

• Rights defenders declare Vladislav Poruchikov as political prisoner

  The initiation of a criminal case against Vladislav Poruchikov, a student from Taganrog, was preceded by a series of arrests, and the convict himself has reported pressure and torture.

March 27, 2025 23:11

• Defenders of activist Lyudmila Borzilo claim she receives no medical care and deprived contacts with her children

  Lyudmila Borzilo, an activist from the Rostov Region, was forcibly placed in a closed psychiatric hospital and receives no medical care there after a miscarriage, and is deprived of telephone communication with her relatives.

March 25, 2025 21:31

• Missing athlete Anna Tsomartova put on international wanted list

  A student named Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk, has been placed on the international wanted list after an examination found that she looked similar to a young woman spotted in Dubai.

March 06, 2025 23:41

• Activist Lyudmila Borzilo forcibly taken to psychiatric clinic by police

  Activist Lyudmila Borzilo from the Rostov Region was taken to a hospital by an investigator’s order.

March 05, 2025 23:32

• Activist Lyudmila Borzilo faces pressure from law enforcers

  Lyudmila Borzilo, an activist from the Rostov Region, was taken to a hospital by order of an investigator. In the hospital, the activist was subjected to pressure with an attempt to convince her to agree to undergo tests for a psychiatric examination.

February 27, 2025 22:08

• Maykop resident declared prisoner of conscience

  The human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" has recognized Stanislav Shevchenko, a resident of Maykop (the capital of Adygea), as a political prisoner. He was sentenced to four years in colony for justifying terrorism online.

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