Rostov Region

September 23, 2023 18:10

• Father with many children from Rostov Region fails to achieve dismissal from SMO zone

  For three months already, Maxim Krivko, who was mobilized from the Rostov Region, cannot achieve dismissal from military service. Instead, he has been sent to the frontline.

September 22, 2023 19:54

• Trial of three Novocherkassk Jehovah’s Witnesses* declared to be held behind closed doors

  In Novocherkassk, a court declared the trial in a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Yeritsyan, and Lyubov Galitsyna, accused of extremism, to be held behind closed doors. The period of their detention in custody has been extended by six months.

September 18, 2023 17:37

• Pregnant servicewoman from KBR convicted of evading service

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has upheld the verdict of the first-instance court, which had found Corporal Madina Kabaloeva from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), guilty of failure to appear for her military service.

September 13, 2023 21:08

• Defenders promise to challenge verdicts in journalist Gadjiev’s case

  The decision of the court, which sentenced Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov to long terms of imprisonment, will be challenged, report advocates of the convicts. Friends of Abdulmumin Gadjiev have noted that the severe sentence was pronounced against the backdrop of the lack of real evidence of guilt.

September 06, 2023 21:55

• Compensation for Krasnodar resident's death in prison hospital awarded to his widow

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has ordered the medical unit of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to pay 300,000 roubles to Natalia Baksheeva, a resident of Krasnodar, who had claimed compensation for her husband's death in a prison hospital.

August 24, 2023 20:13

• Acquaintances of Rostov activist Berezikov disbelieve suicide version

  Anatoly Berezikov, an activist, who has died at the special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don, was notable for his active life position; he was a volunteer at the Navalny's* office and a non-indifferent person, his acquaintances, who don’t believe that he could commit suicide, as law enforcers assert, have stated.

August 23, 2023 15:12

• Rostov woman fined for posting pacifist leaflets

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court fined Yevgenia Ryabova 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces in the leaflets she distributed.

August 20, 2023 15:46

• Igor Paskar, Volgograd resident, complains about beating at SIZO

  Igor Paskar from Volgograd, sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, has been transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novocherkassk. The SIZO staff has placed him into a cell with supporters of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who beat him up on the very first day, human rights defenders have informed.

August 17, 2023 19:48

• Volgodonsk resident punished for pro-Ukrainian slogans at Day of Russia celebration

  The court has fined Nikolai Zakroev, a resident of Volgodonsk, by 30,000 roubles under the article about discrediting the Russian Army.

August 04, 2023 21:50

• Nikolin's case reminds of illegal weapons problem and combatants' adaptation

  The illegal circulation of the weapons originating from the special military operation (SMO) zone is widespread among all fighters; sometimes entire units can be involved therein, analysts have pointed out in their comments on the case of the shooting of a "Wagner" fighter at law enforcers in the Rostov Region.

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