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December 02, 2024 23:55

• Comments in messenger result in fine imposed on Astrakhan resident

  A court in the Narimanov District of the Astrakhan Region has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his comments on the Telegram had discredited the Russian Army.

December 02, 2024 23:49

• Two defendants in Makhachkala riots case plead innocent

  Makhmud Djavatkhanov and Abdulbasir Atavov have confirmed in court that they were present at the Makhachkala Airport during the riots, but denied the crime charges.

December 02, 2024 23:02

• In Stavropol Territory, court starts trial in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  The first hearing in a case on riots at the “Uitash” airport in Makhachkala was held at a court in the Stavropol Territory. Two of the eight defendants, in addition to participating in mass riots and violating transport safety rules, have been accused of attacking policemen.

December 02, 2024 22:09

• Lawyers point to Timur Idalov being deprived of opportunity to work as lawyer in Chechnya

  The sentence of Timur Idalov, an advocate from Chechnya, in a case on threatening a public prosecutor will be challenged. Lawyers called the deprivation of the opportunity to practice law the most severe part of the Timur Idalov’s punishment, although the term of forced labour is close to the maximum stipulated by the article.

November 30, 2024 23:46

• Sick writer Zakhar Zaripov released in Chechnya

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer and an oncology patient, convicted of an appeal to the head of Chechnya, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

November 30, 2024 23:30

• Relatives of Dagestani activist Rabadanov find way to help him at SIZO

  Relatives of Ramazan Rabadanov have found a doctor who can help him with the cervical vertebrae damaged during his detention.

November 30, 2024 22:38

• Investigators' version of desecrating memorial in Nevinnomyssk called into question

  The actions of the Dagestani natives who desecrated the Eternal Flame in Nevinnomyssk were assessed by investigators as rehabilitation of Nazism, although they should have been qualified under a more lenient article of vandalism or hooliganism.

November 30, 2024 22:06

• Sochi activist complains about law enforcers’ actions

  In her complaint lodged with the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), activist Tatiana Polivanova asked to check the legality of the law enforcers’ actions in connection with her criminal prosecution and the seizure of more than 11,000 plots of land in Sochi from owners.

November 29, 2024 23:16

• Chechen authorities report about reconciliation of 2659 divorced couples

  Special commissions reunited 2659 divorced couples in the republic.

November 29, 2024 22:26

• Trial outcomes of riots at Makhachkala Airport disappoints the defence

  The harsh sentence for five Dagestanis accused within the case of riots at the Makhachkala Airport will be appealed against; the defence claims absence of proofs of their guilt.

November 29, 2024 21:23

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov sentenced to forced labour

  The Khimki City Court (Moscow Region) has sentenced Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, to one year and 11 months of forced labour within a case of threats to a prosecutor. He was also banned from practicing advocacy for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

November 29, 2024 16:52

• Rights defender Nagavkin's stay in punishment cell extended

  The administration of the penal colony located in the town of Uryupinsk has extended the custody term in the dungeon (punishment cell) of Igor Nagavkin, who has declared a hunger strike, having treated him as a malicious violator; they prepare documents to transfer him to a general regime colony.

November 28, 2024 23:46

• SIZO administration in Chechnya refuses to release writer Zakhar Zaripov, who is suffering from cancer

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer, convicted for an appeal to the head of Chechnya, remains at the Khabarovsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite the cancellation of his punishment associated with freedom deprivation. The SIZO bosses refuse to release him until they receive the text of the verdict.

November 28, 2024 23:05

• Two Nalchik residents fined for calls to attend rally of conscripts’ parents

  A court fined Nalchik residents Margarita Getazheeva and Timbora Takov, who posted calls for conscripts’ parents to attend a rally in connection with the fighting in the Kursk Region.

November 28, 2024 21:34

• Dagestani activist Rabadanov reports injuries he got during his detention

  During his detention by the police in Makhachkala, activist Ramazan Rabadanov suffered a cervical vertebrae injury.

November 28, 2024 20:32

• Malgobek resident detained for kidnapping in 1999

  The police detained a 47-year-old resident of Malgobek accused of kidnapping a resident of the Kirov Region in 1999 for ransom.

November 27, 2024 23:11

• Court in Nalchik finds soldier fit for service after grave wound

  The Nalchik Garrison Military Court has rejected the claim lodged by Nikolai Spichkin, a military serviceman, who asked to find him unfit for service due to the removal of part of his intestines after the received wound.

November 27, 2024 22:55

• Court stops prosecuting female rights defender from "Marem" Group

  A court in the Moscow Region has found no violation in the words of Ekaterina Neroznikova, a human rights defender, about the case of Seda Suleimanova. The reason for stopping the prosecution under the article on participation in an undesirable organization was in violations in the protocol, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

November 27, 2024 18:16

• Court reduces sentence of writer Zaripov, convicted of appealing to Kadyrov

  The military appellate court has replaced the five-year term of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, with a fine. After a cancer surgery, half of Zaripov's face is paralyzed and his vision has deteriorated.

November 27, 2024 00:15

• Court of appeal upholds verdict in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  The court of appeal refused to grant the appeals filed against the verdicts to five men convicted in the case on riots at the airport in Makhachkala.