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December 16, 2024 22:52

• Mother of missing athlete Tsomartova complains of threats of dismissal from MIA

  The mother of Anna Tsomartova, a North-Ossetian athlete who went missing, has complained that she is being threatened with dismissal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for criticizing law enforcement bodies for inefficient inquiry into her daughter's disappearance.

December 16, 2024 21:20

• Lawyers discontented with charges against three Kuban pensioners

  Activists sent money and postcards to the arrested pensioners accused of creating an illegal armed formation. The group of three pensioners does not meet the definition of an illegal armed formation (IAF), lawyers point out.

December 16, 2024 21:06

• Zarema Musaeva accused of disrupting operation of penal colony

  Zarema Musaeva has been accused of disrupting the operation of the penal colony. She faces up to five years of imprisonment.

December 14, 2024 23:45

• Colony bosses refuse to inform Nagavkin's sister about his health condition

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, was not released from the dungeon (punishment cell), although his second consecutive placement there has expired. The colony administration in the town of Uryupinsk has refused to inform Igor's sister about his health condition.

December 14, 2024 21:34

• Rights defenders treat idea of checking Roma in Rostov Region as impossible

  The idea of the authorities of the Rostov Region to involve law enforcers in checking Roma and Cossacks by questioning their neighbours violates the laws and tramples on the rights of the Roma population. At the same time, there are no tension hotbeds in relations with Roma in the region; and the work with communities should be conducted through their leaders.

December 14, 2024 00:06

• Two law enforcers from North Ossetia charged in case on death of detainee

  In Vladikavkaz, a driver got into a road traffic accident because of his deteriorated health state. According to the investigators’ version, instead of sending the man to a hospital, law enforcers took him to a police station, and the man later died.

December 13, 2024 23:19

• Mother of Chechen teenager Murdiev requests ICRF to conduct unbiased investigation

  In her appeal to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), a mother of Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev claimed that she had repeatedly filed complaints, but received refusals.

December 13, 2024 22:50

• Arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova accused of justifying terrorism extended

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has left Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, in custody until March 3, 2025.

December 13, 2024 22:27

• Defence demands to release Volgograd lawyer Ruslan Nurushev

  Ruslan Nurushev, a Volgograd lawyer, has been brought final charges under the article on spreading fakes about the Russian Army. The defence has asked the court to schedule a preliminary hearing and consider the issue of Nurushev's release.

December 13, 2024 21:47

• Protesters' activeness in Georgia goes up ahead of presidential election

  Protests in Georgia have not revealed a bright leader, while oppositional activists have no opportunity to lead the actions. Today, demonstrators have shown high activeness, which will only increase until the presidential election day on December 14, political analysts and journalists are sure.

December 13, 2024 20:58

• Seven rioters at Makhachkala Airport sentenced to long colony terms

  The Aleksandrovsky Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced the participants in the riots that broke at the Makhachkala Airport in October 2023 to freedom deprivation for the terms from 8 to 9 years.

December 13, 2024 20:38

• Protest dispersals in Tbilisi strengthen protesters' motivation

  The brutal dispersals of protests held near the Georgian Parliament is increasing the number of protesters; the number of them ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands, Georgian analysts have stated.

December 12, 2024 23:45

• At least 70 media employees injured during protests in Georgia

  Human rights defenders counted 70 journalists who were injured by the actions of law enforcers during protest actions in Georgia.

December 12, 2024 23:20

• Volgograd blogger Prokudin sentenced to term of imprisonment in penal colony

  A court sentenced Pavel Prokudin, a blogger from Volgograd, to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of insulting the feelings of believers and inciting hatred towards the Russian Armed Forces.

December 12, 2024 22:44

• Activist Koshelev transferred from psychiatric hospital to outpatient observation

  Activist Vyacheslav Koshelev from the city of Volzhsky, who had earlier been placed to a psychiatric clinic for using violence against a policeman, was transferred home under the supervision of medical officers.

December 12, 2024 19:15

• “Caucasian Knot” correspondent faces deportation after his detention in Tbilisi

  In Georgia, after Beslan Kmuzov, a correspondent of the “Caucasian Knot”, had been detained at a protest in Tbilisi, the country’s migration service summoned him for a conversation. Meanwhile, the journalist has been legally living in the country since 2007.

December 11, 2024 23:06

• Jehovah's Witness* from Taganrog reports health worsening in colony

  Alexander Skvortsov, a Jehovah's Witness*, who is serving his term in a colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, has complained about his deteriorating health. He has high blood pressure and often suffers from headaches due to working at a hazardous production facility.

December 11, 2024 21:46

• Victims are unhappy with verdict to policeman Islam Atavov for detainee's death

  The verdict for Islam Atavov, a Makhachkala policeman, for his involvement in the death of Kurban Dalgatov will be appealed against by the victims' advocate.

December 11, 2024 20:39

• Demanding apology from Kadyrov becomes populist move

  The appeal of the MPs unknown outside the Krasnodar Territory to the head of Chechnya has to do with an attempt to gain popularity, while hiding behind Alexander Bastrykin's protection. In their turn, political analysts and human rights defenders believe that the apology demand may turn against the MPs, if Kadyrov pays attention to it.

December 11, 2024 01:27

• In Brussels, Chechen women hold picket in solidarity with victims of repression

  Six female activists representing public organizations of Chechen natives in Europe held a picket in solidarity with women, victims of repression in Chechnya.