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August 05, 2024 22:26

• Rights activists declare Dagestani activist Eduard Ataev as political prisoner

  Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, has been persecuted for political reasons; his criminal case was fabricated, the human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

August 05, 2024 22:15

• Astrakhan deputy fined for post with Hitler's quote

  A court in Astrakhan has fined Oleg Shein, a deputy of the Regional Duma, treating his post with a quote from Hitler's book as distribution of extremist materials. The deputy himself has treated the court ruling as illegal and pointed out that the court had disregarded the context of his post.

August 05, 2024 21:57

• Makhachkala SIZO head, convicted of torture, disappears in Ukraine

  Daud Davydov, convicted in 2022 of beating inmates at Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) and extortions, has disappeared in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

August 04, 2024 23:49

• Chechen resident detained for beating his wife

  Policemen have detained a Chechen resident for beating his wife after a video of the incident caused public resonance.

August 04, 2024 22:09

• Investigator links demand to extend journalist Kevorkova's arrest her profession and ties

  Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, can use her extensive ties among high-ranking officials and find artificial proofs of her innocence, the investigator has stated, demanding to extend her arrest. I his turn, Kaloi Akhilgov, Nadezhda's advocate, has objected that the investigation is essentially over; and it's impossible to influence it.

August 04, 2024 20:04

• Relatives of three Kuban pensioners doubt investigators' version about created IAF

  Marina Zakharova, 68, Nikolai Nabiev, 66, and Sergey Kuzovenko, 64, from Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) have civilian professions; and the investigators' version that they had tried to organize an illegal armed formation (IAF) looks absurd.

August 04, 2024 19:07

• Tuapse townspeople, Krasnodar Territory, complain about absence of data about bomb shelters

  Regular drone attacks are frightening, but residents of Tuapse have no information about the locations of bomb shelters in residential areas, townspeople have complained.

August 03, 2024 19:19

• Volgograd court refuses to consider lawsuit on disclosure of activists' data

  The Tsentralny District Court of Volgograd has refused to consider the lawsuit for protection of honour and dignity, defence of privacy and claiming compensation for the suffered moral harm lodged against the "Volgograd-1" TV Company, under whose brand the story appeared on air about the people laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny.

August 02, 2024 23:57

• Video of woman being beaten in Chechnya outrages Telegram users

  The beating of a woman by her husband in a shop in the locality of Oiskhara requires an investigation, human rights defenders claim. Telegram users condemned the behaviour of the Chechen resident.

August 02, 2024 22:37

• Human rights defenders report whereabouts of Aishat Magomedova, who escaped from domestic violence

  Aishat Magomedova, who was kidnapped by her relatives in Moscow on July 31, is alive and is staying with the relatives in Kizilyurt. At a police station, a friend of Aishat Magomedova watched a video in which Aishat Magomedova, with bruises on her face, asked “not to make a fuss,” human rights defenders reported.

August 02, 2024 21:17

• Blogger Artemy Lebedev's words about Beslan spark anger in North Ossetia

  Artemy Lebedev's obscene statement about the activities of the organizations helping victims of the terror act in Beslan has caused outrage in the republic. Public organizations called for the designer to be stripped of his state awards and demanded an apology. The "Beslan Mothers" have announced a lawsuit.

August 02, 2024 20:58

• Court extends arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

  The arrest of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been extended by two months.

August 02, 2024 17:10

• Kizilyurt resident kidnapped by her relatives, human rights defenders report

  Relatives forcibly took Aishat Magomedova, a resident of Kizilyurt, who had fled from domestic violence, from her Moscow apartment. Human rights defenders believe that the young woman is in danger.

August 01, 2024 23:40

• Oleg Orlov*, Kevin Lik, and Andrei Pivovarov released within prisoner exchange

  Human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, 19-year-old Kevin Lik, convicted of high treason, and politician Andrei Pivovarov, who was sentenced to imprisonment for participating in the activities of an undesirable organization, have been released as part of a prisoner exchange with Western countries.

August 01, 2024 23:18

• Believers from Karachay-Cherkessia involved in criminal case as suspects

  Two women from the Zelenchuksky District are suspected of participating in an extremist organization: they were organizing meetings and services of Jehovah’s Witnesses*, investigators stated.

August 01, 2024 21:59

• Krasnodar historian fined for discrediting Russian Army

  Sergey Ryabchikov, a historian from Krasnodar, has been fined by 30,000 roubles for a post in which he called himself a pacifist.

August 01, 2024 21:27

• Behaviour of Akhmat battalion fighters sparks discontent among residents of Belgorod Region

  Fighters from Chechen units opened fire in a square of the town of Valuiki in the Belgorod Region and filmed it on video. Local residents, commenting on the video clip posted in social networks, have pointed to the unacceptable behaviour of Akhmat battalion fighters and demanded from authorities to hold them accountable.

August 01, 2024 18:19

• Arrest of Crimean Tatar Leniye Umerova, accused of espionage, extended until November 4

  A Moscow court has extended the custody of Leniye Umerova, a Tatar woman from Crimean, accused of espionage.

July 31, 2024 23:50

• Russian General Prosecutor treats militants’ attacks in Dagestan as authorities’ failure

  The militants’ attacks in Dagestan, like the terror act at Crocus City Hall, occurred because of the failure of the authorities, which did not pay sufficient attention to countering terrorism. The above was stated by Russian General Prosecutor Igor Krasnov.

July 31, 2024 23:10

• Activists assess prospects for ban on religious clothing in Kabardino-Balkaria

  When commenting on the recommendation of an official from a mosque in Nalchik to remove niqabs in educational institutions, activists and religious figures have noted that in recent years, there have been more people wearing religious clothing in Kabardino-Balkaria.