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June 19, 2024 22:55

• Kuban resident fined for calls to terrorism

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has found Vladimir Yarotsky, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), guilty of calls for terrorism and imposed a fine of 350,000 roubles on him, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported with reference to the press service of the court.

June 19, 2024 22:50

• Human rights defender Nagavkin complains about falsifications in his case

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has informed the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about falsifications in the case initiated against him about the theft allegedly committed by him in a jewellery store.

June 19, 2024 21:03

• Leila Gatagazheva, accused of having links with Syrian militants, was released under recognizance not to leave

  The term of house arrest of Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of links with Syrian militants, expired on June 17; and the court released her under recognizance not to leave the place, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence* has reported.

June 19, 2024 20:49

• Student from Taganrog convicted of treason

  The court has sentenced Vladislav Poruchikov, a student from Taganrog, to nine years in jail, finding him guilty of treason and attempting to get recruited into a terrorist organization.

June 19, 2024 19:10

• Relatives of Kevin Lik, convicted in case on high treason, alarmed by no information on his whereabouts

  Relatives of 18-year-old Kevin Lik from Maykop, sentenced for high treason, cannot obtain information about his whereabouts after he was transferred from Krasnodar to the Arkhangelsk Region, where he was supposed to serve his sentence, his mother says.

June 18, 2024 23:58

• Volgograd resident fined for posting rainbow flag on social media

  In Volgograd, a court fined a local resident 1000 roubles, finding her guilty of publicly displaying extremist symbols.

June 18, 2024 23:47

• ECtHR recognizes fine for picketing as violation of Oleg Orlov*’s rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that by detaining human rights defender Oleg Orlov* at a picket in support of Oyub Titiev and fining him for his protest action, the Russian authorities violated the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and judicial impartiality.

June 18, 2024 21:14

• Court extends arrest of five defendants in Makhachkala unrest case

  The arrest of five figurants in the riot case at Makhachkala Airport has been extended until December 30, 2024, the RIA "Novosti" has reported, citing the press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

June 18, 2024 20:49

• Court finds violation of detainees' rights in Makhachkala shelter

  The court has obliged the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to pay compensations to three women who were beaten up by law enforcers during detention at a shelter, where law enforcers came there to take Khalimat Taramova, a native of Chechnya, away.

June 18, 2024 17:54

• Court extends arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

  Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been left in custody until August 6, 2024.

June 17, 2024 23:43

• Human rights defenders comment on incident in Rostov SIZO

  The hostage-taking incident in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don may be the result of a provocation, human rights defenders note. According to their version, the dead prisoners had handcuffs on their hands, and numerous violations had earlier been recorded in the SIZO itself.

June 17, 2024 23:11

• Magomedov’s picket attracts attention of tourists to Dagestani journalist Gadjiev’s case

  In Makhachkala, tourists became interested in Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case after noticing a solo picket in his support, reported journalist Magomed Magomedov.

June 17, 2024 22:57

• Military man from Adygea sentenced for desertion

  A court sentenced Vitaly Yanchenko, a contract soldier from Adygea, to six years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty of desertion from a military unit in Buynaksk.

June 17, 2024 20:36

• Inmates from Ingushetia and Chechnya are named as hostage-takers in Rostov-on-Don

  Prisoners from Ingushetia, convicted under terrorist articles, took part in hostage-taking at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), said the head of Ingushetia. Sources have added that prisoners from Chechnya were also among hostage-takers.

June 17, 2024 18:48

• SMO fighter from Dagestan complains to Putin about infringement of his wife's labour rights

  While in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, Top Sergeant Sultanali Akhmedov has recorded a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov.

June 16, 2024 19:05

• ECtHR finds violation of Astrakhan activist Doliev's rights

  Mikhail Doliev, an Astrakhan activist, has won the case versus Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Two of his complaints concerned his detentions during protest actions.

June 15, 2024 23:10

• Relatives of incapacitated tourist complain to Kuban Prosecutor about his rights violation

  Galina Teryokhina, a Moscow resident, has sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) that the court had fined her incapacitated relative for sneaking onto a fenced beach.

June 15, 2024 22:55

• Lawyers doubt prospect of bills banning religious clothes

  The bills that intend to ban wearing religious clothing, including niqabs, in public places are causing a split in the society, which is especially negative amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Religious clothes are not widespread in the country, this issue is not relevant, therefore the bills to ban them will not be adopted, lawyers believe.

June 15, 2024 21:43

• Sentence to contract soldier from Stavropol Territory for evading service upheld

  The appellate instance has upheld the sentence of Arkady Tomilov, a contract serviceman from the Stavropol Territory, who was sentenced to six years in penal colony for leaving his military unit without permission.

June 15, 2024 19:53

• Kadyrov's nephew gets under UK sanctions

  The British authorities have included Yakub Zakriev, a nephew of the head of Chechnya, who now heads the "Danone Russia" Company, into the sanctions list.