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September 20, 2024 22:25

• SC upholds sentence of Volgograd resident Paskar for setting fire to rug near FSB building

  The cassation court refused to grant an appeal lodged against the sentence of Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, who was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug near an FSB building in Krasnodar. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 21:52

• Sentence in absentia for aiding terrorism upheld against Stavropol resident Denis Mamedov

  The military court of appeal upheld the sentence to 16 years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting terrorism pronounced against Denis Mamedov, a former official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in Stavropol. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 20:06

• Volgograd resident detained for justifying terrorism

  Agents of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) have detained an earlier convicted Volgograd resident for his post in a messenger, seeing support for banned terrorist organizations in them.

September 19, 2024 23:57

• Fear of execution forces Dagestani resident to apologize to Kadyrov after road accident

  In the conflict of a Dagestani resident with and an elderly Chechen after a road accident, both parties are to blame, as they wouldn't settle the problem peacefully and started a brawl, analysts believe, adding that the Dagestani resident by apologizing to Kadyrov decided to protect himself and end the conflict in this way.

September 19, 2024 22:39

• Rights defenders find Andzor Kudaev's torture statement convincing

  The application made by Andzor Kudaev, a convicted entrepreneur from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that his confession was obtained under torture is credible, human rights defenders have pointed out, noting that courts are trying to ignore applications about torturing the defendants.

September 19, 2024 21:41

• Activist Olga Begretova loses appeal in forced fingerprinting case

  The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has rejected the appeal complaint, lodged by Olga Begretova, an activist, against the decision of the Nalchik court, which refused to request information that the FSB had received about her after forced fingerprinting at the airport.

September 19, 2024 20:38

• Appellate court leaves Ingush activists, Nalgiev and Khautiev, in colony

  The Stavropol Territorial Court has denied the defence's appeal against the refusal to mitigate the sentence and release Ingush activists, Ismail Nalgiev and Bagaudin Khautiev, from penal colony. The defence decided not to appeal against this decision.

September 19, 2024 18:31

• Natalia Fedorenko, advocate of blogger Kharchenko*, complains about court's accusatory bias

  Natalia Fedorenko, who is defending Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger, has demanded the judge's challenge due to the violations committed, but was refused; Natalia was accused of violating the judge's privacy. She has complained that her trial prevents her from defending Kharchenko*.

September 18, 2024 23:47

• ECtHR awards compensation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the Russian authorities violated the article on the prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment in relation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva. The activist was awarded 1000 euros in compensation, although Russia does not consider itself obligated to comply with the decisions of the European Court.

September 18, 2024 23:23

• Court dismisses appeal of activist Melikhova against fine for her verse

  A court dismissed all the arguments of the defence and upheld the decision to fine Marina Melikhova, an activist from Kuban, whose verse the law enforcement bodies recognized as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova, who does not have the money to pay the fine, intends to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

September 18, 2024 22:40

• Two natives of Northern Caucasus injured in shootout near “Wildberries” office in Moscow

  A shootout took place near an office of the “Wildberries” Company in the centre of Moscow. As a result, at least one person has been killed and several others have been wounded, sources report. Among the victims have been Abubakar Mestoev and Umar Chichaev, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters from Northern Caucasus, reports Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan.

September 18, 2024 21:47

• In Volgograd, court recognizes absence of HIV therapy in prison hospital

  The Central District Court of Volgograd awarded prisoner Ruslan Mitrofan compensation in the amount of 1000 roubles, recognizing that the administration of a prison hospital in Volgograd violated the prisoner’s right to receive medical care by not providing him with an HIV medicine. Meanwhile, Ruslan Mitrofan requested the compensation in the amount of 100,000 roubles.

September 18, 2024 20:29

• Court upholds sentence of Volgograd student Vodolagin in case on fakes about Russian Army

  A court of appeal upheld the sentence of Daniil Vodolagin, a student from Volgograd, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on the charge of disseminating fakes about the Russian Armed Forces. This information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 17, 2024 23:56

• Astrakhan resident with many children sentenced for escaping from military unit in SMO zone

  A court sentenced Denis Salmin, a contract soldier from the Astrakhan Region, to six years and six months of imprisonment, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

September 17, 2024 23:17

• Astrakhan resident fined for her comments on social network

  In the Akhtubinsky District of the Astrakhan Region, a court fined local resident Alexandra Toropchina 30,000 roubles, recognizing that her comments posted on the “VKontakte” social network discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

September 17, 2024 21:38

• Dagestani resident records public apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov for fight during road traffic accident

  A video with the apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov was recorded by a resident of Dagestan, who hit an elderly opponent from Chechnya during a road traffic accident and was then beaten for that by relatives of the elderly man.

September 17, 2024 20:39

• Alaudinov refuses to help surrendered Chechen natives

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, said that he would not help his fellow countrymen who had voluntarily surrendered in the special military operation (SMO) zone. He called surrender a disgrace for a Chechen and suggested that the fighters die in captivity.

September 17, 2024 17:37

• Grozny resident Batykaev sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment for attacking Pskov paratroopers

  A court sentenced Alavdi Batykaev, a resident of Grozny, to a term of imprisonment in a penal colony, recognizing him as a participant in an attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000. The court’s verdict was pronounced despite the contradictions in the testimonies of witnesses and the Alavdi Batykaev’s statement that he was not guilty.

September 16, 2024 23:56

• Recruitment of convicts affects crime statistics in Southern Russia

  The state is conducting no prophylactic work with former convicts who had fought in the special military operation (SMO) zone and were released; while the criminals who have flooded the regions of Southern Russia are committing crimes again, analysts have noted.

September 16, 2024 23:10

• Court treats Semyon Slepakov*'s songs as reason for adding him to register of foreign agents

  The anti-Russian songs and poems that Semyon Slepakov*, a native of the Stavropol Territory, used to post in social networks were the reason for his inclusion into the register of foreign agents.