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October 07, 2024 23:15

• Nalchik resident found guilty of repeatedly discrediting Russian Army

  In Nalchik, a court found local resident Nikolai Buchnev guilty under the criminal article on discrediting the Russian Army. Earlier, the resident of Nalchik was fined for a similar violation under an administrative article.

October 07, 2024 22:45

• Teacher detained in Chechnya for his posts about Christians

  Teacher Mansur Zhabrailov has been dismissed from school and detained by the police for his offensive statements about Christians posted on social media.

October 07, 2024 21:48

• Blogger Guzenko arrested in Stavropol Territory

  A court in Stavropol has arrested Yegor Guzenko, a blogger, who is a suspect in a criminal case on the use of violence against a state official, for two months.

October 07, 2024 21:09

• Activists commemorate Anna Politkovskaya

  On the 18th anniversary of the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, activists laid flowers at her home and grave in Moscow, as well as to monuments to repression victims in a number of Russian cities.

October 07, 2024 19:39

• Mobilized soldier convicted in Novocherkassk for refusing to take part in combat missions

  The Novocherkassk Garrison Military Court has sentenced Evgeny Borodin, a mobilized soldier, to a term in a penal colony, finding him guilty of refusing to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone.

October 07, 2024 17:11

• Lawyers point to violations in case of teenager convicted of arson of military commissariat in Rostov-on-Don

  The interrogation of a minor convicted of attempting to set fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Rostov-on-Don without an advocate and his mother can be treated as a violation of the minor's rights, lawyers believe.

October 06, 2024 23:51

• Former Volgograd SIZO inmate achieves compensation for poor custody conditions

  The Tsentralny District Court of Volgograd has awarded Andrei Samoshin, a former inmate 1000 roubles in compensation for inadequate custody conditions at the Volgograd SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he was held. Samoshin claimed 500,000 roubles in compensation.

October 06, 2024 23:33

• Adam Kadyrov entered into the Russian Book of Records

  Adam Kadyrov, a son of the head of Chechnya, has been entered into the "Russian Book of Records" as the youngest head of the security service of the head of the Russian subject, the "Chechnya Today" News Agency. The new record-holder is 15.

October 06, 2024 21:28

• Astrakhan resident publicly apologizes for swearing in bus

  The Astrakhan Regional Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted another video with a local resident's public apology, in which an Astrakhan resident apologized and repented for using foul language in public transport.

October 06, 2024 20:36

• Kadyrov boasts of transferring "Jihad-vehicles" for SMO needs

  The first batch of "Jihad-vehicles", the manufacture of which has been launched in Chechnya, was transferred for the needs of the special military operation (SMO), Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.

October 06, 2024 19:11

• Mansur Movlaev, living abroad, claims kidnapping of his relatives in Chechnya by law enforcers

  Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, who left Russia, claimed that law enforcers kidnapped and used torture against his two brothers Zelimkhan and Khamzat in order to put pressure on him, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reported.

October 06, 2024 18:17

• Zarema Musaeva receives second reprimand in colony

  The bosses of the colony located in the city of Argun have issued the second reprimand to Zarema Musaeva for not wearing a badge; this may affect the court position on her conditional early relief (CER or parole), the advocate has informed.

October 05, 2024 23:57

• Public prosecutor requests court to sentence blogger Askhabali Alibekov to four years of imprisonment

  In a case on an attack on a policeman instituted against Novorossiysk blogger Askhabali Alibekov, a public prosecutor requested the punishment in the form of four years of imprisonment.

October 05, 2024 21:52

• Woman from Adygea punished for insulting law enforcer

  In Adygea, a court has fined a resident of the Takhtamukaisky District, finding the woman guilty of publicly insulting a public official.

October 05, 2024 17:56

• Activist Larisa Bochieva released from SIZO

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has overturned the decision to extend the arrest of Larisa Bochieva, accused of creating a cell of an extremist organization. This was reported by Shamil Khadulaev, the chairman of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC) in his Telegram channel.

October 05, 2024 16:48

• Court upholds arrest of lawyer Natalia Fedorenko

  The Novorossiysk Court of Appeal has dismissed the defence's complaint against the arrest of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, accused of violating one's privacy. The defence intends to file a complaint.

October 05, 2024 04:15

• Defendant in case on pogrom at Makhachkala airport pleads not guilty

  Magomednabi Shaikhslamov, involved as a defendant in a case on pogrom at an airport in Makhachkala, claimed that he ended up at the scene of the riots by accident, since he worked as a taxi driver. The video shows Magomednabi Shaikhslamov approaching the police, talking to them and leaving, but investigators accused the man of using violence against a public official.

October 04, 2024 22:56

• Nikita Zhuravel, who burned Koran, accused of high treason

  Nikita Zhuravel, a resident of Volgograd, convicted of burning the Koran, has been charged with high treason.

October 04, 2024 22:48

• Prisoner in Rostov penal colony to get compensation for improper medical treatment

  A court awarded former prisoner Igor Tkachenko 350,000 roubles in compensation, recognizing that medical officers at a tuberculosis hospital in Rostov-on-Don performed his surgery in an improper way, which caused his health to deteriorate.

October 04, 2024 21:18

• New expertise issue slows down consideration of murder case of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov

  After a month of deliberation, the prosecutor has agreed to conduct a new examination of the body of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of the Dagestani village of Kayakent. However, the judge postponed his decision on this issue for almost another month, explaining that he needed to study the previous data.