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April 29, 2024 20:51

• Makhachkala townspeople show empathy for journalist Gadjiev

  Residents of Makhachkala asked questions about the health condition of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev and the consideration date of the appeal, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, who has held a picket in support of his colleague, has informed.

April 29, 2024 19:58

• Resident of Rostov Region convicted of involvement in "USSR"*

  The court has sentenced Vladimir Sizov, a resident of the Rostov Region, to 3.5 years in penal colony, recognizing him as a member of an extremist organization.

April 29, 2024 19:03

• Court sentences conditionally law enforcers-figurants in torture case of Dagestani woman Kurashova

  Shamil Aliev and Ramazan Saipulaev, former policemen, have been sentenced to conditional imprisonment and fines in the torture case of Yulduz Kurashova, a Khasavyurt resident. The third defendant, Maya Akhmedova, was acquitted, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

April 29, 2024 17:16

• Attack on SMO veteran and his wife in Rostov-on-Don sparks resonance online

  Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has ordered to open a criminal case after an attack in Rostov-on-Don on a veteran of the special military operation (SMO) and his wife, as a result of which they received traumas.

April 28, 2024 21:48

• SC demands from KBSU documents on legality of Khokonov's dismissal

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has begun considering the lawsuit lodged by Murat Khokonov, Professor of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), concerning his illegal dismissal. The SC has demanded from KBSU bosses the documents confirming the legality of professor's dismissal.

April 28, 2024 17:02

• Kuban activist Melikhova fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in the city of Armavir has fined Marina Melikhova, a local activist, by 30,000 roubles, finding her guilty under an administrative article about discrediting the Russian Army.

April 27, 2024 23:58

• Residents of Southern Russia celebrate Circassian Flag Day without street actions

  Residents of Adygea, Krasnodar Territory, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have marked the Circassian Flag Day only with indoor events. Officials asked to do without street celebrations, the heads of regional branches of the "Adyge Khase" movement have informed.

April 27, 2024 23:50

• KChR resident suspected of spreading fakes about Russian Army

  Taulan Kipkeev, a mountaineering instructor from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), became a suspect within a criminal case of fakes about the Russian Army after his posts criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

April 27, 2024 22:47

• Kalmyk activist Vladimir Dovdanov* announced wanted

  The police have put on the wanted list Vladimir Dovdanov, a Kalmyk activist, who has fled Russia, and is accused of calling for undermining the state security.

April 27, 2024 21:59

• Activists point to unifying significance of Circassian Flag Day

  The Circassian Flag Day consolidates the Adygs (Circassians) in Southern Russia and abroad, but this is primarily a merit of public organizations, not the authorities, the Circassian activists who had left Russia have indicated.

April 27, 2024 20:45

• Musaeva's defence denies her urgent hospitalization

  Zarema Musaeva remains in the colony for now; her advocates are seeking her transfer to a medical institution, but urgent hospitalization is out of question, the "Team Against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

April 27, 2024 19:06

• Participants of festival in Nalchik share their personal perception of Circassian flag

  The green flag with arrows and stars symbolizes the entire combination of national cultural values for the Circassians and gives hope for the future, emphasize participants in the celebration of the Circassian Flag Day in Nalchik.

April 26, 2024 23:58

• Court sides with mother of missing Chechen Movsar Umarov in her dispute with investigators

  In Grozny, a court recognized illegal the investigators’ refusal to provide Eset Umarova with all the materials of the criminal case on the disappearance of her son Movsar Umarov. The above court’s decision will allow the woman assess the investigators’ work, human rights defenders explain.

April 26, 2024 23:47

• Chechen authorities report about re-uniting of more than 2500 divorced couples

  Special commissions created on the instructions of Ramzan Kadyrov reunited 2565 divorced couples in Chechnya, the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) reported.

April 26, 2024 22:45

• Court tightens sentence of Dagestani native Magomed Atimagomedov in case on attack on warders

  Magomed Atimagomedov, a native of Dagestan, convicted in a case on attacking warders from a Kalmyk penal colony and killing one of them, has his 25-year sentence replaced with life imprisonment.

April 26, 2024 20:07

• Volgograd blogger Prokudin sent to SIZO

  In Volgograd, a court arrested trash streamer Pavel Prokudin, accused of insulting Russian militaries. The defence asked the court to place Pavel Prokudin under house arrest.

April 26, 2024 18:34

• KBR woman asks to provide medical treatment to her convicted son

  In his colony, Eduard Kulbaev, a convict, is not receiving efficient treatment for diabetes, his mother, Marina Atabieva, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has informed and called on the prosecutor's office to intervene in the situation.

April 25, 2024 23:10

• Rights defenders report that relatives of British citizen detained in Chechnya are not allowed to him

  Law enforcers would not let relatives of Magomed Abubakarov, a British citizen, who was wounded during detention in Urus-Martan and charged under two criminal articles, to see him, an activist of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence* has informed.

April 25, 2024 21:57

• Son reports hospitalization of Zarema Musaeva

  Zarema Musaeva's health condition in the Argun penal colony where she is kept, has worsened sharply; she lost the ability to move, after which she was hospitalized, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer and one of Zarema's son, has informed.

April 25, 2024 21:33

• Three fines imposed on Stavropol resident for discrediting Russian Army upheld

  In the Stavropol Territory, the appellate instance has upheld three rulings on the fines imposed on Vitaly Fedorenko, who was found guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.