South Federal District

July 24, 2024 22:52

• Men accused of pogrom mention their motives for coming to Uytash airport

  Magomed Omaraskhabov, accused in a case on pogrom, came to the airport in Makhachkala for family reasons, while another defendant Anvarbek Ataev came there out of curiosity, advocates stated.

July 23, 2024 23:16

• Court sentences Malik Gandaloev to 20 years in jail

  Malik Gandaloev, a native of Ingushetia, whom investigators treat as one of hostage-takers at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), has been sentenced to 20 years of freedom deprivation on charges of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)* and manufacturing explosives.

July 23, 2024 17:51

• Expert's conclusion exposes custom nature of case against oppositional politician Alexander Yefimov

  The expert's conclusion by Inna Vasilenko, Doctor of Philosophy, which the Prosecutor's Office (PO) presented at the trial of Alexander Yefimov, a member of the federal bureau of the "Yabloko" Party, is of a custom nature, lawyers have stated.

July 22, 2024 22:53

• Investigators institute new case on torture in Rostov prison hospital

  The investigation into a new case on torture in the Rostov prison hospital, which employees were sentenced to imprisonment, is being conducted against unidentified persons and concerns the events of 2018-2020.

July 22, 2024 19:15

• Former coordinator of Navalny's office in Krasnodar arrested in absentia

  A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Lev Gyammer*, a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, within the case of organizing activities of an extremist community.

July 21, 2024 23:58

• Advocates comment on new accusation of activist Melikhova for discrediting Russian Army

  The poem by Marina Melikhova, a Kuban activist, which had drawn law enforcers' attention, has nothing discrediting the Russian Army, said Maria Spasibukhova, an advocate. In her opinion, a conviction under the discrediting article will not affect the new administrative article.

July 21, 2024 23:11

• Law enforcers detain protesters in Krasnodar

  Law enforcers have detained at least two people who blocked the road near a residential complex in Krasnodar because of water and electricity outages.

July 21, 2024 22:14

• Woman from Volgograd Region receives suspended sentence for spoiling ballots with brilliant green

  The Volzhsky City Court has sentenced Ainura Amanbaeva, a local resident, who had poured brilliant green into a ballot box during the Russian presidential election, to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment.

July 19, 2024 21:55

• Activist's attempt to check dog shelter results in beating and questioning by FSB

  Three men have beaten up an animal rights activist when he tried to check the living conditions of dogs at a shelter that is supposed to provide humane care for stray animals. One of the attackers wrote a denunciation against the activist, accusing him of discrediting the military.

July 18, 2024 22:37

• Activist Marina Melikhova again accused of discrediting Russian Army

  The police considered a video with a verse by Kuban activist Marina Melikhova posted on YouTube as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova noted that she did not post the video, since at that time she was serving her sentence in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) and that she learned about the mentioned video from the police.

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