South Federal District

December 12, 2024 23:20

• Volgograd blogger Prokudin sentenced to term of imprisonment in penal colony

  A court sentenced Pavel Prokudin, a blogger from Volgograd, to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of insulting the feelings of believers and inciting hatred towards the Russian Armed Forces.

December 12, 2024 22:44

• Activist Koshelev transferred from psychiatric hospital to outpatient observation

  Activist Vyacheslav Koshelev from the city of Volzhsky, who had earlier been placed to a psychiatric clinic for using violence against a policeman, was transferred home under the supervision of medical officers.

December 11, 2024 23:06

• Jehovah's Witness* from Taganrog reports health worsening in colony

  Alexander Skvortsov, a Jehovah's Witness*, who is serving his term in a colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, has complained about his deteriorating health. He has high blood pressure and often suffers from headaches due to working at a hazardous production facility.

December 11, 2024 20:39

• Demanding apology from Kadyrov becomes populist move

  The appeal of the MPs unknown outside the Krasnodar Territory to the head of Chechnya has to do with an attempt to gain popularity, while hiding behind Alexander Bastrykin's protection. In their turn, political analysts and human rights defenders believe that the apology demand may turn against the MPs, if Kadyrov pays attention to it.

December 10, 2024 22:11

• Kuban MPs call on Kadyrov to apologize to Bastrykin

  Sergey Kusmakov and Sergey Klimov, two MPs from the Krasnodar Territory, reprimanded Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for his critical statements addressed to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), and called on the leader of Chechnya to apologize.

December 10, 2024 20:29

• Sochi resident fined for insulting Russian President

  A court in Sochi has fined Valery Musarin, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles for his post placed in a social network that was treated as offensive to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

December 09, 2024 22:52

• Blogger Vadim Kharchenko* arrested for two months

  A court in Gelendjik has placed Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger, accused of slander, in custody until February 4, 2025.

December 08, 2024 20:06

• Blogger Kharchenko* detained under new criminal case

  A court in Gelendjik has released Vadim Kharchenko*, accused under several criminal articles, from custody, after which he was detained on suspicion of slander.

December 06, 2024 22:50

• Prosecutor demands long terms for Goncharenko and Abdurakhmanov for arson of military commissariat

  The prosecution has asked to sentence Boris Goncharenko to 11 years and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov to 12 years in colony, accusing then within the case of setting the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) on fire. This was reported by the human rights project "Solidarity Zone".

December 02, 2024 23:55

• Comments in messenger result in fine imposed on Astrakhan resident

  A court in the Narimanov District of the Astrakhan Region has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his comments on the Telegram had discredited the Russian Army.

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