Volgograd Region

October 21, 2024 21:21

• Verdict to Volgograd woman for attempted arson of military commissariat mitigated

  The appellate court has reduced the suspended sentence imposed on Tatiana Lebedeva, a Volgograd resident, within the case of attempted arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office).

October 20, 2024 23:34

• Student Daniil Vodolagin, convicted of spreading fakes about Russian Army, convoyed to penal colony

  Daniil Vodolagin, a Volgograd student, has been sent to a penal colony, where he will serve a five-year sentence for spreading fake news about the Russian Army. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"* with reference to his advocate.

October 15, 2024 21:45

• Lawyers comment on new charges against Nikita Zhuravel

  The criminal article on high treason, which was charged to Volgograd resident Nikita Zhuravel, provides for punishment up to life imprisonment, lawyers note. The criminal case has signs of persecution for political reasons, a human rights defender suggests.

October 10, 2024 21:30

• Human rights defender Nagavkin challenges his verdict before transportation to penal colony

  In his appeal, human rights defender Igor Nagavkin pointed out violations committed during the consideration of the case on disorganization of the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison) and requested court to cancel the verdict.

October 09, 2024 13:08

• Court sides with prisoner in her dispute with Volgograd SIZO

  A court awarded convicted Elena Polovenko compensation of 4000 roubles, thus granting her claim against the administration of a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Volgograd. Elena Polovenko complained about the poor conditions in a SIZO cell and demanded compensation of 570,000 roubles.

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 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.

September 29, 2024 23:39

• Igor Paskar complains about censorship in prison

  Letters to Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, convicted of setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, are arriving intermittently; and the prison administration prohibits him from receiving newspapers and books, human rights defenders have complained.

September 24, 2024 23:57

• Penal colony administration confiscates manuscript of Paskar’s autobiography

  Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, was sentenced by court to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug at an entrance to an FSB building in Krasnodar. The convict decided to write an autobiography in a penal colony, but the administration confiscated a manuscript of his book.

September 24, 2024 21:57

• Blogger from Bashkortostan accused of desecrating the monument "The Motherland Calls!"

  The Prosecutor's Office has approved the charge of Nazism rehabilitation against Rasul Akhiyaretdinov, a blogger from Bashkortostan, who had recorded a video demanding that the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" in Volgograd be "dressed more modestly!"; his criminal case was sent to court.

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