Crime

May 14, 2024 22:57

• Three IS* supporters sentenced for preparing a terror act in Cherkessk

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a court found three persons guilty of preparing a terror act and participating in the activities of the “Islamic State” (IS)*. The defendants were sentenced to 18.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

May 14, 2024 22:47

• In Ingushetia, court returns mother of two Leila Gatagazheva to SIZO

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld an appeal filed by the prosecutor’s office against mitigation of a pre-trial restriction measure for Leila Gatagazheva, accused of involvement in groupings of Syrian militants. The young woman has been returned to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) for the second time.

May 13, 2024 20:11

• Contract serviceman from Adygea convicted of abandoning his unit

  The defence of Aliya Khalit, a contract serviceman, has challenged the verdict announced by the Maykop Military Court, pointing out that the reason for the serviceman's absence from service was in his health condition. However, the Southern District Military Court has upheld six year in jail for Aliya Khalit.

May 09, 2024 23:51

• Yulduz Kurashova, torture victim, challenges acquittal of policewoman

  Yulduz Kurashova, a woman from Khasavyurt, the victim in the torture case, intends to seek to bring Maya Akhmedova, an operative agent, to justice; she was acquitted by the court during the retrial of the case.

May 09, 2024 23:39

• Lawyer analyses findings of examination in journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova’s case

  When commenting on the criminal prosecution of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova, advocate Timofei Shirokov has pointed out that psychological and linguistic examination has become a punitive tool and that, without clear criteria determined, investigators can easily use such examination to confirm the conclusions they need.

May 09, 2024 20:30

• Journalist Maxim Shevchenko rejects any Kevorkova's possibility of supporting terrorism

  Nadezhda Kevorkova's publications about the events in Nalchik in 2005 dealt with the torture of detainees; they irritated law enforcers. However, "she didn't support terrorism in any form," Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist, has stated in his comment on Kevorkova's arrest for allegedly justifying terrorism.

May 08, 2024 23:51

• Charges toughened against four arrested for riots in Makhachkala

  Four people arrested in connection with the riots at Makhachkala Airport have been additionally charged with violating transport security requirements. This was reported by the "Mediazona"*.

May 08, 2024 23:10

• Prosecutor’s office files a cassation against verdict to Diana Tsipinova

  In its complaint, the prosecutor’s office insists that the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, should be cancelled and the case should be returned to court.

May 08, 2024 17:42

• Defence treats arrest of journalist Kevorkova as unlawful

  The text by Orkhan Djemal, the publication of which became the reason for accusing Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, of justifying terrorism, had not been declared illegal earlier. The argument that the publication on Kevorkova's Telegram channel was accessible does not correspond to reality, her advocate has emphasized.

May 07, 2024 20:32

• Analysts consider reaction of Stavropol Territory Governor to burning of Bible to be imitation of Kadyrov’s actions

  With his activities in a case on the burning of the New Testament, Vladimir Vladimirov, Governor of the Stavropol Territory, copies the Ramzan Kadyrov’s reaction to the burning of the Koran in an attempt to earn political dividends, analysts have suggested.

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