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March 27, 2025 22:49

• Krasnodar blogger arrested after being forced to apologize

  In Krasnodar, a court sentenced blogger Vladimir Vanyan to administrative arrest, finding him guilty of failure to obey the police.

March 27, 2025 21:41

• Krasnodar law enforcers detain restaurant visitor for pro-Ukrainian slogan

  A female visitor to a restaurant in Krasnodar shouted a pro-Ukrainian slogan while listening to a patriotic song. Law enforcers identified her and found out during a conversation that she wanted to irritate other visitors.

March 26, 2025 23:59

• Athlete from Krasnodar publicly repents for insulting law enforcers during his video stream

  Powerlifter Vladimir Vanyan*, detained after using foul language when speaking about FSB officers in a video stream on his YouTube channel, has apologized to the law enforcers. The athlete has stated that he “will serve with weapons in his hands in the SMO (special military operation).”

March 26, 2025 23:49

• Lawyers explain mechanism for searching for missing athlete Tsomartova abroad

  If Anna Tsomartova fails to declare that she has become a crime victim, the police in other countries can only notify Russia of her location, but not detain her.

March 26, 2025 21:40

• Relatives demand to disclose cause of death of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo

  In Novorossiysk, employees of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), tried to give out the body of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo to his relatives without a forensic examination. However, the relatives and defence requested the SIZO administration to disclose the cause of the man’s death.

March 26, 2025 20:57

• Resident of Dagestan complains to Putin about corrupt law enforcers

  The members of a public association that built an apartment building in Dagestan are being subjected to extortion and blackmail by law enforcers and judges who are preventing the building legalization. This was stated by Gadjimurad Abdulmazhidov, the initiator of the construction.

March 25, 2025 23:48

• Thirteen Dagestani residents sentenced to imprisonment in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  In the Stavropol Territory, two courts sentenced thirteen residents of Dagestan to terms of imprisonment ranging from 7 to 10.5 years. Two of the defendants, in addition to participating in mass riots and violating transport safety rules, have been found guilty of attacking police inspectors.

March 25, 2025 22:57

• ICRF deprives Chechen Umarov’s mother of chance to seek truth in case of her son's disappearance

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has overturned the decision of its employee who refused to provide the case materials on the disappearance of Movsar Umarov. This led to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya stopping the consideration of the complaint of Umarov's mother.

March 25, 2025 22:41

• Jehovah's Witness* Valery Bailo dies at SIZO

  Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness* of 67, has died at the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison). His relatives assert that he complained about his health, but no medical care was provided to him.

March 25, 2025 22:17

• Supporters of European integration demand Georgia’s return to democracy

  In Tbilisi, the activists seeking Georgia’s return to the path of European integration have been holding protest actions for the 115th day in a row. They have expressed their support for the US bill on sanctions against the Georgian leaders.

March 25, 2025 21:31

• Missing athlete Anna Tsomartova put on international wanted list

  A student named Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk, has been placed on the international wanted list after an examination found that she looked similar to a young woman spotted in Dubai.

March 24, 2025 23:16

• Policemen claim innocence in torturing Tigran Ulubabyan

  The Vanadzor policemen, whom Tigran Ulubabyan, a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, has accused of beating and torturing him, have declared their innocence. Roman Yeritsyan, an advocate, has noted that much evidence was hidden or destroyed.

March 24, 2025 22:16

• In Georgia, over thousand protesters prosecuted administratively

  Overall, 486 people were detained under administrative articles for taking part in Georgian protests; and a total of 1084 people were subjected to administrative prosecution.

March 24, 2025 20:59

• Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko* declared wanted

  The personal data of Martin Kochesoko*, an activist from Kabardino-Balkaria, who lives abroad, have appeared in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The article under which the activist has been declared wanted is not indicated, the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre (HRC) reports.

March 24, 2025 20:18

• Lena Patyaeva holds picket in Grozny with demand to find her friend Seda Suleimanova

  Lena Patyaeva, a friend of Seda Suleimanova, held a solo picket in Grozny. In her hands, the activist was holding a poster saying: “Where is Seda?”

March 23, 2025 23:32

• Rights defenders comment on transfer of convict in Nemtsov’s murder case to Chechnya

  The transfer of Khamzat Bakhaev, one of the figurants in the Boris Nemtsov’s murder case, means that his custody conditions will noticeably improve. Nemtsov's defence does not oppose Bakhaev's transfer, since he is the only convict, whose guilt was not proven beyond doubt.

March 23, 2025 18:46

• Chechen TV channel blames local woman for witchcraft

  Chechen law enforcers have detained Larisa Zakrailova, a local resident, for providing occult services. Adam Elzhurkaev, a doctor at the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has scolded her on the air of the “Grozny” Chechen State TV and Radio Company (ChSTRC), after which the woman "repented."

March 22, 2025 23:19

• In Novosibirsk, activist holds picket with demand to find Seda Suleimanova

  In Novosibirsk, Elena Tardasova-Yun held a solo picket with the demand to find out the fate of Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by her relatives to Chechnya.

March 22, 2025 22:16

• Resident of Ingushetia apologizes for his social media posts

  Law enforcers have forced a 19-year-old resident of Nazran, suspected of justifying terrorism, to apologize on camera. The young man repented of posting a video and comments, expressing regret that this could lead to problems for his family.

March 22, 2025 21:18

• Lawyers see law substitution with political persecutions in Stavropol schoolgirl’s case

  Lawyers and a human rights defender have criticized the interpretation of the mention of Alexei Navalny as grounds for criminal prosecution. They treat it as an intimidation instrument, since the name and image of the opposition leader are not a manifestation of extremism.