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September 19, 2024 18:31

• Natalia Fedorenko, advocate of blogger Kharchenko*, complains about court's accusatory bias

  Natalia Fedorenko, who is defending Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger, has demanded the judge's challenge due to the violations committed, but was refused; Natalia was accused of violating the judge's privacy. She has complained that her trial prevents her from defending Kharchenko*.

September 18, 2024 23:47

• ECtHR awards compensation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the Russian authorities violated the article on the prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment in relation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva. The activist was awarded 1000 euros in compensation, although Russia does not consider itself obligated to comply with the decisions of the European Court.

September 18, 2024 23:23

• Court dismisses appeal of activist Melikhova against fine for her verse

  A court dismissed all the arguments of the defence and upheld the decision to fine Marina Melikhova, an activist from Kuban, whose verse the law enforcement bodies recognized as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova, who does not have the money to pay the fine, intends to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

September 18, 2024 22:40

• Two natives of Northern Caucasus injured in shootout near “Wildberries” office in Moscow

  A shootout took place near an office of the “Wildberries” Company in the centre of Moscow. As a result, at least one person has been killed and several others have been wounded, sources report. Among the victims have been Abubakar Mestoev and Umar Chichaev, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters from Northern Caucasus, reports Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan.

September 18, 2024 21:47

• In Volgograd, court recognizes absence of HIV therapy in prison hospital

  The Central District Court of Volgograd awarded prisoner Ruslan Mitrofan compensation in the amount of 1000 roubles, recognizing that the administration of a prison hospital in Volgograd violated the prisoner’s right to receive medical care by not providing him with an HIV medicine. Meanwhile, Ruslan Mitrofan requested the compensation in the amount of 100,000 roubles.

September 18, 2024 20:29

• Court upholds sentence of Volgograd student Vodolagin in case on fakes about Russian Army

  A court of appeal upheld the sentence of Daniil Vodolagin, a student from Volgograd, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on the charge of disseminating fakes about the Russian Armed Forces. This information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 17, 2024 23:56

• Astrakhan resident with many children sentenced for escaping from military unit in SMO zone

  A court sentenced Denis Salmin, a contract soldier from the Astrakhan Region, to six years and six months of imprisonment, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

September 17, 2024 23:17

• Astrakhan resident fined for her comments on social network

  In the Akhtubinsky District of the Astrakhan Region, a court fined local resident Alexandra Toropchina 30,000 roubles, recognizing that her comments posted on the “VKontakte” social network discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

September 17, 2024 21:38

• Dagestani resident records public apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov for fight during road traffic accident

  A video with the apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov was recorded by a resident of Dagestan, who hit an elderly opponent from Chechnya during a road traffic accident and was then beaten for that by relatives of the elderly man.

September 17, 2024 20:39

• Alaudinov refuses to help surrendered Chechen natives

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, said that he would not help his fellow countrymen who had voluntarily surrendered in the special military operation (SMO) zone. He called surrender a disgrace for a Chechen and suggested that the fighters die in captivity.

September 17, 2024 17:37

• Grozny resident Batykaev sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment for attacking Pskov paratroopers

  A court sentenced Alavdi Batykaev, a resident of Grozny, to a term of imprisonment in a penal colony, recognizing him as a participant in an attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000. The court’s verdict was pronounced despite the contradictions in the testimonies of witnesses and the Alavdi Batykaev’s statement that he was not guilty.

September 16, 2024 23:56

• Recruitment of convicts affects crime statistics in Southern Russia

  The state is conducting no prophylactic work with former convicts who had fought in the special military operation (SMO) zone and were released; while the criminals who have flooded the regions of Southern Russia are committing crimes again, analysts have noted.

September 16, 2024 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 9-15, 2024

  Autumn elections in Southern Russia, captivity and disgrace, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, mass brawl in Kuban, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 9-15, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 16, 2024 23:10

• Court treats Semyon Slepakov*'s songs as reason for adding him to register of foreign agents

  The anti-Russian songs and poems that Semyon Slepakov*, a native of the Stavropol Territory, used to post in social networks were the reason for his inclusion into the register of foreign agents.

September 16, 2024 20:44

• Convicted disabled person complains about poor conditions of detention at Pyatigorsk SIZO

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court dismissed a claim filed by Georgy Kolyan, a convicted person with disabilities, against the administration of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Pyatigorsk with a request to compensate for the damages inflicted by poor conditions in a SIZO cell. The convicted person requested a compensation of 750,000 roubles.

September 16, 2024 19:10

• Court appoints compensation to family in Volgograd Region for missile debris falling on their house

  A court in the Volgograd Region has ordered officials to pay 4.7 million roubles to the Brunts family, whose home and property were damaged by falling missile debris.

September 16, 2024 10:24

• Alexei Abramov's wife complains about deterioration of his health in SMO zone in Ukraine

  At the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, Alexei Abramov, a Krasnodar resident, was included into an assault squad, although he can only move on crutches. On the frontline, his legs became very swollen, and his health worsened, his wife Ksenia Abramova has stated.

September 15, 2024 23:40

• "Beslan Mothers" comment on Milashina's investigation into school storming

  On the 20th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, at a meeting with Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the "Beslan Mothers" organization raised the issue of the use of tanks during the school storming, Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the organization's committee, has stated.

September 15, 2024 23:09

• Rights defender Nagavkin demands compensation for custody conditions at Leninsk SIZO

  In his lawsuit, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has claimed to be paid 900,000 roubles for being kept in unsanitary conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Authorities are obliged to keep detainees in accordance with sanitary requirements, a lawyer and a human rights defender have confirmed.

September 15, 2024 14:48

• Volgograd residents dispute about restoration of bas-relief with Stalin

  The restoration of a bas-relief with a portrait of Stalin on the facade of the Volgograd Medical University has become a sign of Stalinism revival and insults the memory of repression victims, some residents of Volgograd have pointed out. Their opponents object that monuments merely reflect history.