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January 16, 2024 23:57

• ECtHR treats convoying conditions of Ruslan Rakhaev to colony as inhumane

  For the torturous conditions of transporting to the colony, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded Ruslan Rakhaev, an ex-deputy head of the Cherkessk criminal investigation division, compensation of EUR 8500.

January 16, 2024 23:17

• Relatives of riot participants at Makhachkala airport invited for questioning

  Elders and religious leaders are involved in preventive conversations with relatives of participants in the riots at an airport in Makhachkala, the administration of the Levashinsky District reports.

January 16, 2024 18:53

• Human rights defender Nagavkin complains about torture of prisoners at SIZO

  Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), spoke in court about cases when prisoners were subjected to torture at the SIZO. The prosecutor’s office agreed to accept the human rights defender’s complaint for verification.

January 16, 2024 17:37

• Journalist Magomed Magomedov released after his detention at picket in support of Gadjiev

  A court found no signs of wrongdoing in the actions of Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), who was detained at a solo picket in Makhachkala. The journalist has been released.

January 16, 2024 16:31

• In Volgograd, court refuses to recognize inaction of prosecutor’s office on claim of mobilized man’s wife

  The Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd did not grant a lawsuit filed by a spouse of mobilized Anton Stepanischev against the military prosecutor’s office.

January 15, 2024 23:27

• Details of Vitaly Zhuravlyov's case disclosed

  Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of the Akhtubinsky District of the Astrakhan Region, has placed a photo of the Russian President in the VKontakte social network and criticism of Russians, after which the court fined him by 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

January 15, 2024 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 8-14, 2024

  Authorities and opposition in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, scandal with an icon in Georgia, 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 January 8-14, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 15, 2024 23:09

• Skorovarova's arrest for discrediting Russian Army challenged

  The defence has appealed against the court ruling to place Irina Skorovarova, a resident of the city of Taganrog, under house arrest; she was accused within a criminal case of discrediting the Russian Army. Under house arrest, she cannot buy foodstuffs and medicines for her minor daughter and elderly grandmother, her advocate has stated.

January 15, 2024 20:57

• In Makhachkala, law enforcers disrupt a picket in Gadjiev's support

  Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, tried to hold a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of his convicted colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but another picketer joined him, and law enforcers declared a violation of the rules for holding a solo action.

January 15, 2024 19:27

• Mullah killed in Chechnya in front of his own child

  In the village of Voskresenovskoye, Shelkovskoi District of Chechnya, a mullah was stabbed to death in front of his child. According to sources, blood feud could be the motive. An oppositional channel has refuted this version.

January 15, 2024 18:12

• Convict from Ingushetia claims harassment in colony for namaz

  Vakha Tsurov, a native of Ingushetia, has demanded monetary compensation from the colony administration, claiming that he had been subjected to disciplinary sanctions for performing namaz (Muslim prayer).

January 14, 2024 23:59

• After New Year performance, culture house staff fired in Kuban

  Several employees of the culture house located in the Scherbinovsky District of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) have been fired after actors in a New Year performance imitated sex in front of spectators with children.

January 14, 2024 23:11

• Number of administrative cases against Makhachkala rioters reaches 901

  Dagestani courts have received 901 administrative cases of offenses during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala, the "Mediazona"* has informed.

January 14, 2024 22:15

• Convict in the Hizb ut-Tahrir* case complains about conditions in Novocherkassk SIZO

  The administration of the Novocherkassk colony refuses to satisfy requests for medical examination; and there is no water in the cell, and rats are running around it, Rustem Sheikhaliev, convicted for taking part in the Hizb ut-Tahrir*, has complained.

January 14, 2024 20:46

• Woman from Taganrog arrested in criminal case of discrediting militaries

  A court in Taganrog has placed Irina Skorovarova, who was detained within a criminal case for discrediting the Russian Army, under house arrest for two months.

January 14, 2024 17:49

• Compensation for torture in Vladikavkaz awarded to Ukrainian Karpyuk

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russia guilty of using evidence obtained under torture in court and obliged it to pay EUR 30,000 to the Ukrainian citizen, Nikolai Karpyuk.

January 13, 2024 23:58

• Rights defenders explain heterogeneity of sentences for "USSR citizens"*

  The severe sentence given to an elderly resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who declared herself a "USSR citizen"*, fits into the general picture of the persecution of supporters of this movement.

January 13, 2024 23:51

• French court cancels extradition of native of Chechnya

  Imran Albakov, a native of Chechnya, who was facing extradition to Russia from France, will be released, the court has agreed with a threat to his life and health in his homeland, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer, has informed.

January 13, 2024 23:36

• Activist Garyaeva asks for protection from law enforcers' pressure and illegal persecution

  Natalia Garyaeva, the leader of the "Poltavskaya against Dump" movement, has sent her appeals to the Russian Prosecutor General, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the President, fearing that threats of violence against her would be carried out in the near future.

January 13, 2024 21:49

• Resident of Rostov Region sentenced to long imprisonment on charge of high treason

  In Bryansk, a court sentenced Pyotr Kolistratov, a resident of the Rostov Region, accused of attempting to defect to the side of Ukraine, to eight years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.