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April 01, 2024 18:14

• Native of Chechnya released from deportation prison in Belgium

  Islam Albakov, a native of Chechnya, who had been kept in a deportation prison in Belgium since 2019, has been released, the "Vayfond" human rights association has in its Telegram channel.

April 01, 2024 17:37

• University teacher in Kuban challenges fine for discrediting Russian Army

  Evgenia Opalich, a former teacher of the branch of the All-Russian State Justice University, has managed to cancel the fine of 40,000 roubles imposed on her.

March 30, 2024 23:56

• Human rights defenders recognize arrested believer from Cherkessk as political prisoner

  The “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence** recognized Jehovah’s Witness* Vladimir Fomin from Cherkessk as a prisoner of conscience. The court placed the man in custody in a case on extremism, despite his disability.

March 30, 2024 23:24

• Rights defenders find it a must to release Musaeva for health reasons

  The deterioration of Zarema Musaeva's health condition is another reason to apply CER (conditional early relief) to her, but she is actually being held hostage by Chechen authorities, human rights defenders have pointed out. Her diabetic cataract requires treatment at a specialized clinic, the doctor asserts.

March 30, 2024 23:10

• Dagestani woman reports forced departure because of threats

  Aida Milaidi, around whose apartment in Derbent a local deputy has built a shopping centre, has reported that she received state protection in Makhachkala. However, she is dissatisfied with the reaction of law enforcement bodies to her appeals regarding threats.

March 30, 2024 19:20

• Revival Day of Balkar People celebrated without mass events after terror act at Crocus City Hall

  The Ministry of Culture of Kabardino-Balkaria explained the cancellation of entertainment events on the occasion of the revival day of the Balkar region by the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. Residents of the republic said that this year they refrained from celebrating because of the tragedy which occurred in the Moscow Region.

March 29, 2024 23:17

• Sochi resident fined for insulting President Putin

  A court fined Alexander Goncharov, a resident of Sochi, 50,000 roubles for reposting in Telegram critical publications about the authorities of Russia.

March 29, 2024 22:57

• Oleg Orlov's* relatives are alarmed by his state of health

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony for his pacifist position, is deprived of hot meals and subjected to gruelling daily trips from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the court, says his advocates' complaint.

March 29, 2024 22:36

• Zarema Musaeva's health condition worsens in colony

  Zarema Musaeva's sense of vision has sharply deteriorated in the colony in Argun; and she also suffers from swellings and severe pain, his advocate has informed.

March 29, 2024 22:10

• Court's ruling on torture in Kuban outrages human rights defenders

  Torture is a grave crime; and the court ruling to sentence a law enforcer from the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) to a fine of 50,000 roubles for beating up Andrei Popov is excessively lenient, human rights defenders have noted.

March 29, 2024 17:24

• Participants of Navalny's commemoration outraged by disclosure of personal data

  The Volgograd residents, whose personal data were disclosed on air of the "Volgograd-1" TV channel, intend to file complaints with law enforcement bodies.

March 28, 2024 22:50

• Policeman from Krasnodar Territory fined for beating detainee

  A court in the Krasnodar Territory has fined Evgeny Volkov, a policeman, by 50,000 roubles under the case of torturing Andrei Popov, who was detained on suspicion of theft.

March 28, 2024 22:19

• Court extends arrest of blogger Alyona Agafonova

  Alyona Agafonova, a blogger from Samara, accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory because of her video filmed near the monument "The Motherland is Calling!" has been left in custody until June 19.

March 28, 2024 22:16

• Court arrests eighth suspect accused in case on terror act at Crocus City Hall

  A court in Moscow arrested Alisher Kasimov, a native of Kyrgyzstan, on the charge of involvement in organizing the terror act at the Crocus City Hall.

March 28, 2024 22:13

• Blogger Alibekov remains under arrest in Kazan

  In Tatarstan, the court of appeal upheld the decision to arrest Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, suspected of using violence against a policeman.

March 28, 2024 22:03

• Attack on Crocus City Hall highlights issue of state assistance to victims of terror acts

  In Russia, the status of victims of terror acts should be legislated and state assistance should be guaranteed to them, human rights defenders claim after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. According to the human rights defenders, the authorities still do not provide full-scale assistance to the victims of the terror act in Beslan and the militant attack on Nalchik.

March 27, 2024 23:47

• Awards for capture of terrorists brighten image of “Akhmat” regiment

  A report on the awarding of “Akhmat” fighters for the detention of the suspects accused of committing the terror act at the Crocus City Hall looks like an attempt to artificially increase the importance of the Chechen military unit. That has been noted by military experts interviewed.

March 27, 2024 22:35

• Volgograd TV channel organizes persecution of Alexei Navalny’s supporters

  In Volgograd, a local TV channel has disclosed the names of people who brought flowers to the monument to the victims of political repressions in memory of Alexei Navalny, calling them potential “saboteurs.”

March 27, 2024 19:49

• Rights defender Nagavkin claims contradictions in testimonies of prosecution witnesses

  Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, has asked the court to pay attention to contradictions in witnesses' testimonies about the time of the incident in the cell. The judge refused to add his motion to the case files.

March 27, 2024 16:51

• Analysts treat Akhmat Kadyrov's idea of Chechen censorship in social networks as absurd

  Officials cannot define behaviour norms for the Chechen society, since they are formed by the society itself; and the search for social network users, whose actions and statements contradict the Chechens' mentality, will lead to mass repressions with forced apologies, analysts are sure.