Georgia's President pardons 114 convicts by New Year

October 10, 2024 18:23

• Lawyers criticize amendments about military contracts for defendants

  New laws signed by President Vladimir Putin have given defendants the chance to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Earlier, only persons under investigation or convicts could do the above. The new laws violate the rights of victims who will not be able to obtain justice in court, lawyers note.

October 10, 2024 13:42

• Lawyers criticize amendments about military contracts for defendants

  In Rostov-on-Don, a military court has extended for three months the arrest of Boris Goncharenko and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, defendants in a case on arson of a military registration and enlistment office in the town of Goryachy Klyuch.

October 09, 2024 20:54

• Blogger from Kuban apologizes to Christians for incorrect wordings

  An Islamic blogger from Ust-Labinsk was fined by 15,000 roubles and arrested for two weeks for inciting hatred and enmity, and for disobeying the police. He has stated that in his channel he made an unfortunate statement about Christianity and the belonging of Adyg lands, and apologized.

October 09, 2024 20:48

• Commander of "Akhmat" special unit comments on his advocate's arrest

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, has confirmed that Denis Shapiro, arrested in Moscow, was his advocate after Alaudinov's poisoning and helped the "Akhmat" units, but called not to speculate on the topic of the advocate's detention.

October 09, 2024 19:22

• Dagestani blogger Askhabali Alibekov sentenced to colony term

  A court in Kazan has found Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, guilty of attacking a policeman and sentenced him to two years and four months in a maximum security penal colony. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.