Russia

September 11, 2024 22:48

• Vadim Kharchenko*’s advocate lodges complaint about being prosecuted for her professional activities

  Natalia Fedorenko, a defender of Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*, is accused of violating the privacy of one of the judges. During the consideration of a case on illegal construction, the advocate challenged the judge because he was treating his dog in a veterinary clinic located in an “illegally constructed” building.

September 10, 2024 20:20

• Zoo rights defender Denis Djalaganiya accused of discrediting Russian Army

  After a denunciation that was made against Denis Djalaganiya, a public animal welfare inspector, that he had allegedly discredited the Russian Army in his pacifist publications posted in an animal rights group chat, an administrative protocol was drawn up against him.

September 09, 2024 22:29

• Kuban environmentalists treat repeated inclusion of their colleagues into register of foreign agents as example of pressure on activists

  The repeated inclusion of the "Civil Initiative against Environmental Crime"* into the register of foreign agents is an example of authorities' pressure on eco activists, environmentalists from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) assert. According to their version, due to authorities' pressure, many colleagues have abandoned their public activities.

September 05, 2024 23:37

• Resident of Rostov Region sentenced for trying to help Ukrainians

  The Rostov Regional Court has sentenced Novitsky, a 61-year-old local resident, to 3.5 years in colony, finding him guilty of attempting to cooperate with a foreign state.

September 04, 2024 21:35

• Makhachkala resident demands compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution

  Zainulabidin Mirzabekov spent 12 years proving that the charge of selling heroin brought against him was falsified, and he spent eight years in custody. The man requests court to oblige the state to pay 414 million roubles in compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution.

September 02, 2024 23:56

• Analysts associate Shoigu’s words about strengthening Sharia with criticism of republics’ leaders in NCFD

  The statements voiced by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu about radicals’ attempts to displace secular laws in Northern Caucasus with Sharia norms are a signal to the leaders and officials of the regions, analysts note.

September 01, 2024 23:58

• Online conference discusses kidnapping practices in Northern Caucasus

  The practices of kidnapping and enforced disappearances in the regions of Northern Caucasus, primarily in Chechnya, are a legacy of two Chechen campaigns. This issue is very acute due to authorities' repressions, but the fight against these practices must be continued. This was stated by the participants of the online conference of human rights defenders, organized by the "Memory Project" team jointly with the "Vyorstka" (Layout)* outlet.

August 31, 2024 18:13

• Alexei Schus, accused in case on fakes about Russian Army, complains about conditions of detention in SIZO

  Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, accused of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army and making a weapon, has complained that the conditions of detention at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar are torture. There are not enough sleeping places for prisoners, and they are not taken out for walks.

August 29, 2024 21:46

• Shoigu reports about radicals’ attempts to introduce Sharia norms in Northern Caucasus

  In the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) , radicals are attempting to displace secular laws, replacing them with Sharia norms, and also to replace traditional Islam with its radical movements, reports Sergey Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

August 29, 2024 19:38

• Woman from Cherkessk fined for prohibited symbols

  The Cherkessk city court has fined Madina Karaketova, a local resident, for her avatar placed in a messenger, which was treated as demonstration of prohibited symbols.

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