Russia

December 11, 2025 15:30

• Pashinyan was greeted with a rally in Moscow

  Participants in a rally outside the Armenian Embassy in Moscow demanded that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who arrived for a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union Council, release persecuted clergy.

December 11, 2025 11:31

• The prosecution demanded a 4.5-year prison sentence for the former vice-mayor of Krasnodar

  Vsevolod Netreba expressed his remorse at today's court hearing.

December 11, 2025 03:56

• A native of Ingushetia spoke about her late sister's struggle to see her child

  Pyatimat Yevkurova, a seriously ill resident of Ingushetia, spent seven years seeking to see her son, whom her ex-husband had forcibly taken from her. She died without ever seeing her child grow up. Her sister appealed to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, demanding that those responsible for violating Pyatimat's rights be punished.

December 10, 2025 15:18

• Moskalkova sided with Alaudinov in the conflict with bloggers

  Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova called the criticism of Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov undeserved.

December 10, 2025 02:58

• Kadyrov awarded the soldier who shot down a drone in Chechnya

  A million rubles was awarded to the soldier who shot down a drone over Chechnya on December 9, according to the republic's head, Ramzan Kadyrov.

December 09, 2025 06:13

• The High Qualification Collegium of Judges has has authorized the initiation of criminal cases against four Rostov judges.

  The High Qualification Collegium of Judges has authorized the initiation of criminal cases against four more judges from Rostov-on-Don, who, according to investigators, were part of a criminal group led by former chairperson of the Sovetsky District Court, Elena Kobleva.

December 08, 2025 21:52

• A human rights activist revealed details of Baimuradova's death

  Ayshat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was found dead in Yerevan, suffered a long and painful death, and her killers waited for her to die, said David Isteyev, director of the SOS* Crisis Group. Investigators have not yet officially determined the cause of her death.

December 08, 2025 20:44

• Mansur Khadzhiev was convicted for acquitting Basayev and Khattab

  A military court in Moscow sentenced Mansur Khadzhiev to 3.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of justifying the activities of Shamil Basayev, Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Aslan Maskhadov.

December 08, 2025 05:50

• Analysts expressed polar opinions on the results of monitoring the Black Sea's oil pollution

  Some analysts have accepted the veracity of the results of monitoring the Black Sea's oil pollution, which showed that the level this summer, despite the accident of two tankers, was one of the lowest in 18 years of observations. Others have questioned the scientists' conclusions.

December 07, 2025 01:54

• The court heard the appeal in Murdiev's case without notifying his mother and lawyers

  A Moscow court heard the appeal in the case of Chechen teenager Muslim Murdiyev without notifying his mother and primary lawyers. The family learned of the hearing only several days later, after the appeal had been rejected.

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