News

October 15, 2022 10:43

• Resident of Volgograd Region accused of discrediting militaries

  The case of Eduard Safronov, a resident of the city of Volzhsky, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, has arrived in the court.

October 15, 2022 10:41

• After quitting SIZO in Adygea, activist Taganov needs doctors' care

  After Roman Taganov has served his term at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) located near Maykop, the capital of Adygea, his health became worse, and he needs medical treatment, said his wife. His advocate has confirmed his client's poor health.

October 14, 2022 23:59

• Court reconsiders sentence of policeman Dolgiev in case on rally in Magas

  The Pyatigorsk City Court pronounced a new punishment for Ingush policeman Magomed Dolgiev, sentencing him a shorter suspended imprisonment. At the same time, the judge added to the verdict the motive of political hostility towards the authorities of the republic, human rights defenders report today.

October 14, 2022 23:57

• At least 800 law enforcers from Southern Russia perish in Ukraine

  Since the beginning of the special military operation, the authorities have confirmed the information about at least 800 residents of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, including 512 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District and 288 residents of the South Federal District.

October 14, 2022 23:52

• Activist from Adygea, Roman Taganov, released from SIZO

  Roman Taganov, an activist, is back at large from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) a week after the decision of the Maykop court on his conditional custody came into force.

October 14, 2022 23:50

• Makhachkala: power outages follow gas shutdown

  Because of a four-day-long gas supply shutdown, Makhachkala residents had to heat water and cook food by using electricity; some townspeople were forced to purchase electrical appliances, while power supply outages were also observed in a number of city districts.

October 14, 2022 03:53

• ECtHR upholds Darya Polyudova's complaint about long custody

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered the complaint lodged by Darya Polyudova, an activist from the Krasnodar Territory, about her excessively long custody and the red tape in considering her appeals against her custody extensions.

October 14, 2022 03:49

• Amid mobilization, number of those who leave Chechnya increase significantly

  This year, statistics have recorded a sharp increase in the number of those who leave Chechnya, moving both to the CIS countries and abroad.

October 13, 2022 23:54

• ECtHR awards compensation to six natives of Southern Russia for torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized six natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kuban, and Chechnya, as victims of torture by law enforcers and awarded the compensations totalling 208,300 euros.

October 13, 2022 23:50

• First hearing outside Chechnya in case against Magamadov and Isaev scheduled

  On October 25, in Pyatigorsk, a court will consider a complaint in a case against Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev brothers, convicted in Chechnya for aiding and abetting a militant. The court hearing will be the first to take place outside of Chechnya, the “NC (Northern Caucasus) SOS” Crisis Group points out.

October 13, 2022 16:29

• Interference of Chechen Ombudsperson man encourages Azmatgiriev's defence

  The office of the Chechen Ombudsperson has joined in solving the problem of violation of the rights of the convicted Khalid Azmatgiriev; and this gives hope that the abuse of the inmate will stop, said the advocate of the native of Chechnya.

October 13, 2022 16:25

• Woman from Rostov Region accused of discrediting militaries

  The case against Yulia Moiseenko, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, has arrived in the court. This was reported by the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project.

October 13, 2022 16:21

• Statement on continued mobilization alarms residents of Rostov Region

  Residents of the town of Krasny Sulin have expressed their fears in connection with the mobilization continuation. Some of the relatives who are entitled to receive summonses have left the city and the country, said local residents.

October 13, 2022 16:18

• Wives of mobilized Volgograd residents stunned by meagre payments

  The wives of mobilized residents of the Volgograd Region have sent complaints to the military prosecutor's office after their husbands were told the amount of payments for their time spent at the training centre.

October 12, 2022 23:57

• Human rights defender urges Prosecutor’s Office to intervene in detained Ingush native’s case

  In his appeal to the Russian General Prosecutor and the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov noted that Issa Gazdiev, a resident of the Maiskoye village in North Ossetia, was accused, like other Ingush natives had been accused earlier, of a murder committed 30 years ago.

October 12, 2022 23:55

• In Kuban, court justifies arrest of defendant by mobilization

  A resident of the Krasnodar Territory was arrested on the basis of “military amendments” to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which entered into force on September 24. This was reported by Pavel Chikov, the head of the “Agora” human rights group.

October 12, 2022 14:08

• Journalists dispute on impact of help promised to families of those mobilized on protest moods in Dagestan

  The opening of the headquarters aimed to help the families of the mobilized residents of Dagestan will not help reducing the protest moods in the republic, the journalists, Gadjimurad Sagitov and Magomed Magomedov, believe.

October 12, 2022 14:01

• Ingush Imam's pacifist statement results in call to military commissariat

  The Ingush Imam, whose statement about the military operation in Ukraine has attracted the attention of the republic's vice-premier, received a call to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office), but refused to accept the summons, a source has informed.

October 12, 2022 13:43

• Sochi prosecutor's office demands real prison term for fakes about army

  The prosecutor's office has filed an appeal against the verdict passed to Evgeny Zolotov, a Sochi doctor, who was sentenced to a fine for spreading fakes about the army. The supervisory authority (the office) has treated the sentence as inappropriate to the gravity of the crime.

October 12, 2022 13:24

• Verdict in torture case of Dagestani Kurashova disappoints social network users

  The sentence of 3.5 years in prison for the law enforcers-figurants in the case of using violence against Yulduz Kurashova, a resident of Khasavyurt, is too lenient, social media users believe.