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January 06, 2025 22:15

• SMO fighter from Stavropol denied psychological rehabilitation

  Ivan Elpashev has complained of a severe mental state after participating in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, and asked to be sent for psychological rehabilitation, but doctors, and then the court, refused him.

January 06, 2025 21:14

• Aliev criticizes Russia for refusing to admit guilt in Embraer plane crash

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has criticized Russian authorities for refusing to admit guilt in the crash of the "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL) plane, and demanded that those responsible for the crash be punished.

January 06, 2025 19:31

• Georgian authorities start deporting foreign protesters

  According to court rulings, 25 foreign citizens who took part in protests last November and December will be deported from Georgia, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

January 05, 2025 22:15

• Mother of human rights defender Safarov banned from leaving Azerbaijan

  The police have banned the mother of the arrested human rights defender, Rufat Safarov, from leaving Azerbaijan, thus preventing her from accompanying her seriously ill husband to Turkey for medical treatment.

January 04, 2025 23:56

• Kadyrov’s statements damage relations between Russia and Uzbekistan

  The authorities of Uzbekistan have perceived the statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov concerning Uzbekistani officials as interference in the country’s internal affairs, analysts from Uzbekistan note.

January 04, 2025 23:47

• Dagestani activist Ramazan Rabadanov released from SIZO

  In Makhachkala, a court changed the pre-trial restriction measure for activist Ramazan Rabadanov to house arrest. The above information was reported by Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, on his Telegram channel.

January 04, 2025 22:40

• In Nalchik, court sentences contract soldier to suspended imprisonment for absence from military unit

  Contract soldier Ruslan Khasanov was sentenced by a military court in Nalchik to five years of suspended imprisonment for absence from his military unit. The court considered a suspended sentence possible given the Ruslan Khasanov’s intention to go to the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

January 04, 2025 21:47

• Rights defenders treat the case of Ryan and Mamedli as politicized

  The information on the espionage case against Martin Ryan and treason against Azad Mamedli is completely closed, while in Azerbaijan such accusations are often politically motivated.

January 04, 2025 21:16

• State Duma MP addresses GPO head regarding case of missing athlete Tsomartova

  A State Duma MP has sent an appeal to the head of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) with a demand to check the progress of the inquiry into the murder of Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk in February 2024.

January 03, 2025 23:48

• Supporters of European integration come to protest actions in Tbilisi and Batumi

  Participants of a protest action against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration blocked traffic near the Georgian parliament. Supporters of European integration also held a protest action in Batumi.

January 03, 2025 23:18

• Convicted relative of alleged militant achieves reconsideration of his case in Ingushetia

  A Movsar Kottoev’s relative, sentenced to imprisonment for carrying a grenade, has succeeded in seeking the cancellation of the court’s decision.

January 03, 2025 22:09

• Rights defenders call for release of Anar Mamedli, head of CEM&DS

  Human rights defenders have called for the release of Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies (CEM&DS), treating the case against him as part of repressions against critics of Azerbaijani authorities.

January 03, 2025 18:37

• Blogger Rashad Ramazanov complains about poor conditions in colony

  Rashad Ramazanov, an Azerbaijani blogger, convicted in a drug case, has complained that the colony where he is being kept is overcrowded and unsanitary; and prisoners are under pressure.

January 02, 2025 23:16

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov requests clarification from court

  Lawyer Timur Idalov, sentenced for threatening a public prosecutor, appealed to the judge of the Khimki City Court, pointing out the violation of the norms of criminal procedure law in the decisions on his case. Because of the above-mentioned violations, as Timur Idalov claims, he was unlawfully left in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

January 02, 2025 22:34

• Volgograd resident fined for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  A court fined Mikhail Bulatov, a resident of the Ilovlinsky District, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

January 02, 2025 20:15

• Energy crisis named as reason for Georgia to improve relations with Abkhazia

  Georgian authorities should help Abkhazia in solving its energy problems; this opens up opportunities for strengthening trust and restoring relations, Georgian analysts believe.

January 01, 2025 23:56

• On the 30th anniversary of storming Grozny, eyewitnesses share memories

  The New Year's assault of Grozny, launched by Russian militaries 30 years ago, forced residents to hide from shelling in basements and share leftover food with each other.

January 01, 2025 22:59

• In Tbilisi, protesters set up festive tables in front of parliament building

  In Tbilisi, participants of the protest campaign celebrated the New Year holiday at festive tables that they set up in front of the parliament building.

January 01, 2025 22:55

• Punishments for protesters have been tightened in Georgia

  Immediately after his inauguration, new President of Georgia Mikhail Kavelashvili has signed all the amendments to the Georgian laws that tighten the punishment for violations during protest actions and also simplify the process of dismissing and hiring persons for public service.

January 01, 2025 22:05

• Verdict to Kizilyurt law enforcers continues trend of lenient punishments for using torture

  The court ruling that sentenced two law enforcers to conditional sentences for beating a female detainee is another episode in the widespread Russian practice of lenient punishments in torture cases.