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September 09, 2024 16:40

• Observers report violations at vote tabulation in Krasnodar Territory

  After closing the polling stations in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), violations during vote tabulation were recorded, observers have stated. Complaints about the process of summing up the election results are coming from the Seversky District.

September 09, 2024 15:03

• Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* added to register of foreign agents

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has justified the inclusion of Alexander Saveliev*, a journalist, and David Kankiya*, an activist, both from Krasnodar, by their participation in the creation of materials for foreign agents and spreading false information about authorities' decisions.

September 08, 2024 23:58

• ECtHR awards compensation to Rostov-on-Don activist

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded EUR 5000 in compensation to Ekaterina Vereschagina, an activist from Rostov-on-Don, concluding that Russian authorities had violated her right to the freedom and peaceful assembly by detaining her for 10 days in 2021 after she took part in an action in support of Alexei Navalny*.

September 08, 2024 23:48

• Voters report coercion to vote in Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories

  Residents of the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories have faced coercion to vote at the recent elections, voters have reported. From the Seversky District of the latter, the "Map of Election Violations" also received reports of pressure on an observer and violations during home voting.

September 08, 2024 23:18

• Former teacher Roman Melnichenko released from Volgograd SIZO

  Roman Melnichenko, a former teacher at the Volgograd State University and an international law expert, has been released after three days of arrest. Law enforcers cited his refusal to show his passport as the reason for the accusation of disobeying policemen.

September 08, 2024 22:11

• Law enforcers set Lysogorskaya village brothers free

  Dmitry and Pavel Masenko are back at home; law enforcers have returned part of their property seized during the search that was conducted within the case of preparing a terror act, a female relative of the young men has informed.

September 07, 2024 18:38

• Three residents of Stavropol Territory convicted in Bible burning case

  A court sentenced two residents of the Stavropol Territory who burned the New Testament and recorded their act on camera to real terms of imprisonment. The third defendant, a minor, was sentenced to conditional imprisonment.

September 06, 2024 23:56

• Journalist Zalina Marshenkulova* included into register of foreign agents

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has recognized journalist Zalina Marshenkulova* from Kabardino-Balkaria as a foreign agent. According to the MoJ’s report, Zalina Marshenkulova* has spoken out against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, spread fakes about the decisions of the Russian authorities, and promoted LGBT** relations.

September 06, 2024 23:46

• Relatives report detention of three residents of Stavropol Territory on suspicion of preparing terror act

  Law enforcers came to conduct searches in connection with the case of preparing a terror act to residents of the village of Lysogorskaya – brothers Dmitry and Pavel Masenko, and a resident of Georgievsk Sergey Chikishov; they seized equipment, the Koran and their phones.

September 06, 2024 21:55

• Volgograd lawyer Roman Melnichenko arrested for three days

  The court has arrested Roman Melnichenko, a former teacher at the Volgograd State University, for three days for disobeying policemen and fined him under the article on discrediting the Russian Army.

September 06, 2024 21:46

• Dagestani blogger Alibekov rejects charge of intentionally attacking law enforcer

  In Kazan, a court extended the arrest of Dagestani native Askhabali Alibekov by three months. The blogger claims that he hit a law enforcer not intentionally, when policemen were twisting his arms.

September 06, 2024 17:08

• Journalist Svetlana Anokhina reports about law enforcers’ visit to her mother

  The police came to a 95-year-old mother of journalist and human rights defender Svetlana Anokhina to take a saliva sample from her. The human rights defender has called the police actions intimidation of the elderly woman.

September 05, 2024 23:55

• Three Jehovah's Witnesses* accused of extremism in Krasnodar Territory

  Residents of the village of Vyselki, Vladimir Lepsky, Irina Ushakova and Natalia Novoseletskaya participated in meetings and training events in order to continue the activities of the banned religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses of the Vyselkovsky District", investigators assert.

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 05, 2024 22:38

• Mikhail Benyash* demands return of his lawyer status

  Mikhail Benyash*, a lawyer, has filed a lawsuit against the Krasnodar Territorial Bar Association and the Russian Federal Bar Association, demanding that the deprivation of his lawyer status be declared illegal.

September 05, 2024 22:14

• Dagestani PMC’s chair reports details about suspects detained in case on Djabrailov’s death

  Two detained inspectors of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) have been suspected of abuse of power in connection with the death of Akhmed Djabrailov at a police station, reports Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan. He has also mentioned the suspects’ names.

September 05, 2024 21:45

• Visitors to Beslan School find it necessary to preserve terror act memory

  It is hard to visit Beslan and reminisce about what happened 20 years ago, but it is a must in order to preserve the memory of the victims and support their relatives, visitors to Beslan School No. 1 have stated.

September 05, 2024 20:38

• Two law enforcers detained in connection with Djabrailov's death at police station

  Investigators have detained two patrol-and-post officers in connection with the death of Akhmed Djabrailov, a participants in the special military operation (SMO), on July 9, at in the Sovietsky police station in Makhachkala, Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, has informed.

September 05, 2024 19:38

• Activist Larisa Baragunova sentenced to three years in colony

  The court has found Larisa Baragunova, a pensioner from the city of Tyrnyauz, guilty of attacking law enforcers and sentenced her to three years in penal colony. In her final statement, she stated that her prosecution had to do with the activities of the "USSR Trade Union"* organization.

September 04, 2024 23:47

• Case of Chechen MMA fighter Yakubov shows danger of quoting Basaev

  The inclusion of Ilyas Yakubov, a Chechen MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter, into the list of terrorists and extremists has restricted some of his rights. In order for a person to be charged with justifying terrorism, it is not necessary for him/her to justify it literally.