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December 13, 2024 22:50

• Arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova accused of justifying terrorism extended

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has left Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, in custody until March 3, 2025.

December 13, 2024 22:27

• Defence demands to release Volgograd lawyer Ruslan Nurushev

  Ruslan Nurushev, a Volgograd lawyer, has been brought final charges under the article on spreading fakes about the Russian Army. The defence has asked the court to schedule a preliminary hearing and consider the issue of Nurushev's release.

December 13, 2024 21:47

• Protesters' activeness in Georgia goes up ahead of presidential election

  Protests in Georgia have not revealed a bright leader, while oppositional activists have no opportunity to lead the actions. Today, demonstrators have shown high activeness, which will only increase until the presidential election day on December 14, political analysts and journalists are sure.

December 13, 2024 20:58

• Seven rioters at Makhachkala Airport sentenced to long colony terms

  The Aleksandrovsky Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced the participants in the riots that broke at the Makhachkala Airport in October 2023 to freedom deprivation for the terms from 8 to 9 years.

December 13, 2024 20:38

• Protest dispersals in Tbilisi strengthen protesters' motivation

  The brutal dispersals of protests held near the Georgian Parliament is increasing the number of protesters; the number of them ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands, Georgian analysts have stated.

December 12, 2024 23:45

• At least 70 media employees injured during protests in Georgia

  Human rights defenders counted 70 journalists who were injured by the actions of law enforcers during protest actions in Georgia.

December 12, 2024 23:20

• Volgograd blogger Prokudin sentenced to term of imprisonment in penal colony

  A court sentenced Pavel Prokudin, a blogger from Volgograd, to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of insulting the feelings of believers and inciting hatred towards the Russian Armed Forces.

December 12, 2024 22:44

• Activist Koshelev transferred from psychiatric hospital to outpatient observation

  Activist Vyacheslav Koshelev from the city of Volzhsky, who had earlier been placed to a psychiatric clinic for using violence against a policeman, was transferred home under the supervision of medical officers.

December 12, 2024 19:15

• “Caucasian Knot” correspondent faces deportation after his detention in Tbilisi

  In Georgia, after Beslan Kmuzov, a correspondent of the “Caucasian Knot”, had been detained at a protest in Tbilisi, the country’s migration service summoned him for a conversation. Meanwhile, the journalist has been legally living in the country since 2007.

December 11, 2024 23:06

• Jehovah's Witness* from Taganrog reports health worsening in colony

  Alexander Skvortsov, a Jehovah's Witness*, who is serving his term in a colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, has complained about his deteriorating health. He has high blood pressure and often suffers from headaches due to working at a hazardous production facility.

December 11, 2024 21:46

• Victims are unhappy with verdict to policeman Islam Atavov for detainee's death

  The verdict for Islam Atavov, a Makhachkala policeman, for his involvement in the death of Kurban Dalgatov will be appealed against by the victims' advocate.

December 11, 2024 20:39

• Demanding apology from Kadyrov becomes populist move

  The appeal of the MPs unknown outside the Krasnodar Territory to the head of Chechnya has to do with an attempt to gain popularity, while hiding behind Alexander Bastrykin's protection. In their turn, political analysts and human rights defenders believe that the apology demand may turn against the MPs, if Kadyrov pays attention to it.

December 11, 2024 01:27

• In Brussels, Chechen women hold picket in solidarity with victims of repression

  Six female activists representing public organizations of Chechen natives in Europe held a picket in solidarity with women, victims of repression in Chechnya.

December 10, 2024 23:47

• Activists attacked in Tbilisi

  At night, men in masks beat up activists of the “Akhali” Party in Tbilisi.

December 10, 2024 22:11

• Kuban MPs call on Kadyrov to apologize to Bastrykin

  Sergey Kusmakov and Sergey Klimov, two MPs from the Krasnodar Territory, reprimanded Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for his critical statements addressed to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), and called on the leader of Chechnya to apologize.

December 10, 2024 21:42

• Policeman accused in Dalgatov's death case sentenced to colony term

  The court has sentenced Islam Atavov, a Makhachkala policeman, to 7.5 years in penal colony for his involvement in the death of the detained Kurban Dalgatov.

December 10, 2024 20:29

• Sochi resident fined for insulting Russian President

  A court in Sochi has fined Valery Musarin, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles for his post placed in a social network that was treated as offensive to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

December 10, 2024 15:31

• "Caucasian Knot" correspondent detained at protest venue in Tbilisi and fined

  At night on December 7, in Tbilisi, law enforcers detained Beslan Kmuzov, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was covering the protests held by supporters of Georgia's European integration.

December 09, 2024 23:53

• Human rights defenders condemn detention of "Meydan TV" journalists

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the detention of "Meydan TV" employees Ainur Elgunesh, Aitadj Tapdyg, Khayal Agaev, Aisel Umudova, Natig Djavadli and the freelance journalist Ramin Deko by Azerbaijani authorities.

December 09, 2024 23:48

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 2-8, 2024

  Protests in Georgia, Kadyrov: pros and cons, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, new arrests of the opposition in Azerbaijan, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 2-8, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.