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July 22, 2024 18:25

• Girls' deaths at quest in Makhachkala expose issue of safety rules observance at entertainments

  Two girls perished and one young man suffered in a fire in a quest room in Makhachkala, where they came to take part in the game. Compliance with safety rules in the entertainment sector remains low, residents of the republic have noted in social networks.

July 21, 2024 23:58

• Advocates comment on new accusation of activist Melikhova for discrediting Russian Army

  The poem by Marina Melikhova, a Kuban activist, which had drawn law enforcers' attention, has nothing discrediting the Russian Army, said Maria Spasibukhova, an advocate. In her opinion, a conviction under the discrediting article will not affect the new administrative article.

July 21, 2024 23:55

• Cases of Nalchik residents about anthem disrespect get the court

  The cases of nine residents of Nalchik, whom investigators accused of disrespecting the Russian anthem during a solemn event at school, have been sent to courts.

July 21, 2024 23:11

• Law enforcers detain protesters in Krasnodar

  Law enforcers have detained at least two people who blocked the road near a residential complex in Krasnodar because of water and electricity outages.

July 21, 2024 22:14

• Woman from Volgograd Region receives suspended sentence for spoiling ballots with brilliant green

  The Volzhsky City Court has sentenced Ainura Amanbaeva, a local resident, who had poured brilliant green into a ballot box during the Russian presidential election, to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment.

July 21, 2024 21:57

• Call of Chechen Construction Ministry to save electricity outrages social media users

  The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services and Energy of Chechnya has called on residents of the republic to limit electricity consumption in hot weather to avoid network overloads and blackouts.

July 21, 2024 21:51

• Dagestan: blogger Yarmagomedov arrested for two months

  Javier Yarmagomedov, a native of Dagestan, who had trampled a cross on live TV broadcast, has been arrested in Moscow on charges of insulting believers' feelings and trafficking in child pornography.

July 20, 2024 22:56

• Circassian activist Kase Kik reports his relatives being searched

  Law enforcers have searched the residence of the parents of Kase Kik, the leader of the Circassian Congress, who is living abroad. He has treated the unsanctioned search as a pressure attempt.

July 20, 2024 21:58

• Dagestani activist Bochieva claims pressure on court

  In Makhachkala, a court refused to question 20 out of 35 witnesses in a case on an extremist organization, and pressure is being put on the court, Larisa Bochieva claimed. A case against Larisa Bochieva has been falsified, however, to achieve a fair verdict, several years of proceedings may be required, an advocate believes.

July 20, 2024 19:11

• Relatives of Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in militants’ attack in Dagestan, claim falsification of evidence

  Law enforcers planted evidence during a search in the apartment of builder Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in the militants’ attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala. The above was claimed by relatives of the accused man.

July 19, 2024 23:58

• ECtHR recognizes violation of rights of Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged Russia to pay 10,000 euros to each of the four Dagestani Jehovah’s Witnesses*, sentenced to suspended imprisonment, considering their persecution a violation of the right to personal integrity and freedom of religion.

July 19, 2024 23:16

• Dagestani blogger Yarmagomedov charged additionally with child pornography

  Javier Yarmagomedov, a blogger and streamer, detained within the case of insulting believers' feelings by mocking the Christian cross-live on air, has been charged with child pornography circulation.

July 19, 2024 21:55

• Activist's attempt to check dog shelter results in beating and questioning by FSB

  Three men have beaten up an animal rights activist when he tried to check the living conditions of dogs at a shelter that is supposed to provide humane care for stray animals. One of the attackers wrote a denunciation against the activist, accusing him of discrediting the military.

July 19, 2024 21:48

• After being beaten by law enforcers, resident of North Ossetia achieves case initiation

  Eight months later, investigators in Moscow have opened a criminal case into the beating of Tamerlan Marzoev, a North-Ossetian native, by law enforcers.

July 19, 2024 17:25

• Dagestani journalist apologizes for his tabloid report about polyandry in Ingushetia

  Murad Magomedov, a journalist from Dagestan, voiced a public apology to residents of Ingushetia for a video released on a TV channel, which reported that a young woman from the village of Plievo, using elements of disguise, allegedly got married several times.

July 18, 2024 22:37

• Activist Marina Melikhova again accused of discrediting Russian Army

  The police considered a video with a verse by Kuban activist Marina Melikhova posted on YouTube as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova noted that she did not post the video, since at that time she was serving her sentence in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) and that she learned about the mentioned video from the police.

July 18, 2024 21:50

• Police apologize for beating Kuban resident

  The head of the Primorsko-Akhtarsky division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has apologized to Andrei Popov, a local resident, for beating him by a law enforcer, human rights defenders have reported.

July 18, 2024 19:45

• Rights defenders doubt any advocate Idalov's chances to hide from investigators in Chechnya

  After leaving Moscow for Chechnya, Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, accused within the case of threats to the prosecutor and put on the wanted list, is unlikely to hide from investigators in Chechnya, like those involved in the Nemtsov murder case, lawyers and human rights defenders have suggested.

July 18, 2024 18:16

• Court repeatedly fines Volgograd politician for his interview to “Golos”* movement

  The Volzhsky City Court repeatedly considered a case against Alexander Yefimov, a member of the federal bureau of the “Yabloko” Party, who was found guilty of giving an interview to the “Golos” (Vote)* movement. Alexander Yefimov was again found guilty and fined 15,000 roubles. Alexander Yefimov called the court’s decision a precedent and announced his intention to lodge an appeal against it.

July 18, 2024 17:05

• Teenager convicted of high treason complains about threats in penal colony

  Kevin Lik, an 18-year-old teenager from Adygea, convicted of high treason, claims that after he has complained about being deprived of contacts with the outside world, he began receiving threats of physical violence in the penal colony.