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November 29, 2024 22:26

• Trial outcomes of riots at Makhachkala Airport disappoints the defence

  The harsh sentence for five Dagestanis accused within the case of riots at the Makhachkala Airport will be appealed against; the defence claims absence of proofs of their guilt.

November 29, 2024 21:23

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov sentenced to forced labour

  The Khimki City Court (Moscow Region) has sentenced Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, to one year and 11 months of forced labour within a case of threats to a prosecutor. He was also banned from practicing advocacy for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

November 29, 2024 16:52

• Rights defender Nagavkin's stay in punishment cell extended

  The administration of the penal colony located in the town of Uryupinsk has extended the custody term in the dungeon (punishment cell) of Igor Nagavkin, who has declared a hunger strike, having treated him as a malicious violator; they prepare documents to transfer him to a general regime colony.

November 28, 2024 23:46

• SIZO administration in Chechnya refuses to release writer Zakhar Zaripov, who is suffering from cancer

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer, convicted for an appeal to the head of Chechnya, remains at the Khabarovsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite the cancellation of his punishment associated with freedom deprivation. The SIZO bosses refuse to release him until they receive the text of the verdict.

November 28, 2024 23:05

• Two Nalchik residents fined for calls to attend rally of conscripts’ parents

  A court fined Nalchik residents Margarita Getazheeva and Timbora Takov, who posted calls for conscripts’ parents to attend a rally in connection with the fighting in the Kursk Region.

November 28, 2024 21:34

• Dagestani activist Rabadanov reports injuries he got during his detention

  During his detention by the police in Makhachkala, activist Ramazan Rabadanov suffered a cervical vertebrae injury.

November 28, 2024 20:32

• Malgobek resident detained for kidnapping in 1999

  The police detained a 47-year-old resident of Malgobek accused of kidnapping a resident of the Kirov Region in 1999 for ransom.

November 27, 2024 23:11

• Court in Nalchik finds soldier fit for service after grave wound

  The Nalchik Garrison Military Court has rejected the claim lodged by Nikolai Spichkin, a military serviceman, who asked to find him unfit for service due to the removal of part of his intestines after the received wound.

November 27, 2024 22:55

• Court stops prosecuting female rights defender from "Marem" Group

  A court in the Moscow Region has found no violation in the words of Ekaterina Neroznikova, a human rights defender, about the case of Seda Suleimanova. The reason for stopping the prosecution under the article on participation in an undesirable organization was in violations in the protocol, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

November 27, 2024 18:16

• Court reduces sentence of writer Zaripov, convicted of appealing to Kadyrov

  The military appellate court has replaced the five-year term of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, with a fine. After a cancer surgery, half of Zaripov's face is paralyzed and his vision has deteriorated.

November 27, 2024 00:15

• Court of appeal upholds verdict in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  The court of appeal refused to grant the appeals filed against the verdicts to five men convicted in the case on riots at the airport in Makhachkala.

November 26, 2024 22:09

• Lawyers comment on recognition of activist Ruslan Nurushev as political prisoner

  The “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project recognized Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer from Volgograd, as a political prisoner. This status is important from a political and moral point of view.

November 26, 2024 21:53

• Activist from Kazan placed to IVS in Karachay-Cherkessia

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, the law enforcement bodies suspected activist Guzel Kasimova from Tatarstan of posting leaflets about an impending terror act.

November 26, 2024 20:43

• Nikita Zhuravel sentenced to 13.5 years in jail for burning Koran down

  A court in Volgograd has sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to a long colony term, finding him guilty of treason.

November 26, 2024 19:02

• Woman from Stavropol Territory fined for discrediting Russian militaries

  A court in the Stavropol Territory has fined Anastasia Kalmykova by 30,000 roubles, treating her statement about the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.

November 26, 2024 17:28

• Three Dagestani law enforcers suspected of torture

  The policemen from Dagestan, Magomed Magomedov, Ramazan Magomedov and Abdulatip Gadjiev are suspected of abuse of power and torture.

November 25, 2024 23:59

• Zheleznovodsk townswoman detained for her pacifist statements

  Law enforcers have detained a woman from the city of Zheleznovodsk who spoke out against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

November 25, 2024 23:58

• Court ignores arguments of journalist Kevorkova's defence in terrorism justifying case

  The defence insisted on softening the freedom restriction measure for Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, since the inquiry is over, and she cannot influence it, but the court has ignored the advocates' arguments.

November 25, 2024 23:43

• Activist Atamanchuk denied motions in Sochi court contempt case

  At the first hearing in the contempt case, Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi activist, was denied a motion to remove the judge, conduct a linguistic expertise, and request a preliminary hearing.

November 25, 2024 23:18

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 18-24, 2024

  Crisis in Abkhazia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, echo of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, 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 November 18-24, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.