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October 28, 2024 23:47

• Action in support of journalist Gadjiev arises interest from Makhachkala residents

  A solo picket held by journalist Magomed Magomedov in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev has attracted increased attention from passers-by in Makhachkala.

October 28, 2024 23:08

• MIA reports detention of attacker on policeman in Krasnodar

  Marat Abdyushev, a resident of Bashkortostan, who attacked a policeman in Krasnodar and stole his weapon, was detained in the territory of a gardening association in the city.

October 28, 2024 21:57

• Astrakhan resident publicly apologizes for conflict near a store

  The Astrakhan Regional Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a detainee publicly apologized for a conflict with a local woman near a store, during which he insulted her nationality.

October 28, 2024 19:16

• Alkhanov's family disagrees with verdict for attacking Pskov paratroopers

  The wife of Magomed Alkhanov, a Chechen native, has declared his innocence in the case of the attack on the Pskov paratroopers and intends to appeal against the verdict. Svetlana Gannushkina*, a human rights defender, treats the witness' testimony in Alkhanov's case as dubious.

October 27, 2024 23:38

• Ukrainian citizen convicted in North Ossetia of espionage

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced Evgeny Konin, a Ukrainian citizen, to eight years of freedom deprivation, finding him guilty of espionage.

October 27, 2024 18:31

• Analysts recall closed nature of inquiry into Dubrovka terror act

  Authorities have failed to disclose information about what gas was used during the storming of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, where terrorists took hostages in October 2002. The results of the investigation have not yet been disclosed; and the officials responsible for the hostages' deaths have not been punished.

October 26, 2024 22:16

• Chechen authorities report blood feudists' reconciliation

  In the village of Oiskhara in the Gudermes District, a reconciliation ceremony was held of two families who had been in conflict over a murder that occurred a year ago.

October 26, 2024 21:31

• Lawyers treat citizenship deprivation of two residents of Volgograd Region as unlawful

  The deprivation of citizenship of two naturalized residents of the Volgograd Region for their failure to get timely registered for military service is contrary to the Russian Constitution and can be regarded as a repressive measure; however, a chance to overturn this ruling in court is low.

October 26, 2024 21:11

• Rights defenders report torture of detainees at Taganrog SIZO

  No less than seven inmates kept at the Taganrog SIZO (pre-trial prison) are being tortured to extract confessions within the case of the riot at the Rostov SIZO; and Muslims are prohibited from practicing their religion.

October 25, 2024 23:55

• In case of Sochi resident Schus, court agrees to interrogate a linguist

  The defence has convinced the court to interrogate an expert linguist at a hearing of the case of Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. Alexei has complained to his advocate about the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

October 25, 2024 23:18

• Criminal case against Ilyas Yakubov dropped

  Investigators have stopped the criminal prosecution of Ilyas Yakubov, a Chechen athlete, who signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) while at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and departed to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

October 25, 2024 22:12

• Attack on law enforcers in Chechnya becomes at least second incident since early 2024

  An attack on a car with fighters of the “Rosgvardia” (National Guard of Russia) in Chechnya was preceded by an attack on a policeman in the Achkhoi-Martanovsky District in February. The information about the attack on a police checkpoint in Gudermes in early October has not been officially confirmed.

October 25, 2024 18:46

• Blogger Guzenko’s case reaches court

  A criminal case against blogger Yegor Guzenko, who criticized the Russian authorities and Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” special forces, has been transferred to the Kirovsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory. The court hearing is scheduled for November 5.

October 25, 2024 16:45

• Victims in case on slave labour in Rostov Region afraid to testify

  A detainee is suspected of holding eighteen people in slavery at one of the farms in the Aksaisky District. The investigating department, where a confrontation with the victims was being prepared, was approached by members of a Roma community, who started a scuffle on the spot.

October 24, 2024 18:09

• Ukrainian military man Denis Muryga recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have recognized Ukrainian military man Denis Muryga, who was sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years of imprisonment, as a political prisoner.

October 24, 2024 18:00

• Advocate seeks release of disabled man from Novocherkassk SIZO

  Investigators and the court refuse to release Pyotr Golovnyov, a 20-year-old disabled man, from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novocherkassk, despite his serious health condition and growing tumour, his advocate has stated, treating the charges against Golovnyov as falsified.

October 24, 2024 15:39

• New case against Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk reaches court

  Vladimir Atamanchuk, an activist from Sochi, is serving a sentence within a slander case as a janitor at the hospital where he had worked as a doctor before retirement. A new case against Atamanchuk for contempt of the court will be heard on November 23.

October 24, 2024 15:36

• Inmate complains about absence of medical care in Volgograd colony

  Sergey Obodenko is serving his sentence in a penal colony located in the Volgograd Region. He suffers from multiple sclerosis, cannot move independently, and needs constant medical treatment, which, according to his wife and advocate, he is not receiving.

October 23, 2024 23:58

• Public prosecutor proposes to mitigate sentences of Gadjiev, Tambiev, and Rizvanov

  At trial, Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev claimed that the first instance court considered the purchase of airline tickets for 16,000 roubles as financing terrorism and completely ignored the findings of the forensic examination.

October 23, 2024 23:51

• Relatives of Dagestani native Dalgatov, who died at police station, speak out against pre-trial agreement with defendant

  Relatives of Makhachkala resident Kurban Dalgatov, who died at a police station after being detained, demanded to cancel the pre-trial agreement with one of the accused, Islam Atavov. At trial, the former law enforcer downplays his role in torturing Kurban Dalgatov, a lawyer presenting the interests of the deceased man’s family reports.