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March 29, 2023 14:13

• Attack on DPS post in Ingushetia is first in more than three years

  The attack on a road-and-patrol police post (known as DPS) committed in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, where one policeman was wounded, was the first such armed incident in the republic in 39 months. The previous similar incident occurred in Magas in December 2019.

March 29, 2023 08:12

• Priest from Krasnodar Territory fined for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  The archbishop from the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban was fined for his statements in a church, which a court recognized as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 28, 2023 20:05

• ECtHR communicates complaints of lawyer Mikhail Benyash* about being beaten and arrested by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer the questions concerning the complaints submitted by the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, about being beaten by law enforcers after detention and for arrest.

March 28, 2023 19:52

• Makhachkala: townspeople's interest in pickets in Gadjiev's support inspires his colleagues

  During another series of solo pickets regularly held by Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues, residents of Makhachkala were very actively interested in the journalist's case, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, has informed.

March 27, 2023 23:56

• Relatives of Ingush native Albagachiev alarmed by his health state in penal colony

  The administration of the penal colony, in which native of Ingushetia Abdul-Malik Albagachiev is being kept, refuses to let him have surgery for a metal plate to be removed from his collarbone, advocate Irina Biryukova reports.

March 27, 2023 23:12

• Life-sentenced Chechen native Mansur Razhaev awarded compensation for violation of his rights

  In Pyatigorsk, the Fifth Court of Cassation sided with Mansur Razhaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment in a case on involvement in militant groupings, in his dispute with a penal colony and awarded him compensation for violation of the conditions of his detention.

March 27, 2023 18:17

• Kalmyk colony warden accused of torturing Dagestani prisoners arrested

  A court in Kalmykia has taken into custody the sixth colony employee, accused of abuse of authority and using violence against colony inmates from Dagestan.

March 27, 2023 18:13

• Woman from Krasnodar fined for discrediting militaries

  A court in Krasnodar has fined a local female resident, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 26, 2023 14:49

• Sochi: housing shareholders complain about law enforcers' inaction

  For two years now, the Sochi police have been checking the complaint against the developer who was earlier convicted and his companion. At the same time, law enforcers do not refuse to initiate a criminal case, but they do not start it either.

March 26, 2023 14:43

• ECtHR demands Russian authorities' answers about Musaeva's detention

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated a complaint against the detention of Zarema Musaeva, demanding explanation from Russian authorities on how lawful Chechen law enforcers' actions were, human rights defenders have informed.

March 26, 2023 14:27

• Messages on behalf of Chechen Arsamikov spark rights defenders' mistrust

  The chat messages posted on behalf of Idris Arsamikov, who was detained by Chechen law enforcers, give no grounds to assert that he is alive, human rights defenders have pointed out.

March 25, 2023 21:16

• ECtHR communicates complaints of seven activists from Kuban and Adygea

  Among the 82 residents of Russia, whose complaints about persecutions in connection with involvement in undesirable organizations communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), there were seven residents of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and Adygea.

March 25, 2023 20:29

• Amid human rights situation in Chechnya, Kadyrov awarded rights advocacy medal

  Ramzan Kadyrov was awarded the medal "Deserved Human Rights Defender of the Chechen Republic". The head of Chechnya was decorated for his outstanding merits in protecting citizens' rights and freedoms, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has stated.

March 25, 2023 18:11

• Law enforcers torture suspect accused of setting fire to Krasnodar military registration and enlistment office, his advocate reports

  Law enforcers tortured Oleg Vazhdaev with electric current and demanded from him to name the Ukrainian customers standing behind the arson of the military registration and enlistment office in Krasnodar. Oleg Vazhdaev had to incriminate himself, his advocate stated.

March 25, 2023 16:57

• Kuban woman considers case on financing terrorism as revenge of law enforcers

  A case on financing terrorism instituted against Irina Dudka, a native of Kuban, was the revenge of the law enforcement bodies for protests against the sentence of her sister, who was convicted on a similar charge, Irina Dudka herself said.

March 25, 2023 16:49

• Former critic of Kadyrov visits congress in Grozny

  Said-Khusein Magomadov, a blogger was spotted at the congress of the Chechen nation; he posted his photos with Chechen officials in a social network. After the assassination attempt on him, of which he blamed Chechen authorities, the blogger redirected his criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov to Akhmed Zakaev.

March 24, 2023 21:00

• Woman from Kuban accused of discrediting Russian militaries

  Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Army against Maria Kunchenko, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), who had posted leaflets with anti-mobilization calls in the village of Grigorievskaya.

March 24, 2023 20:15

• EU supports "Memorial"*

  The European Union (EU) has expressed its solidarity with the historical, educational, charitable and human rights society "Memorial"*, and called on the Russian authorities to stop the unjustified persecution thereof.

March 24, 2023 19:22

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensations to protesters in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the claims of 15 activists who complained about the disproportionate measures taken by law enforcers during the dispersal of protests, as well as about subsequent arrests and fines.

March 24, 2023 18:23

• Activist Larisa Bachieva arrested for two months

  A court in Makhachkala has appointed two months of arrest for Larisa Bachieva, who is accused within the case of an extremist organization. Her defence insisted on house arrest; the court ruling will be appealed against, a relative of Bachieva has informed.