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September 15, 2024 23:40

• "Beslan Mothers" comment on Milashina's investigation into school storming

  On the 20th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, at a meeting with Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the "Beslan Mothers" organization raised the issue of the use of tanks during the school storming, Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the organization's committee, has stated.

September 15, 2024 23:09

• Rights defender Nagavkin demands compensation for custody conditions at Leninsk SIZO

  In his lawsuit, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has claimed to be paid 900,000 roubles for being kept in unsanitary conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Authorities are obliged to keep detainees in accordance with sanitary requirements, a lawyer and a human rights defender have confirmed.

September 15, 2024 14:48

• Volgograd residents dispute about restoration of bas-relief with Stalin

  The restoration of a bas-relief with a portrait of Stalin on the facade of the Volgograd Medical University has become a sign of Stalinism revival and insults the memory of repression victims, some residents of Volgograd have pointed out. Their opponents object that monuments merely reflect history.

September 15, 2024 12:29

• Details of case of KBR resident about knowingly false denunciation made public

  The case was opened more than two years after the examination of the document, in which Asker Shetov denies his involvement.

September 15, 2024 11:28

• Alaudinov's words about Anapa conflict show Chechen authorities' reaction to xenophobia

  Apti Alaudinov's words about the unfair detention of a Chechen resident after a brawl in Anapa have demonstrated the concern of Kadyrov's entourage about the growth of nationalism in the Russian society, analysts have noted.

September 14, 2024 23:59

• Health condition of convict for appeal to Kadyrov worsens at SIZO

  The oncology disease of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, is progressing, but he receives no due medical treatment at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), his relatives have reported.

September 14, 2024 23:47

• Parents of Chechen native detained after his story about torture

  In the Chechen town of Argun, policemen have detained the parents of Magomed Chagaev, who told about torture by law enforcers and discrimination against Muslims in jails.

September 14, 2024 22:37

• ECtHR recognizes violation of Krasnodar activist Antonova’s rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Russian authorities to pay compensation to Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova for her arrest in 2017.

September 14, 2024 20:06

• Police report investigation into actions of Volgograd propagandists

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is investigating a complaint lodged by lawyer Roman Melnichenko about incitement of hatred and disclosure of personal data of Alexei Navalny’s supporters in Volgograd by employees of a TV Company. Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev filed an appeal against the police’s refusal of his complaint to conduct an investigation into the legality of the propagandists’ actions.

September 13, 2024 23:56

• At background of journalistic investigation, "Beslan Mothers" tell about meeting with ICRF head

  Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has met relatives of the victims of the terror act in Beslan. There are many blank spots in the case, the participants of the meeting have asserted. The meeting took place amid the inquiry into the circumstances under which the school building with hostages was stormed, conducted by journalist Elena Milashina.

September 13, 2024 22:40

• ECtHR finds rights violations of residents of Ingushetia and Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the violation of the rights of Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov, residents of Ingushetia, and of Murad Dingaev, a resident of Dagestan, to the prohibition of torture and has obliged Russia to pay compensation to them.

September 13, 2024 20:41

• Appeal court tightens verdict to rights defender Igor Nagavkin

  After considering the appeal complaints, the Volgograd Regional Court has replaced the conditional two-year freedom deprivation term appointed to Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, for a real one. Nagavkin treats the decision as unfair and intends to challenge it.

September 13, 2024 20:05

• Mother of military man from Kabardino-Balkaria to get compensation for his death

  Irina Gonokova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, requested court to oblige the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay 15 million roubles in compensation. However, the court reduced the requested amount tenfold.

September 13, 2024 17:38

• Kuban Jehovah's Witness* complains about absence of medical care at SIZO

  The advocate of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has filed complaints to the prosecutor's office about the absence of medical care, but was still unable to get treatment for his client, who is suffering from the consequences of a knee injury and acute toothache. The SIZO's medical unit has stated that Bailo needs no emergency care.

September 12, 2024 23:56

• Makhachkala resident to get compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution

  The Russian Ministry of Finance requested court to reduce the amount of compensation for Patimat Akhmedova, referring to the possibility of “unjust enrichment” of the victim.

September 12, 2024 23:28

• Unidentified persons set fire to car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan again

  At night, unidentified persons set fire to a car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan. This is the second arson of the car belonging to the blogger within a week.

September 12, 2024 21:07

• Details of extremism case against believers from the Kuban village revealed

  Investigators have charged Vladimir Lepsky from the village of Vyselki with reading aloud the books of Jehovah's Witnesses*. The husband of another defendant, Irina Ushakova, is involved in the case as the organizer of an extremist cell, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

September 12, 2024 19:30

• Historians treat draft to review rehabilitation decisions as part of propaganda

  The draft order by Igor Krasnov, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, to review rehabilitation decisions has no novelties, since rehabilitation of war criminals is prohibited by law. However, once adopted, it may result in cancelling some rehabilitation decisions, which may be used in propaganda, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

September 12, 2024 19:09

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident demands to punish law enforcers for kidnapping and torture

  Law enforcers kidnapped Asker Shetov and injured him, after which they falsified a criminal case against him, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complained. The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria found Asker Shetov not guilty, but the actions of the law enforcers remained unpunished.

September 11, 2024 23:16

• Journalist Saveliev* and activist Kankiya* comment on their inclusion into register of foreign agents

  Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* from Krasnodar do not agree with the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to include them into the register of foreign agents. However, the MoJ’s decision will not stop their activities.