Stavropol Region

March 25, 2025 23:48

• Thirteen Dagestani residents sentenced to imprisonment in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  In the Stavropol Territory, two courts sentenced thirteen residents of Dagestan to terms of imprisonment ranging from 7 to 10.5 years. Two of the defendants, in addition to participating in mass riots and violating transport safety rules, have been found guilty of attacking police inspectors.

March 22, 2025 21:18

• Lawyers see law substitution with political persecutions in Stavropol schoolgirl’s case

  Lawyers and a human rights defender have criticized the interpretation of the mention of Alexei Navalny as grounds for criminal prosecution. They treat it as an intimidation instrument, since the name and image of the opposition leader are not a manifestation of extremism.

March 21, 2025 22:59

• Inscription "Navalny" turns into criminal case against Stavropol schoolgirl

  An underage pupil of a Stavropol school has become a defendant in a criminal case of vandalism after being detained on the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death.

March 17, 2025 21:56

• Woman from Stavropol Territory sentenced to imprisonment in penal colony in case on fakes about Russian Army

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced local resident Anna Vorobyova to six years of imprisonment in a penal colony, recognizing her entries posted on a social networking service as dissemination of false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

March 12, 2025 22:17

• During the week of March 3-9, 2025, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Four suspected militants were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 3 to March 9, 2025. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 07, 2025 22:19

• Search of lawyer Kuznetsova's home in Yessentuki declared illegal

  The court has found illegal the search of the home Ekaterina Kuznetsova, a lawyer, who figures in the case against her colleague Georgy Legkobitov, who was accused of slandering a law enforcer. Despite the ruling, policemen have not returned the confiscated belongings to Ekaterina.

March 06, 2025 22:17

• Rights defender Legkobitov treats his criminal prosecution as intimidation attempt

  The criminal case against the human rights defender from Yessentuki, Georgy Legkobitov, accused of slandering an officer of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service), was opened after his statement about violations in the case of his son Sergey, who was convicted in a bribery case.

March 05, 2025 22:17

• Activists’ houses searched in Stavropol Territory

  The police conducted searches at the houses of human rights defender Georgy Legkobitov in Yessentuki and of lawyer Ekaterina Kuznetsova.

March 04, 2025 22:15

• Father of Stavropol resident killed by police considers law enforcers’ apology belated

  The apology for the death of Stavropol resident Khalit Mustafaev during a chase is four years late, his father emphasizes. The man demands the authorities to bring to justice the police inspector, one of whom participate in the special military operation (SMO), and the other is involved in the criminal case only as a witness.

February 24, 2025 23:03

• NCFD residents pay tribute to memory of victims of deportation of Vainakhs

  Events dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs were held in Chechnya, Ingushetia, and other regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). In addition to official rallies, local residents paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the deportation with religious and educational meetings.

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