Adygea

July 18, 2024 17:05

• Teenager convicted of high treason complains about threats in penal colony

  Kevin Lik, an 18-year-old teenager from Adygea, convicted of high treason, claims that after he has complained about being deprived of contacts with the outside world, he began receiving threats of physical violence in the penal colony.

July 16, 2024 20:37

• Analysts explain terrorists’ interest in attacks on temples in Southern Russia

  When commenting on the detention of a man suspected of preparing an attack on a temple in Maikop, analysts have noted that churches and synagogues attract terrorists as targets of their attacks due to weak security. The analysts believe that strengthening security measures can prevent attacks.

July 10, 2024 17:47

• Activist in Adygea fined for announcing action in memory of Caucasian War victims

  A court in Adygea has fined Ilyas Soobtsokov, a Circassian activist, by 15,000 roubles, treating his announcement of an action in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War as a violation. He has denied the charge of organizing an unsanctioned rally.

June 24, 2024 21:06

• Lawyers exclude transferring 18-year-old Kevin Lik to German prison

  Kevin Lik, a resident Maykop, convicted for treason, will not be sent to a German prison as a German citizen, since only his Russian citizenship matters for Russian law enforcers, lawyers have explained.

June 19, 2024 19:10

• Relatives of Kevin Lik, convicted in case on high treason, alarmed by no information on his whereabouts

  Relatives of 18-year-old Kevin Lik from Maykop, sentenced for high treason, cannot obtain information about his whereabouts after he was transferred from Krasnodar to the Arkhangelsk Region, where he was supposed to serve his sentence, his mother says.

June 17, 2024 22:57

• Military man from Adygea sentenced for desertion

  A court sentenced Vitaly Yanchenko, a contract soldier from Adygea, to six years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty of desertion from a military unit in Buynaksk.

June 15, 2024 22:55

• Lawyers doubt prospect of bills banning religious clothes

  The bills that intend to ban wearing religious clothing, including niqabs, in public places are causing a split in the society, which is especially negative amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Religious clothes are not widespread in the country, this issue is not relevant, therefore the bills to ban them will not be adopted, lawyers believe.

June 06, 2024 22:58

• 18-year-old Kevin Lik, convicted of treason, convoyed to colony

  Kevin Lik, 18, a Maykop resident, convicted of treason, has been transferred to serve his sentence from Adygea to a penal colony located in the Arkhangelsk Region.

May 23, 2024 21:54

• At UN building in New York, members of Circassian Diaspora remind about expulsion of their ancestors

  To mark the end of the Caucasian War and the expulsion of their ancestors from their historical homeland, Circassian activists have held an action outside the UN General Assembly building in New York.

May 16, 2024 17:47

• Woman from Maykop accused of damaging memorial in Krasnodar

  The case of a woman, a native of Maykop, the capital of Adygea, accused of damaging the Eternal Flame memorial in Krasnodar and desecrating a symbol of military glory has been brought to court, investigators have informed.

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