Svetlograd

April 05, 2025 21:14

• Lawyers assess justness for law enforcers' visits to Rizvanov's relatives

  Law enforcers are entitled to conduct prophylactic conversations, but these are purely voluntary, while refusing to identify oneself and take photos and videos is a violation of the right to privacy, as well as an abuse of power. This is how lawyers have commented on the visit of Dagestani law enforcers to relatives of convicted Abubakar Rizvanov.

April 04, 2025 23:39

• Advocate treats harsh treatment of believers in Stavropol colony as systematic

  Olga Asanova, an advocate for Anna Safronova, a Jehovah's Witness*, imprisoned in a Stavropol colony, has informed the Prosecutor's Office about the torture of her client for refusing to wear a Saint George ribbon. This case fits into the general trend of tougher treatment of the convicts professing this religion, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a member of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

April 04, 2025 23:14

• Calls to get registered in Grozny have puzzle netizens

  Ramzan Kadyrov has called on the people who live in Grozny but are registered in other Chechen dwelling settlements to get registered in the republic's capital. The meaning of Kadyrov's call is unclear, but entities have already received instructions on the need for employees thereof to get registered, commentators have noted.

April 04, 2025 21:39

• Analysts assess Adam Kadyrov’s appointment as curator of the Chechen MIA

  Adam Kadyrov's new position is a test of his fitness to take over the republic’s leadership after his father, while the post of curator of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) presupposes titles and competencies that Ramzan Kadyrov's 17-year-old son does not possess.

April 03, 2025 23:55

• During hunger strike, health condition of Azeri oppositionist Tofig Yagublu worsened

  On the third day of his hunger strike, the health condition of Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, sentenced to nine years in prison, has worsened, but he rejected his advocates' offer to stop his hunger strike.