Opposition newspaper staff detained in Adjaria

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 17, 2025 21:43

• Blogger Kharchenko* to appeal against his verdict

  Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from Gelendzhik, who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, intends to file an appeal against the verdict.

March 16, 2025 20:47

• Analysts assess Dagestani head’s statement on appeals of SMO fighters

  The appeals of the participants of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine from Dagestan to republic’s authorities are caused by many local problems and remain one of the ways to attract officials’ attention. Despite the statement by the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, that the combatants record their appeals as a result of "manipulations," he will have to respond to them, analysts believe.

March 15, 2025 23:57

• Yerevan protesters demand UN intervention in fate of prisoners kept in Baku

  In order to defend their own principles, the UN must study the custody conditions of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept in Baku and assess their trial, activists in Yerevan have stated.

March 15, 2025 23:18

• Georgian journalist Amaglobeli treats her administrative case as fabricated

  At trial on an administrative case, Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications, denied any guilt in insulting police inspectors.