Suleiman Kerimov pleads not guilty

January 05, 2025 23:31

• Georgian authorities start deporting foreign protesters

  According to court rulings, 25 foreign citizens who took part in protests last November and December will be deported from Georgia, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

January 05, 2025 22:15

• Mother of human rights defender Safarov banned from leaving Azerbaijan

  The police have banned the mother of the arrested human rights defender, Rufat Safarov, from leaving Azerbaijan, thus preventing her from accompanying her seriously ill husband to Turkey for medical treatment.

January 04, 2025 23:56

• Kadyrov’s statements damage relations between Russia and Uzbekistan

  The authorities of Uzbekistan have perceived the statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov concerning Uzbekistani officials as interference in the country’s internal affairs, analysts from Uzbekistan note.

January 04, 2025 23:47

• Dagestani activist Ramazan Rabadanov released from SIZO

  In Makhachkala, a court changed the pre-trial restriction measure for activist Ramazan Rabadanov to house arrest. The above information was reported by Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, on his Telegram channel.

January 04, 2025 22:40

• In Nalchik, court sentences contract soldier to suspended imprisonment for absence from military unit

  Contract soldier Ruslan Khasanov was sentenced by a military court in Nalchik to five years of suspended imprisonment for absence from his military unit. The court considered a suspended sentence possible given the Ruslan Khasanov’s intention to go to the special military operation zone in Ukraine.