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June 07, 2025 17:07

• Areg Schepikhin sent to pre-trial prison for two months

  In Moscow, a court arrested blogger Areg Schepikhin for two months in a case on calls for extremism and incitement of hatred. The court hearing was held without allowing journalists to enter the courtroom. Footage from the courtroom shows traces of beatings on the Areg Schepikhin’s face.

June 07, 2025 17:01

• Valaam Monastery dismisses priest after Alaudinov’s reaction to his words about Muslims

  Schema-abbot Gavriil, who stated in his sermon that Muslims, on orders of a mullah, could slaughter all residents of Moscow, has been dismissed from his post as the head of the Sochi stead of the Valaam Monastery. The dismissal of Schema-abbot Gavriil followed a demand for an apology voiced by Apti Alaudinov.

June 07, 2025 16:57

• Case against Kuban pensioners-underground fighters transferred to military court

  The Uspensky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory did not pass a sentence on Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), and transferred the case to the Southern District Military Court for consideration.

June 06, 2025 18:53

• Social media users point to high cost of sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha

  Social media users treat the prices of sacrificial animals on the Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayram) holiday as too high; and not everyone agrees with the call of the Chechen Mufti not to sell animals’ skins. The charitable funds of the republics of Northern Caucasus have reported on the free distribution of animal meat and food packages.

June 06, 2025 17:20

• Teens arrested in Stavropol Territory within extremist community case

  Seven minors from the Stavropol Territory, whom investigators treat as members of an extremist community, have been taken into custody. Another teenager has been placed under house arrest.

June 06, 2025 17:16

• Kuban resident fined for his post about May 9 celebrations

  The court has sentenced Grigory Belik, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), to a fine of 176,000 roubles for his critical assessment of the May 9 celebrations. The man has emphasized that he treats the Victory Day itself a holy holiday.

June 06, 2025 15:16

• Call to execute Schepikhin voiced by “Akhmat” special forces fighters

  When commenting on the statements of blogger Areg Schepikhin about Chechens and Muslims, fighters of the “Akhmat” special forces claimed that the incitement of ethnic hatred during military operations should be punishable by death.

June 06, 2025 15:13

• Sochi residents ask court not to arrest Tatiana Polivanova

  About a dozen people whom Tatiana Polivanova helped defend their rights to land plots in litigation with officials came to support her at a court hearing on the issue of a pre-trial restriction measure, but the activist was not brought to the Sochi court. Those gathered signed an appeal in defence of Tatiana Polivanova.

June 05, 2025 18:40

• Rights defenders treat Valko’s verdict as incorrect law interpretation

  A court in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) has explained the lenient sentence in the case of the beating up of Fyodor Valko by the fact that the defendants had no "desire to cause particular sufferings to the victim"; however, human rights defenders treat the interpretation of the law by the court as erroneous. The convicted law enforcers have appealed against the sentence, while Valko will seek to recognise their actions as torture.

June 05, 2025 16:46

• Criminal case of extremism and hatred incitement opened against Schepikhin

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has initiated a criminal case against Areg Schepikhin, a blogger, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow. Today, they plan to choose a freedom restriction measure for his kidnappers.

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