Crime

May 13, 2025 14:32

• Alexei Safonov sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in bribery case

  In Cherkessk, a court has sentenced Alexei Safonov, the former chief of the Stavropol Territory GIBDD (road police), who became well-known for his mansion with a “golden toilet,” to 20 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony in a case on multi-million-rouble bribes for cargo transportation in violation of the rules and regulations.

May 12, 2025 18:23

• Details of Amirov's complaints about custody conditions in colony made public

  Said Amirov, a former Makhachkala Mayor, who uses a wheelchair, has filed several dozen lawsuits demanding to improve his custody conditions in the colony for life-sentenced prisoners.

May 11, 2025 14:48

• Unknown men kidnap resident of Ingushetia

  In the rural settlement of Yandare, six armed men have forcibly put a man into a car and fled.

May 09, 2025 19:12

• Ingush authorities react to beating of regional natives in Kameshkovo

  Mikail Ilezov, a Senator, and Magomed Malsagov, the republic's plenipotentiary envoy under the Russian President, have stated that the situation is under the control of the authorities of Ingushetia and the Vladimir Region. The position of the regional authorities was voiced out after the reaction of Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya.

May 07, 2025 18:05

• Militant attack in Dagestan highlights earlier flaws in authorities’ tactics

  The attack in Makhachkala and other recent armed incidents in Dagestan are only indirectly related, although they stem from common premises that authorities have failed to eliminate over the years of fighting the underground – social injustice and legal problems.

April 26, 2025 18:09

• Ombudsperson acquires key role in transfer of Makhachkala Airport rioters to their homeland

  The appeal of the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) to transfer the convicted participants in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport to Dagestani colonies is of particular importance, since the provision of the law on serving a sentence in the region of inmate’s residence is often not enforced.

April 25, 2025 23:17

• Girl’s death in Kaspiysk highlights problem of violence against children

  Cases of violence against children in Northern Caucasus have become more public and attract people’s attention, but their number is not decreasing, since cruelty and beating children “for educational purposes” have been considered in society as a norm.

April 24, 2025 23:56

• Armed incident in Derbent was at least second in Dagestan within six months

  The shootout in Derbent, the killed participant of which was declared involved in the preparation of a terror act, was preceded by the counterterrorist operation (CTO) introduced in the Makhachkala village of Semender in March this year.

April 24, 2025 23:05

• One person killed in shootout with law enforcers in Derbent

  In Derbent, a car driver refused to stop at a police request, ran over one of the law enforcers, and opened fire. The law enforcers shot and killed the suspect.

April 23, 2025 23:50

• Rostov resident Elena Popova recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have announced Elena Popova, a resident of the Rostov Region, sentenced to 12 years for transferring money to journalist Arkady Babchenko*, to be a political prisoner.

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