Crime

April 11, 2025 22:54

• Opposition Telegram channel employees report about detention of their relatives in Chechnya

  At least six relatives of people who collaborate with the NIYSO opposition Telegram channel have been detained in Chechnya. They have been detained amid the Ramzan Kadyrov’s threats against those involved in the attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan.

April 10, 2025 23:59

• Rally over teenager’s body in Chechnya raises questions about compliance with Russian laws

  Journalist Ksenia Sobchak and human rights defender Eva Merkachyova questioned the legality of the actions of Chechen law enforcers, who put on public display the body of a teenager killed during an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan.

April 10, 2025 22:11

• Body of person killed in Achkhoi-Martan placed in square in front of administration building

  Telegram channels have published videos that allegedly show the body of a minor, lying on the ground. The minor was killed in Achkhoi-Martan in an attack on law enforcers. The body was brought to be shown to public sector employees forcibly gathered from the administration in the morning, sources claim.

April 09, 2025 23:47

• Kadyrov orders expulsion of relatives of attacker on DPS post from Chechnya

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has ordered law enforcers to expel the relatives of the organizers and the perpetrator of the attack on the road-and-patrol (DPS) police post located in Achkhoi-Martan from the republic’s territory.

April 08, 2025 23:17

• In Sochi, victim of violence outraged, as accused man sent to SMO

  Ksenia Dushanova lost her eye after being beaten by her former common-law husband and underwent several surgeries. The man was detained on the charge of attempted murder, but investigators let him sign a military contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence and go to the special military operation zone.

April 08, 2025 22:39

• Policeman wounded in attack on DPS post in Chechnya dies

  The policeman who was wounded in an attack on the road-and-patrol police (known as DPS) post located in Achkhoi-Martan has died. According to sources, the attack on DPS inspectors with a knife was committed by a minor.

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 03, 2025 23:18

• Public apologies in Nazran emphasize unresolved begging problems

  The public apologies of begging women were unlikely voluntary; therefore, they will not affect the situation with begging in streets, an Ingush journalist and a public figure assert.

April 02, 2025 21:15

• Kurban Dalgatov's mother assess trial prospects of her son's death case

  The law enforcers guilty of the death of Kurban Dalgatov, a Makhachkala resident, are trying in every way to avoid punishment, while the judges are following their lead, the mother of Kurban, who died after being tortured by the police. The trial of Dalgatov's death case will continue on April 30 this year.

March 29, 2025 22:15

• Court finds ban for rights defender to see Nagavkin as lawful

  The refusal to allow Valentin Bogdan, a human rights defender, to visit Igor Nagavkin in the colony was found to be lawful. The court has ignored the arguments presented by the human rights defender.

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