Crime

June 01, 2023 12:37

• Judge forbids Apti Visaev's wife to attend his trial

  A court in Khabarovsk has banned Aisha Mutaeva, the wife and public defender of the Chechen-born Apti Visaev, who is accused of plotting a terror act, from attending the sessions.

May 31, 2023 22:49

• Dagestan citizen's defence treats terrorism case as fabricated

  The case of organizing a terrorist cell, for which four residents of Dagestan were convicted, was fabricated, the advocate has stated, adding that at least two of the convicts had been subjected to pressure and torture.

May 31, 2023 21:55

• Defence explains mitigation of sentence to KBR's lawyer Zhilokov

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has replaced imprisonment for a fine of 100,000 roubles imposed on Ratmir Zhilokov, an advocate convicted of assaulting a law enforcer; the mitigation is due to the fact that the criminal punishment had been applied with no due reason, Boris Zolotukhin, Ratmir's advocate, has stated.

May 30, 2023 17:01

• Journalist Gadjiev's colleagues treat Makhachkala residents' reaction to pickets as indicative

  On May 29, the traditional solo pickets evoked an active response from Makhachkala residents and guests of the city, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has stated.

May 29, 2023 21:17

• Contract soldier convicted in Volgograd for refusing to participate in hostilities

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has sentenced Vyacheslav Pikalov, a contract military serviceman, to two years in colony, finding him guilty of disobeying an order to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

May 29, 2023 14:17

• Social network users outraged by sending Nikita Zhuravel to Chechnya

  The trial of Nikita Zhuravel, a figurants in the case of burning down the Koran, should be held at the crime scene, that is in Volgograd, and his transfer to Chechnya gives rise to fear for his life, Instagram* users have indicated.

May 27, 2023 23:46

• Zhuravel, citizen of Volgograd, accused of burning Koran, taken to Chechnya

  Nikita Zhuravel, arrested for burning down the Koran, has been brought from Volgograd to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny. Residents of Chechnya met the paddy wagon with demands to severely punish the Volgograd citizen.

May 27, 2023 19:45

• Defence criticizes proofs in Nozdrinov's case

  The court that considers the case of Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) has examined the material proofs that have nothing to do with the charge against him of discrediting the Russian Army, including broken phones and carriers with family information, the advocate has stated.

May 27, 2023 13:17

• At gathering, Dagestani villagers demand to release detained doctor

  At a gathering in the village of Nizhneye Kazanische, local residents have stated that surgeon Osman Osmanov is unreasonably suspected of terrorism. The villagers demand to release him.

May 27, 2023 12:30

• Defence of Ingush activists claims accusatory bias of court

  Over the past two days, court hearings in a case against Ingush activists have been very short, although some of the defence’s motions have been left unconsidered, advocate Basir Ozdoev reports.

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