News

August 17, 2024 18:50

• Sochi engineer arrested in case on fake news about Russian Army

  Investigators have toughened the charges brought against Sochi engineer Alexei Schus in a criminal case on disseminating fake news about the Russian Army. Alexei Schus, who signed a recognizance not to leave the city, has been taken into custody.

August 16, 2024 23:41

• Defence claims that Khamukovs' guilt not proven

  The Cassation Court has disregarded the fact that Asker and Lianna Khamukov, residents of Baksan, were convicted within the case of financing terrorism without any proofs of their guilt, while the charges were based on testimonies of some secret witnesses, their advocate has stated, stressing that all the appealing opportunities against the verdict at the national level have been exhausted.

August 16, 2024 22:50

• Djabrailov's mother reproaches Dagestani leader for ignoring her appeals

  Akhmed Djabrailov served as a storm-trooper in the Chechen special unit "Akhmat", and returned home a week before his death at a Makhachkala police station, his mother has stated. She has reproached the head of Dagestan for not reacting to the violence against a fighter in the special military operation (SMO) even after her written appeal to him.

August 16, 2024 21:14

• PO loses case on tightening punishment of human rights defender Nagavkin

  The Fourth Cassation Court of Krasnodar has upheld the sentence of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin from the town Kalach-on-Don, and refused to assign him a real prison term as demanded by the Prosecutor's Office (PO). Nagavkin insisted on overturning the verdict; he intends to appeal against it at the Supreme and Constitutional Courts.

August 16, 2024 19:18

• Law enforcers dispute about niqabs as camouflage method

  Niqabs can be a good camouflage for criminals, given that there are no systems to identify who is underneath it, Amir Kolov, a retired Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), asserts. In his turn, Sergey Goncharov, the president of the Association of Veterans of the "Alpha" Antiterrorist Unit, has objected that niqabs were earlier used as a camouflage, including during the Chechen campaigns, but modern systems make it possible to identify the person hiding under a niqab.

August 16, 2024 13:15

• In Dagestani village of Tlokha, residents demand to punish law enforcers for use of torture

  Law enforcers tortured Magomed Shamsudinov, a resident of the village of Tlokha in the Botlikh District, to obtain a confession from him in a criminal case. Magomed Shamsudinov has been held in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) for four months, his fellow villagers state in their video message to Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan.

August 15, 2024 23:49

• Court obliges Sochi resident to undergo compulsory medical treatment for disseminating fakes about Russian Army

  The Central District Court of Sochi has ordered compulsory medical treatment for a local resident, against whom the law enforcement bodies instituted a criminal case for disseminating fakes about the Russian Armed Forces.

August 15, 2024 22:55

• In Volgograd Region, law enforcers report sending to Ukraine contract soldiers from among migrants

  Raids to identify migrants who received Russian citizenship but did not register for military service were carried out in the Volgograd Region. Twenty-five people were taken to military registration and enlistment offices.

August 15, 2024 19:49

• KBR military serviceman convicted of non-appearance for duty

  A court in Nalchik has sentenced Anzor Khashev to five years of freedom deprivation for failing to appear for duty at the Military Prosecutor's Office (MPO).

August 15, 2024 19:07

• Defence of advocate Tsipinova from KBR treats her case as precedent

  The decision of the cassation court, which has overturned the acquittal, will be appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC), Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of attacking a law enforcer.

August 14, 2024 23:47

• Two residents of Dagestan complain about torture

  Magomed Magomedov and Amir Makhmudov, residents of the village of Gergebil, filed complaints to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the use of torture by law enforcers, human rights defenders reported.

August 14, 2024 22:51

• Analysts assess combat training of “Akhmat” special forces and “Akhhmat-Chechnya” unit fighters

  The combined “Akhmat” battalion, commanded by Apti Alaudinov, is staffed with fighters from different regions, including volunteers and former fighters from the “Wagner” PMC (Private Military Company), experts say.

August 14, 2024 22:08

• Defence achieves comfortable custody conditions for blogger Kharchenko* at SIZO

  After his complaining about being kept in a damp basement of the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and absence of medical care, Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, was transferred to more favourable custody conditions.

August 14, 2024 19:39

• Memorial plaque to repressed Chechens and Ingushes broken on Solovki

  The memorial stones to prisoners of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (SSPC), including those dedicated to repressed Chechens and Ingushes, have been damaged.

August 14, 2024 18:11

• Mother demands inquiry into Djabrailov's death at police station

  A month after the death of Akhmed Djabrailov at one of Makhachkala police stations, there is no criminal case or detainees, despite the video records of torture, his mother was outraged in her appeal to President Putin. She called on the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to take control over the case.

August 13, 2024 23:59

• Rights activists recall activist Ataev's fight against election frauds in Dagestan

  The case against Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, was fabricated; it has to do with his active struggle for compliance with the law at all election levels, activists and journalists have stated after human rights defenders recognized Ataev as a political prisoner.

August 13, 2024 23:56

• Kuban female streamer accused of discrediting Russian militaries

  Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Army against Maria Borzova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), for criticizing the participants of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine during a live broadcast on the Internet.

August 13, 2024 23:16

• Servicewoman detained in Rostov-on-Don under treason case

  A Rostov resident, who is a servicewoman of one of the units of the Southern Military District, used to transfer information about military facilities that are part of the District to the Ukrainian side, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed.

August 13, 2024 21:35

• Krasnodar law enforcers detain activist for posting stickers

  Igor Karnaukhov, a resident of Krasnodar, has been detained for posting stickers of "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov"; in his actions, law enforcers saw a demonstration of extremist symbols.

August 13, 2024 18:48

• Volgograd resident convicted of calls for extremist activity

  In Volgograd, a court sentenced 34-year-old Dmitry Zubkov to one and a half years of imprisonment in a penal colony for calling for violent actions against citizens of Russian nationality because of the special military operation in Ukraine.