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April 21, 2024 19:10

• Tabarik Kadyrova awarded medal "For Services to Chechnya"

  Tabarik, Ramzan Kadyrov's nineteen-year-old daughter, has received the medal "For Services to Chechnya" for developing entrepreneurship and increasing the investment attractiveness of the republic, the Grozny Mayoralty has reported.

April 21, 2024 19:07

• Defence of raw food blogger Maxim Lyuty claims violations in the case of his child's death

  No examination was ever conducted into the death reasons of the child of Maxim Lyuty, a raw food blogger and fasting supporter. Investigators changed their decisions three times on which article to charge Lyuty with, because there were no proofs that the child died from his actions, Alexei Avanesyan, an advocate, has stated.

April 21, 2024 19:01

• Jamaat case at Dagestani colony sparks scepticism among human rights defenders

  The staff of Dagestani penal colonies is monitoring the entry into territory thereof of even such items as foodstuffs, not to mention components for making explosives.

April 20, 2024 20:38

• Prison staff would not let advocate visit Albagachiev, native of Ingushetia

  Prison staff in Dimitrovgrad did not allow Dmitry Egoshin, an advocate, to visit Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia; a similar refusal from a colony in the Astrakhan Region is being considered in court.

April 20, 2024 19:38

• Medical commission creates obstacles to Zarema Musaeva’ release

  Medical officers have diagnosed Zarema Musaeva with a milder form of the disease, which excludes the possibility of release from the colony settlement for health reasons, an advocate reports.

April 20, 2024 16:47

• Prosecutor’s Office proposes to release human rights defender Nagavkin from punishment

  Volgograd human rights defender Igor Nagavkin should have his sentence commuted in the theft case and released from further punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the Prosecutor’s Office states.

April 19, 2024 23:44

• Rostov supporter of "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"* sentenced to seven years of strict custody regime

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has announced the verdict passed to Khaidarali Ashurov, accused of attempting to organize terrorist activities for studying the ideology of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"*.

April 19, 2024 22:56

• Lawyers treat law enforcers' actions during detention of Kadyrov's General Tsakaev as lawful

  The traffic police inspectors had the right to stop the car and detain the driver, including by using force, if his behaviour threatens road users and inspectors themselves. This was stated by lawyers after the harsh detention of Chechen General Alikhan Tsakaev in Dagestan.

April 19, 2024 22:22

• Kuban resident convicted in treason case

  The court has sentenced Daniil Zinkovsky, a resident of the Leningradskaya village, to seven years of freedom deprivation, finding him guilty of attempting to defect to the Ukrainian side and join one of the armed formations there.

April 19, 2024 21:08

• Kadyrov demands dismissals from Dagestani authorities after incident with his general

  The head of Chechnya has treated the incident with Alikhan Tsakaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), as a provocation and demanded that the leadership of Dagestan to fire those who forcibly pulled the minister out of his car.

April 19, 2024 16:07

• Kadyrov’s law enforcer harshly detained in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, at least six persons took part in the detention of a driver in a state of alcoholic intoxication. According to media reports, the drunk driver was identified as Major General Alikhan Tsakaev, Chechen Minister for Emergencies, a classmate of Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 19, 2024 16:03

• Activist Votanovsky* accused of ignoring foreign agent marking

  The police drew up two protocols against Vitaly Votanovsky*, an activist from Krasnodar, accusing him of ignoring the requirement to mark his entries on the Internet with a note that they were produced by a foreign agent.

April 19, 2024 15:01

• Bogdan Abdurakhmanov confesses to idea of setting fire to military registration and enlistment office

  Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, accused in a case on arson of a military registration and enlistment office building in the city of Goryachy Klyuch, confirmed the testimony voiced by Boris Goncharenko, the second defendant in the case. Bogdan Abdurakhmanov said he was ready to carry out the plan alone.

April 18, 2024 23:58

• Rights defenders declare Valery Bailo as political prisoner

  In violation of international legal norms, Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, was arrested on charges of extremism. The human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated that his prosecution is politically motivated.

April 18, 2024 23:49

• "Memory Project" reports consequences of forced disappearances in Chechnya

  The traumatic experience obtained by relatives of those who went missing in Chechnya doesn't pass without traceless. Families find themselves in a difficult financial situation; and children of those missing often face problems with law enforcement bodies, since authorities classify them as at risk of radicalization.

April 18, 2024 23:27

• Rights defenders don't treat sending migrants from Rostov Region to front as massive

  Sending migrants to the front does not look like a mass phenomenon, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments to Rostov law enforcers' reports about serving summonses to local migrants following the raids conducted after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall.

April 18, 2024 20:44

• Blogger from Anapa punished with fine and public apologies for his words about Russian militaries

  The official Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) posted a video with apologies voiced by a blogger from Anapa, who was charged under the administrative article for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces for his statements voiced during video streaming.

April 18, 2024 17:28

• Analysts link scandal around music tempo in Chechnya to poor professionalism of idea authors

  The initiative of subordinates of the head of Chechnya to limit the tempo of Chechen national music was intended to demonstrate their importance, but due to officials' low professionalism the initiative resulted in Kadyrov's apologies, analysts believe.

April 18, 2024 17:24

• Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk arrested on charges of extremism

  The court has placed into custody a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk, suspected of taking part in activities of an extremist organization and involving his girlfriend in it.

April 17, 2024 23:47

• Advocate checks conditions of Orlov*’s detention at SIZO

  Oleg Orlov* has been placed in a three-person cell in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Samara, and the human rights defender does not complain about the conditions of his detention, an advocate reports. The defender suggests that Oleg Orlov* will be transferred to Syzran or Togliatti.