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April 13, 2024 23:52

• Sochi resident fined for pacifist post in social network

  A court in Sochi has fined Mikhail Rubtsov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, treating his post in a social network criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.

April 13, 2024 23:13

• Health condition of Nalchik woman worsens due to clinic's refusal to provide medication

  A court in Nalchik has obliged the clinic to prescribe the necessary medication to a patient with epilepsy, but doctors refused to do so, and the girl's health condition has worsened, her mother has informed.

April 13, 2024 23:09

• Anapa resident suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services

  The police detained a resident of Anapa suspected of collaborating with the Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB reported.

April 13, 2024 22:34

• Suspects killed during CTO in Nalchik identified

  Two persons killed by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik have been identified as residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, investigators report.

April 13, 2024 22:07

• Investigators report on new criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* from Cherkessk

  An investigation has been launched into the criminal cases initiated against a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk for his involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He is also charged with organizing the work of a local believers' community, investigators have reported.

April 13, 2024 19:57

• Human rights defenders doubt connection between Marshenkulova’s case and fight for women’s rights

  A criminal case against journalist Zalina Marshenkulova, accused of justifying terrorism, is not related to her participation in defending women’s rights in Kabardino-Balkaria, human rights defenders note.

April 13, 2024 19:07

• Journalist Marshenkulova treats accusations of justifying terrorism as unjustified

  Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist and activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who lives in Germany, has treated the accusations against her of justifying terrorism as absurd and linked her persecution with her political position.

April 13, 2024 18:08

• PO reacts to Melnichenko's complaint about disclosure of his personal data

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Tsentralny District of Volgograd has invited the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to consider on the merits the appeal lodged of Roman Melnichenko about the disclosure of his personal data on air of the local TV Company.

April 13, 2024 16:49

• Chechen woman requests compensation for her husband kidnapped in 2000

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has restored the right to file an appeal against a court’s decision for Chechen resident Saikhat Susaeva, whose husband disappeared after being detained by Russian militaries in 2000.

April 12, 2024 23:58

• Rights defender Nagavkin achieves prosecutor's visit to SIZO

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, convicted within a theft case, has achieved a visit of a prosecutor's office employee and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk, where Igor is kept.

April 12, 2024 23:11

• Residents of Nalchik summer cottage villages alarmed by CTO

  Residents of Volny Aul and other villages located not far from Nalchik reported that they were awakened by submachine gun fire and explosions. Some people decided not to let their children go to school.

April 12, 2024 21:35

• In Vladikavkaz, court arrests man suspected of high treason

  In North Ossetia, law enforcers detained a man who, according to the investigators’ version, intended to join a Ukrainian armed formation. A case on attempted high treason is being investigated and the suspect has been arrested.

April 12, 2024 19:57

• CTO regime introduced in KBR for the first time since 2021

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced in the territory of Nalchik and the Cherek District, was preceded by the CTO, announced on July 3, 2021, in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan. Then, law enforcers killed five suspected militants.

April 12, 2024 19:26

• Student detained in Rostov Region on treason case

  In the Rostov Region, law enforcers have reported detention of a student from one of Moscow higher schools suspected of being an accomplice of Ukrainian special services.

April 12, 2024 16:25

• Three policemen arrested under death case of detainee Dalgatov

  A court in Makhachkala has tightened the freedom restriction measure for three policemen, who had been under house arrest within the death case of the detainee Kurban Dalgatov.

April 11, 2024 23:54

• Relatives’ words aggravate suspicions about possible murder of Seda Suleimanova

  The likelihood that Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, is dead is quite high, and the suspicions are intensified after a statement of her repeated escape voiced by her relatives, suggests Seda’s friend Lena Patyaeva.

April 11, 2024 21:45

• Human rights defenders note stagy fight for legal migration after terror act at Crocus City Hall

  Migrants in the regions of Southern Russia complain about violations of their rights during police raids after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, but those raids are not as large-scale as the raids on foreigners after political conflicts with post-Soviet republics, human rights defenders note.

April 11, 2024 20:56

• Chechen authorities admit use of administrative resources at presidential election

  The visiting rate of employees of the Chechen Ministry for Nationalities and of its subordinate institutions at polling stations in Grozny on the days of the presidential election was ensured in accordance with the Mayoralty's plan, which was ultimately exceeded, the ministry has informed.

April 11, 2024 20:09

• Court denies request to ensure Oleg Orlov's* presence at trial on status of foreign agent

  The defence has demanded the personal presence of Oleg Orlov* when the court considers his complaint about being recognized as a foreign agent, but the judge has denied this request. The trial has been postponed until April 25.

April 11, 2024 19:07

• Journalist Zalina Marshenkulova accused of justifying terrorism

  Investigators have accused in absentia Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), for placing posts justifying terrorism in her Telegram channel.