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September 26, 2024 22:23

• CE’s Committee of Ministers calls on Russian authorities to reconsider case against Chechen human rights defender Kutaev

  The criminal case against Ruslan Kutaev, a human rights defender from Chechnya, sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a case on illegal drug trafficking, violated the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, and the case should be reconsidered, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CE) announces.

September 26, 2024 20:48

• Chechen native Magomed Alkhanov sentenced in case on attack on Pskov paratroopers

  In Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced Magomed Alkhanov, a native of Chechnya, to ten years of imprisonment on the charges of involvement in the attack of a militant detachment led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab on Pskov paratroopers in 2000.

September 26, 2024 19:40

• Native of Chechnya continues trend of escapes by victims of domestic violence

  A story of a woman from Chechnya who fled domestic violence and was put on the wanted list by her relatives has continued a series of similar cases, human rights defenders note. By leaving her children in Chechnya, the woman gave the family additional leverage for blackmail, they emphasized.

September 26, 2024 18:31

• Zarema Musaeva stays in condition close to critical, her advocate reports

  Zarema Musaeva’s blood sugar has approached a critically high level, drug therapy in a penal colony is not able to help the woman, and the court has postponed for a month the consideration of the appeal against the refusal in the conditional early relief for Zarema Musaeva.

September 25, 2024 23:54

• Teenager reports violations in arson case of military commissariat in Rostov-on-Don

  The teenager convicted of arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) has stated that he had given no confession, but signed the text prepared by the investigator. The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has found no violations and upheld the sentence.

September 25, 2024 23:23

• Vladislav Bakalchuk tells about Kadyrov's role in Wildberries business

  Eight years ago, representatives of the head of Chechnya helped the Bakalchuks resolve business problems and last summer Vladislav Bakalchuk decided to contact Ramzan Kadyrov directly, Vladislav, a co-owner of Wildberries, said himself, adding that he is alive and at large thanks to support from Chechnya.

September 25, 2024 22:30

• Blood feud threat discussed at Chechen-Ingush meeting after shooting at Wildberries

  At a meeting regarding the shooting in Moscow near the Wildberries office, Chechen officials have expressed dissatisfaction with the claims of the Ingush party in connection with the death of two security guards, recalling two murders of Chechens, after which there were no revenge calls against residents of the neighbouring republic.

September 25, 2024 21:08

• Human rights defenders alarmed by reports about kidnappings of Chechen residents to be sent to SMO

  In Chechnya, people who have recently been released from prison are being kidnapped in order to then be forcibly sent to the special military operation zone in Ukraine, a local resident says.

September 25, 2024 18:39

• Ingush activist Sautieva placed to punishment cell because of her tights’ colour

  The administration of the penal colony in Zelenokumsk placed Zarifa Sautieva to a punishment cell for 15 days to punish her for wearing the wrong-coloured tights to an inspection formation, since she was not given any others, her relative explained.

September 24, 2024 23:57

• Penal colony administration confiscates manuscript of Paskar’s autobiography

  Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, was sentenced by court to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug at an entrance to an FSB building in Krasnodar. The convict decided to write an autobiography in a penal colony, but the administration confiscated a manuscript of his book.

September 24, 2024 23:15

• Comedian Slepakov* appeals against fine imposed under foreign agents law

  Semyon Slepakov*, a comedian and a singer, has challenged the fine of 30,000 roubles imposed on him for posting his materials without the foreign agent label.

September 24, 2024 21:57

• Blogger from Bashkortostan accused of desecrating the monument "The Motherland Calls!"

  The Prosecutor's Office has approved the charge of Nazism rehabilitation against Rasul Akhiyaretdinov, a blogger from Bashkortostan, who had recorded a video demanding that the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" in Volgograd be "dressed more modestly!"; his criminal case was sent to court.

September 24, 2024 21:47

• Contract soldier from Dagestan sentenced for non-appearance at his unit

  Nurmet Madjidov, a contract soldier from Dagestan, has challenged the verdict for his unauthorized absence from his military unit, stating that the court had failed to take into account his desire to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone.

September 24, 2024 21:21

• Astrakhan resident publicly apologizes for shooting at a bus

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a resident of Astrakhan has publicly apologized for shooting an air pistol at a bus with passengers.

September 24, 2024 19:11

• Rights defenders confirm chances of those arrested in Wildberries case to avoid trial

  Those arrested within the shooting case near the Wildberries office have the right to conclude contracts with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone, after which the criminal case will be closed, human rights defenders have indicated.

September 23, 2024 23:38

• Chechen-Ingush conflict can be provoked by deaths of Almazov and Elmurziev, analysts warn

  The deaths of Adam Almazov and Islambek Elmurziev during an attempt to seize an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow caused a wide public outcry in Ingushetia. Both the killed men were security guards and were protecting the office.

September 23, 2024 23:16

• Chechen woman reports her escape from domestic violence

  Fatima, a native of Chechnya, had to leave Russia due to permanent violence from her husband, to whom she was married at the age of 15. After Fatima run away from home, her husband and father contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and succeeded in having the law enforcement bodies declare Fatima wanted.

September 23, 2024 21:55

• Political analysts point to Kadyrov’s role in conflict around “Wildberries” Company

  In the business conflict around the “Wildberries” Company, Ramzan Kadyrov took the side of Vladislav Bakalchuk, a co-founder of the marketplace. However, the leader of Chechnya is also pursuing his own interests, political analysts point out.

September 23, 2024 17:59

• Jehovah's Witness* Irina Gezik achieves cancellation of her conditional sentence

  The court in the city of Georgievsk in the Stavropol Territory has cancelled the conditional sentence of Irina Gezik, a Jehovah's Witness*, to which she was sentenced on charges related to an extremism case, and has also expunged her criminal record. This was informed by the human rights project "OVD-Info"**.

September 23, 2024 17:46

• Volgograd lawyer Nurushev achieves return of some belongings seized during search

  After numerous complaints, three months later, law enforcers have returned part of the things seized during the search, Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer, has informed. In order to collect the fine imposed on Nurushev, court marshals blocked his bank card.