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February 17, 2024 04:57

• Human rights defenders assess risks of imprisonment of their colleague Oleg Orlov*

  Tightening of the charges against Oleg Orlov* after a re-investigation into the case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces has increased the chances of the prosecutor’s office to achieve imprisonment for the defendant, a lawyer and human rights defenders note.

February 17, 2024 04:51

• Shootout version in Chechnya causes doubts

  Villagers from Stary Achkhoi have treated the three men shot dead by law enforcers as newcomers, a local resident has stated. The investigators' version about a shootout raises doubts, Chechen activists and Internet users have pointed out.

February 17, 2024 04:34

• Mother of Makhachkala resident demands inquiry into his death at SIZO

  Shamil Sadulaev, accused of calling for terrorism, has died at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala; his body had numerous signs of injuries, his mother has stated. She believes that her son died a violent death.

February 17, 2024 03:49

• ECtHR finds rights violations of three convicts from Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has awarded compensations to three natives of Chechnya who had been exposed to inhumane treatment while being transported to their jails.

February 16, 2024 23:58

• Forcing a teenager to repent in Kabardino-Balkaria outraged social media users

  By publishing on the Internet the face of a teenager who recorded a video with derogatory statements about the Koran, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria violated the teenager’s right to privacy of his personal life, residents of the republic wrote on social networks.

February 16, 2024 23:35

• Igor Sandjiev, mobilized from Kalmykia, fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in Elista has found the statements made by Igor Sandjiev, a mobilized person, who had escaped from his military unit and left Russia, as discrediting the Russian Army and ordered him to pay a fine of 30,000 roubles.

February 16, 2024 22:58

• After shootout in Stary Achkhoi, Mufti of Chechnya calls on locals to keep eye on their families

  After a shootout that occurred in the village of Stary Achkhoi, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has actualized the principle of collective responsibility, reminding republic's residents of the need to look after their families.

February 16, 2024 19:31

• After including into prophylactic register, residents of Dagestan report law enforcers' visits

  Two residents of Dagestan, who have learned that after taking part in anti-mobilization actions they were put on the prophylactic register, report that attention to them is so far limited to visits of local district policemen.

February 16, 2024 18:55

• Actions in support of human rights defender Oleg Orlov* held in Europe

  On the eve of the court session on the case of Oleg Orlov*, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Human Rights Defence Centre, three Italian cities, Milan, Rovato and Borgoricco, as well as Lisbon, Portugal, have hosted pickets demanding to stop persecuting Oleg Orlov*, accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian Army.

February 16, 2024 17:55

• Police conduct searches of activists of radical movement in Stavropol Territory

  Searches took place at the premises of activists Maria Karnaukhova in Stavropol and at Stalina Erlenbach in Nevinnomyssk.

February 16, 2024 17:18

• Murad Shuaibov, convicted of killing "Chernovik" founder, found dead in colony

  Murad Shuaibov, a resident of Dagestan, one of those convicted for the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" outlet, was found dead in the penal colony located in the city of Segezha in Karelia.

February 16, 2024 11:21

• Armed incident in Chechnya becomes first within 11 months

  A shootout in the Achkhoi-Martan District, in which law enforcers killed three suspects who exchanged fire with them, was preceded by a similar incident in Gudermes in March 2023.

February 15, 2024 22:55

• Defender of "Memorial"* and Oyub Titiev arrested in absentia in Moscow

  Ilya Novikov*, an advocate, who defended the liquidated Human Rights Centre "Memorial"** at trials, has been arrested in absentia.

February 15, 2024 22:39

• Rights defenders doubt Zhuravel's testimonies

  The testimonies of Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, must be questioned given the conditions in which he is kept in Chechnya, human rights defenders believe.

February 15, 2024 22:01

• Sentence of journalist from Kadmykia Badmaev angers his supporters

  There is no crime in the actions of Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the “Sovremennaya Kalmykia” (Modern Kalmykia): he was convicted for reposting a video, but did not voice his opinion, advocates emphasized in the Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia.

February 15, 2024 19:57

• Volgograd resident fined for his status in messenger

  Sergey Lomako from Volgograd posted flags of Ichkeria and Ukraine on WhatsApp* and was fined 1000 roubles for displaying prohibited symbols.

February 15, 2024 16:04

• Kabardino-Balkarian teenager apologizes for his video criticizing Koran

  Khazrataly Dzasezhev, the chair of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria, has talked to a teenager who made a video with derogatory statements about the Koran. After the conversation, the teenager has apologized for his offense.

February 14, 2024 23:18

• Woman from Volgograd Region demands inquiry into death of her son, a contract soldier

  Nailya Tulekeshova, a resident of the Pallasovsky District, has asked Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to initiate an investigation into the death of her son in a military unit stationed in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

February 14, 2024 22:54

• Lawyers treat property confiscation for fakes about Russian Army as punishment for dissent

  Under the new law signed by President Putin, the property of those found guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army can be confiscated, but this sanction cannot apply to those convicted under this article before the law was signed, lawyers have explained, adding that the new law is aimed to further intimidate dissidents.

February 14, 2024 21:45

• Activist Polyudova’s mother visits her daughter in penal colony

  Tatiana Polyudova has said that she succeeded in seeking a visit to her daughter, activist Daria Polyudova, who is serving her sentence in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria on an extremism case. Tatiana Polyudova notes that her daughter is still being kept in strict detention conditions.