Volgograd Region

June 01, 2023 22:54

• Volgograd resident sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to “Z” banner

  A court sentenced Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug at the entrance to the FSB building in Krasnodar and a banner with a “Z” sign.

May 29, 2023 21:17

• Contract soldier convicted in Volgograd for refusing to participate in hostilities

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has sentenced Vyacheslav Pikalov, a contract military serviceman, to two years in colony, finding him guilty of disobeying an order to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

May 27, 2023 23:46

• Zhuravel, citizen of Volgograd, accused of burning Koran, taken to Chechnya

  Nikita Zhuravel, arrested for burning down the Koran, has been brought from Volgograd to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny. Residents of Chechnya met the paddy wagon with demands to severely punish the Volgograd citizen.

May 26, 2023 22:39

• Volgograd court upholds fine imposed on oppositionist for discrediting army

  The Volgograd Supreme Court (SC) has refused to cancel the fine imposed on the oppositionist, Alexander Efimov, under the article on discrediting the Russian Army by posting UN materials. Alexander intends to appeal against the SC's decision.

May 26, 2023 15:14

• ECtHR recognizes violations of activists’ rights in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered the claims filed by eight residents of Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Krasnodar, and Volgograd, who were detained at protest actions in 2017-2018, and obliged the authorities of Russia to pay the complainants the compensations for their illegal detention and lack of fair trials.

May 25, 2023 17:15

• Transfer to Chechnya deprives Volgograd citizen blamed for burning Koran of hope for trial objectivity

  The consideration in Chechnya of the case of Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in connection with the burning of the Koran, could lead to more severe punishment, said Valentin Bogdan, a human rights defender.

May 25, 2023 16:36

• Resident of Volgograd fined for promoting LGBT on a dating website

  The court has imposed a fine of 100,000 roubles on a 20-year-old resident of Volgograd, in whose profile on dating website law enforcers found LGBT propaganda. This is the first case in the Volgograd Region of prosecution under the article on LGBT propaganda.

May 25, 2023 14:09

• Chechen authorities report about many-thousand-strong rally against Koran burning down

  According to official sources, about 60,000 people came to Grozny to attend a rally against burning down of the Koran by Zhuravel, a Volgograd citizen. They have confessed that they represent educational and budgetary institutions of the republic according to the attendance orders sent by authorities.

May 24, 2023 11:53

• Lawyers criticize decision to transfer Koran arsonist's case to Chechnya

  The decision to transfer the case of burning down the Koran by Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, to investigators in Chechnya not only contradicts the law, but also creates a threat of torturing him, as well as a threat to his life, lawyers assert.

May 20, 2023 19:31

• Defence plant worker from Volgograd Region challenges decision on his mobilization

  In Volgograd, a military court began considering a lawsuit filed by a defence plant worker who claimed he had been diagnosed with a chronic illness and requested the court to cancel a decision on his mobilization.

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