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April 26, 2024 18:34

• KBR woman asks to provide medical treatment to her convicted son

  In his colony, Eduard Kulbaev, a convict, is not receiving efficient treatment for diabetes, his mother, Marina Atabieva, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has informed and called on the prosecutor's office to intervene in the situation.

April 25, 2024 23:10

• Rights defenders report that relatives of British citizen detained in Chechnya are not allowed to him

  Law enforcers would not let relatives of Magomed Abubakarov, a British citizen, who was wounded during detention in Urus-Martan and charged under two criminal articles, to see him, an activist of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence* has informed.

April 25, 2024 21:57

• Son reports hospitalization of Zarema Musaeva

  Zarema Musaeva's health condition in the Argun penal colony where she is kept, has worsened sharply; she lost the ability to move, after which she was hospitalized, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer and one of Zarema's son, has informed.

April 25, 2024 21:33

• Three fines imposed on Stavropol resident for discrediting Russian Army upheld

  In the Stavropol Territory, the appellate instance has upheld three rulings on the fines imposed on Vitaly Fedorenko, who was found guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

April 25, 2024 18:51

• Convict in Kalmykia demands compensation for being HIV-infected

  Yuri Mikhailov, who is serving his sentence in Elista, after staying in the Novorossiysk detention centre and the colonies of Kabardino-Balkaria and Kalmykia, became HIV-infected and sick with hepatitis. He demanded compensation for inadequate custody conditions.