Oppositionist Bagirzade released from jail in Azerbaijan ahead of time

May 03, 2024 23:38

• In Rostov Region, mobilized man fined for trying to give bribe not to go to SMO

  The Novocherkassk garrison military court found Maxim Shirin, who was mobilized in October 2022, guilty of giving a bribe. The court recognized that the man tried to avoid being sent to a combat zone through bribery and to gain protection at service.

May 03, 2024 23:08

• Karachay-Cherkessia marks National Revival Day with memorial events

  Participants of an official event in Karachaevsk, dedicated to the Karachay People Revival Day, paid tribute to the memory of those perished during the years of deportation. Book and photo exhibitions were opened in the republic on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the return of Karachay people from exile.

May 03, 2024 21:47

• Volgograd activist Yevgeny Kochegin* fined under law on foreign agents

  Yevgeny Kochegin*, an activist from Volgograd, has been fined for failure to mark his posts on a personal Telegram channel as a foreign agent. The above is reported by the “Dozor Volgograd” Telegram channel.

May 03, 2024 21:03

• ICRF reports detention of three suspects of insulting believers' feelings in Stavropol Territory

  Three residents of the town of Novoaleksandrovsk have been detained for publicly burning the New Testament down; they are suspected of insulting believers' feelings and hooliganism, investigators have reported.

May 03, 2024 19:48

• Native of Chechnya dies after being beaten in colony for life prisoners

  Arsan Mukaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of killing law enforcers, has died in his penal colony after being beaten up.