Russia

March 25, 2019 11:01

• Relatives report traces of beatings on Tuntuev's body

  Ayub Tuntuev, a former security of the Chechen leader, who was found dead in a colony, has been buried into the clan cemetery. Relatives found bruises on his body, while examination established the absence of kidneys and a lung in Tuntuev's body.

March 24, 2019 10:37

• European diplomats criticize verdict to Pavel Grib

  Pavel Grib, convicted on charges of incitement to terror act, should be released, the external relations service of the European Union has stated. Jeremy Hunt, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has pointed to the political background of the persecution of the Ukrainian citizen.

March 22, 2019 23:51

• Officials to investigate injuries of Chechen prisoners in penal colony in Mordovia

  The Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Mordovia began an inspection in a penal colony where prisoners injured themselves in protest. Former prisoners from Chechnya reported about the problems in the penal colony, while the chiefs of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) Department called the action an attempt of blackmail.

March 22, 2019 22:07

• Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports threats from refugee from Chechnya

  A native of Chechnya, who came to Germany in search of asylum, has offered help to the Speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, who had announced blood feud to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the blogger himself has stated.

March 22, 2019 21:56

• Russia's SC takes side of terminally ill prisoner from Dagestan

  A court in the Komi Republic that refused to release a fourth-degree cancer patient Magomedsaid Gazaliev, has incorrectly interpreted the norms of the law that govern the release of prisoners, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has stated.

March 22, 2019 12:46

• Ukrainian Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism, sentenced to six years in prison

  The court has found Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, guilty of inciting his female acquaintance to commit a terror act in a Sochi school.

March 22, 2019 12:41

• Russian military exercises held in Abkhazia

  About 1500 Russian military servicemen of the Southern Military District (SMD) took part in the exercises held at Abkhaz training ranges, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 22, 2019 11:01

• Chechen inmates of colony in Mordovia pierce their stomachs in protest

  At least eight convicts, including residents of Chechnya, committed a mass self-mutilation in protest against the actions of the colony administration in Mordovia. The FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) considers the protest to be unjustified.

March 22, 2019 08:33

• Georgian opposition criticizes idea of revising the format of Geneva discussions

  President Salome Zurabishvili's proposal to create an additional format of dialogue with Russia due to inefficiency of Geneva discussions is contrary to Georgia's interests, the country's opposition has stated.

March 21, 2019 23:30

• Decline in militant activities indicates change in format of Dagestani armed underground

  In Dagestan, the armed underground has changed its way of life and has come to the form of secret units; therefore, it is too early to declare the complete absence of militants in the republic, report analysts.

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