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February 18, 2024 23:39

• Krasnodar activist arrested for banner at picket in memory of Navalny*

  A court in Krasnodar has arrested for 14 days Andrei Vyazov, an activist, having treated his use of a banner from Navalny's* presidential campaign during the picket as a demonstration of symbols of a banned organization.

February 18, 2024 21:35

• Chechnya: Akhmat Kadyrov appointed Minister of Youth Affairs

  The 18-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, has been appointed the republic's Minister of Youth Affairs. He was also awarded Chechnya's highest award, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has announced.

February 18, 2024 20:28

• Zarema Musaeva transferred to Grozny SIZO

  A decision was made to transfer Zarema Musaeva from the colony in Argun to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny so that she could take part via video link in a court hearing, at which an appeal against her verdict will be considered, human rights defenders have informed.

February 18, 2024 18:43

• Analysts treat authorities' version of shootout in Stary Achkhoi as unreliable

  The armed incident in the village of Stary Achkhoi, where law enforcers shot three people dead who had allegedly attacked them, could have been staged both by Chechen authorities in order to send fewer fighters to Ukraine, and by Chechen law enforcers to improve performance indicators, and then they gave it a new perspective, analysts have suggested.

February 18, 2024 17:13

• Law enforcers prevent Sochi residents and guests of from laying flowers to commemorate Alexei Navalny*

  Sochi townspeople and guests of the resort city wanted to lay flowers at the monument to victims of political repressions and honour the memory of Alexei Navalny*, but law enforcers interfered and removed flowers.

February 17, 2024 10:14

• In Krasnodar, activists pay tribute to Alexei Navalny* by laying flowers

  In Krasnodar, supporters of Alexei Navalny* laid flowers in memory of him at the memorial to the victims of fascism.

February 17, 2024 09:48

• Accomplices in murder of young man near Kayakent remain witnesses in criminal case

  An independent examination confirmed that more than one person participated in the murder of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov, but two accomplices in the crime are involved in the criminal case only as witnesses. That was claimed by a lawyer representing the victims’ interests.

February 17, 2024 08:45

• Social media users in Southern Russia condole over death of Navalny*

  The custody conditions in the colony led to the death of Alexei Navalny*, some social network users in Southern Russia have noted; others doubt the natural reasons of his death. Commentators have expressed condolences to Alexei's family.

February 17, 2024 06:41

• Native of Chechnya faces extradition from France to Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has refused to overturn the decision of French authorities to extradite a 55-year-old native of Chechnya to Russia. He himself insists that he faces torture in his homeland.

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.