Top officers detained in Georgia, experts state start of spy scare

May 15, 2024 17:37

• Activist from KBR tries to sue FSB

  Olga Begretova, a female activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was subjected to forced fingerprinting by border guards, has demanded to treat the refusal of the republic's branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to provide the information collected about as illegal and to oblige the branch to eliminate the violations.

May 14, 2024 22:57

• Three IS* supporters sentenced for preparing a terror act in Cherkessk

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a court found three persons guilty of preparing a terror act and participating in the activities of the “Islamic State” (IS)*. The defendants were sentenced to 18.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

May 14, 2024 22:47

• In Ingushetia, court returns mother of two Leila Gatagazheva to SIZO

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld an appeal filed by the prosecutor’s office against mitigation of a pre-trial restriction measure for Leila Gatagazheva, accused of involvement in groupings of Syrian militants. The young woman has been returned to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) for the second time.

May 14, 2024 18:06

• Journalist Kevorkova included into list of terrorists and extremists

  The "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) has included Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist who was arrested on charges of justifying terrorism, into the list of terrorists and extremists.

May 13, 2024 23:17

• Picket in Makhachkala attracts attention of passers-by to journalist Gadjiev’s case

  After holding a picket in support of his convicted colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), said that in Makhachkala, passers-by expressed their interest in an Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case and the date of consideration of the appeal.