Blind residents of Chechnya can study Koran

May 09, 2024 23:39

• Lawyer analyses findings of examination in journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova’s case

  When commenting on the criminal prosecution of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova, advocate Timofei Shirokov has pointed out that psychological and linguistic examination has become a punitive tool and that, without clear criteria determined, investigators can easily use such examination to confirm the conclusions they need.

May 09, 2024 20:30

• Journalist Maxim Shevchenko rejects any Kevorkova's possibility of supporting terrorism

  Nadezhda Kevorkova's publications about the events in Nalchik in 2005 dealt with the torture of detainees; they irritated law enforcers. However, "she didn't support terrorism in any form," Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist, has stated in his comment on Kevorkova's arrest for allegedly justifying terrorism.

May 09, 2024 17:05

• Verdict to Jehovah's Witness* Suvorov from Sochi upheld

  The appellate instance has denied the appeal complaint against the sentence of Jehovah's Witness* from Sochi, Danil Suvorov, who was sentenced to six years in penal colony on charges of extremism.

May 08, 2024 23:51

• Charges toughened against four arrested for riots in Makhachkala

  Four people arrested in connection with the riots at Makhachkala Airport have been additionally charged with violating transport security requirements. This was reported by the "Mediazona"*.

May 08, 2024 23:10

• Prosecutor’s office files a cassation against verdict to Diana Tsipinova

  In its complaint, the prosecutor’s office insists that the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, should be cancelled and the case should be returned to court.