Two locals shot dead in Achkhoy-Martan

May 08, 2024 17:42

• Defence treats arrest of journalist Kevorkova as unlawful

  The text by Orkhan Djemal, the publication of which became the reason for accusing Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, of justifying terrorism, had not been declared illegal earlier. The argument that the publication on Kevorkova's Telegram channel was accessible does not correspond to reality, her advocate has emphasized.

May 07, 2024 23:52

• Court arrests blogger Dmitry Ivanov* in absentia

  A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Dmitry Ivanov*, a blogger, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. The blogger covered events in Southern Russia on his YouTube channel, the "OVD Info"* project has informed.

May 07, 2024 21:58

• Journalist Magomed Magomedov complains about attempted disruption of picket in support of Gadjiev

  A young man wearing a mask tried to join a solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, reports Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik’ (Rough Draft). He considered the incident an attempt to disrupt the picket.

May 07, 2024 20:32

• Analysts consider reaction of Stavropol Territory Governor to burning of Bible to be imitation of Kadyrov’s actions

  With his activities in a case on the burning of the New Testament, Vladimir Vladimirov, Governor of the Stavropol Territory, copies the Ramzan Kadyrov’s reaction to the burning of the Koran in an attempt to earn political dividends, analysts have suggested.

May 07, 2024 19:26

• MPs refuse to provide land plot in Kabardino-Balkaria for memorial to victims of repression

  MPs of the Islamey village in the Baksan District refused to provide a plot of land for a memorial to victims of repression. The head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Association of Victims of Political Repression suggests that the above refusal contradicts the law.