Krasnodar Territory

May 22, 2019 17:19

• Krasnodar activist Antonova charged

  On May 21, the indictment was presented to Yana Antonova, the coordinator of "The Open Russia"* in the Krasnodar Territory, within the criminal case on participation in an organization that is undesirable in Russia.

May 15, 2019 20:36

• ECtHR demands from Russia explanations on complaint of Sochi schoolboy about torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer on how efficiently the torture complaint of Georgy Sveshnikov, a Sochi schoolboy had been investigated. This was reported by the head of the Krasnodar branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

May 15, 2019 15:02

• Employees of shelter for domestic violence victims tell about law gaps

  Problems of domestic violence victims have aggravated after the decriminalization of this violence; moreover, rapists very often manipulate victims of family conflicts, employees of shelters for domestic violence victims have stated in their comments on the incident that happened at the Makhachkala centre for the protection of motherhood and childhood. According to their version, the legislation on the protection of mothers' and fathers' rights in Russia is defective.

May 10, 2019 08:29

• Attackers on Caucasians detained in three Russian regions

  Six members of the ultra-right-wing group "National Bloc" have been detained in Moscow, and in Moscow and Vladimir Regions. According to investigators, the young people provoked natives from the Caucasus to fight. One of the suspects is a native of the Krasnodar Territory.

May 03, 2019 14:23

• AI declares detainees at May 1 actions to be prisoners of conscience

  The detentions and arrests of all those who took part in the May 1 actions, including in the "Monstration" in Makhachkala, have violated people's rights to the freedom of peaceful assembly, the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has stated.

May 01, 2019 09:42

• Painters' family from Krasnodar achieves asylum in Sweden

  A court in Sweden has ruled to grant political asylum to Krasnodar painters Alexei Knedlyakovsky and Lusine Djanyan, known for their oppositional actions.

April 23, 2019 18:34

• Muslims voice problem with return of historic mosques to communities in Kuban and Adygea

  The decision made by the Arbitration Court of Adygea on transferring the building of the first Maikop mosque from the property of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation to the property of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory is a historically important event, believes Asfar Myss, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims for the Takhtamukai District.

April 22, 2019 18:50

• Mikhail Benyash to get compensation for his arrest

  Today, advocate Mikhail Benyash has succeeded in seeking a penalty of 100,000 roubles to be imposed on the federal treasury for his two-week administrative arrest after a rally in Krasnodar.

April 22, 2019 15:24

• Ingushetia and Chechnya become leaders of demographic rating

  Ingushetia, Chechnya, the Krasnodar Territory, and Dagestan are included in the top twenty in terms of population in the list of regions of Russia compiled by the RIA "Rating". Meanwhile, Ingushetia and Chechnya are ranked the second and third in the rating, respectively.

April 13, 2019 08:26

• Court in Adygea fines "EcoWatch"

  The "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) is the first organization fined for involvement in the activities of the "Open Russia" (recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia by the General Prosecutor's Office). The City Court of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, considered the case, although activists could not come to the session, the lawyer of the "EcoWatch" has stated.

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