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April 15, 2024 21:06

• Human rights defender Oleg Orlov* convoyed from Moscow

  Oleg Orlov*, found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, has been convoyed from Moscow to another region. He is now in Samara. Oleg Orlov* notes that he was not notified of the transfer.

April 15, 2024 20:43

• Volgodonsk resident found guilty of discrediting Russian Army

  In Volgodonsk, a court found Irina Ponomaryova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 15, 2024 20:09

• Mother of disappeared Ossetian athlete Tsomartova asks Putin for assistance in finding her daughter

  Diana Tsomartova, a mother of Anna Tsomartova, an athlete from North Ossetia who disappeared in Kaspiysk, recorded a video message to the Russian President asking him for assistance in finding her daughter.

April 15, 2024 19:11

• Court sides with Chechen convict in dispute with colony administration

  The appellate instance has not satisfied the complaint of the colony administration against the decision of the Grozny court, which found rights violations of Arbi Dandaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted within the case of the attack of Basaev's militants on Dagestan.

April 15, 2024 17:54

• Pensioner from Stavropol Territory suspected of justifying terrorism

  Law enforcers have suspected Larisa Kuznetsova, a 77-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, of justifying terrorism in her comment placed in a social network about the murder of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.

April 14, 2024 16:57

• Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk sentenced to forced labour

  A court in Sochi has sentenced the 72-year-old Vladimir Atamanchuk to 200 hours of compulsory labour, finding him guilty of libel. Besides, he must pay 40,000 roubles in compensation to one of the victims. The activist intends to appeal against the court's ruling.

April 14, 2024 10:55

• Kadyrov explains his demand for the tempo of musical compositions

  The resolution on the tempo of musical works concerns only national Chechen melodies and has no relation to the Russian anthem, compositions of certain genres and music of other nations, the head of Chechnya has explained.

April 13, 2024 23:52

• Sochi resident fined for pacifist post in social network

  A court in Sochi has fined Mikhail Rubtsov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, treating his post in a social network criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.

April 13, 2024 23:13

• Health condition of Nalchik woman worsens due to clinic's refusal to provide medication

  A court in Nalchik has obliged the clinic to prescribe the necessary medication to a patient with epilepsy, but doctors refused to do so, and the girl's health condition has worsened, her mother has informed.

April 13, 2024 23:09

• Anapa resident suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services

  The police detained a resident of Anapa suspected of collaborating with the Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB reported.

April 13, 2024 22:34

• Suspects killed during CTO in Nalchik identified

  Two persons killed by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik have been identified as residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, investigators report.

April 13, 2024 22:07

• Investigators report on new criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* from Cherkessk

  An investigation has been launched into the criminal cases initiated against a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk for his involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He is also charged with organizing the work of a local believers' community, investigators have reported.

April 13, 2024 19:57

• Human rights defenders doubt connection between Marshenkulova’s case and fight for women’s rights

  A criminal case against journalist Zalina Marshenkulova, accused of justifying terrorism, is not related to her participation in defending women’s rights in Kabardino-Balkaria, human rights defenders note.

April 13, 2024 19:07

• Journalist Marshenkulova treats accusations of justifying terrorism as unjustified

  Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist and activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who lives in Germany, has treated the accusations against her of justifying terrorism as absurd and linked her persecution with her political position.

April 13, 2024 18:08

• PO reacts to Melnichenko's complaint about disclosure of his personal data

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Tsentralny District of Volgograd has invited the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to consider on the merits the appeal lodged of Roman Melnichenko about the disclosure of his personal data on air of the local TV Company.

April 13, 2024 16:49

• Chechen woman requests compensation for her husband kidnapped in 2000

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has restored the right to file an appeal against a court’s decision for Chechen resident Saikhat Susaeva, whose husband disappeared after being detained by Russian militaries in 2000.

April 12, 2024 23:58

• Rights defender Nagavkin achieves prosecutor's visit to SIZO

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, convicted within a theft case, has achieved a visit of a prosecutor's office employee and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk, where Igor is kept.

April 12, 2024 23:11

• Residents of Nalchik summer cottage villages alarmed by CTO

  Residents of Volny Aul and other villages located not far from Nalchik reported that they were awakened by submachine gun fire and explosions. Some people decided not to let their children go to school.

April 12, 2024 21:35

• In Vladikavkaz, court arrests man suspected of high treason

  In North Ossetia, law enforcers detained a man who, according to the investigators’ version, intended to join a Ukrainian armed formation. A case on attempted high treason is being investigated and the suspect has been arrested.

April 12, 2024 19:57

• CTO regime introduced in KBR for the first time since 2021

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced in the territory of Nalchik and the Cherek District, was preceded by the CTO, announced on July 3, 2021, in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan. Then, law enforcers killed five suspected militants.