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18:21, 1 March 2017
The Kremlin is getting ready for 2018 presidential election; therefore, they have taken the course of pseudo-liberalization and stopped prosecuting some activists, experts said in their comments on the liberation from house arrest of Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque.
17:17, 1 March 2017
On February 28, the city of Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hosted a picket with a demand to release Kemal Atnasirov, a resident of Novaya Djeguta. According to the organizers, the picket was over 60 strong
11:40, 1 March 2017
Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov has addressed residents of the republic with a request to "stop killing defenceless animals" and "stop escalating the situation." Meanwhile, during three days, the petition for resignation of the Mayor of Makhachkala and the leader of Dagestan, who, according to the petition's initiators, support the shooting of dogs in Dagestan, collected more than 3500 signatures.
09:59, 1 March 2017
Since the start of hostilities in Syria, 99 criminal cases were instituted against residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). This was reported by Igor Romashkin, the head of the KBR’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
00:30, 1 March 2017
The mass arrests of government critics, civil and religious activists, taking place after the appointment of Mekhriban Alieva as Vice-President, "are intended to intimidate the society and prevent protests against the above decision." This opinion was voiced by Oktai Gyulalyev, the head of the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without political prisoners".
20:33, 28 February 2017
About 20 participants of the march in support of Arthur Sargsyan have expressed their desire to join the round-the-clock protest action with a demand to release the activist, who is accused of helping the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment.
17:32, 28 February 2017
In the Dagestani village of Karamakhi, a local resident, who opened automatic fire at law enforcers, was shot dead, the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.
15:21, 28 February 2017
Zeinal Bagirzade, an opposition activist, "was exposed to inhuman treatment and torture in prison," his brother Yashar Bagirsoy has stated. He suggested that Zeinal had been tortured because he filed a complaint against his verdict to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.
13:15, 28 February 2017
The search in the house of journalist Zoya Svetova, a former member of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission (POC) is carried within the investigation into the "YUKOS case", and it does not threaten the human rights defender with any procedural status. This was reported by a source familiar with the situation.
10:39, 28 February 2017
Alexander Starovoitov, a State Duma deputy, has appealed to Russian General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika with a request to carry out a check on the information posted by users of social network "Instagram" about shooting of dogs in Makhachkala, launched after the girl's death, and announce the results of the examination with respect to the causes of the child's death.
08:21, 28 February 2017
A 25-year-old native of Chechnya with refugee status in Austria has been sentenced to imprisonment for involvement in the hostilities in Syria on the side of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, the Austrian Press Agency reports.
03:26, 28 February 2017
Visit Tsoroev, the leader of the regional branch of the political party "National Security of Russia" for the Republic of Ingushetia, has sent a complaint to the law enforcement authorities with a demand to bring to responsibility blogger Ilya Davydov. The blogger became known among Internet users under the nickname of Maddison in connection with a video, in which he talked about Islam, the Koran, and Muslims.
19:36, 27 February 2017
All the statements of Makhachkala residents, who heard gunfire and dogs’ squealing, were checked, but policemen found no facts of shooting at animals, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has instructed its investigators to check the information about the mass shooting of stray dogs.
17:19, 27 February 2017
The five former officials of the Georgia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), convicted on charges of embezzlement and pardoned by the president, have sent a lawsuit to the Supreme Court (SC), their advocates have stated today.
13:28, 27 February 2017
The health condition of Arthur Sargsyan, arrested for helping members of the "Sasna Tsrer" group, who went on a hunger strike in jail, has deteriorated; and MPs are collecting signature to the petition for a change of his freedom restraint measure, Edmond Marukyan, a Member of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia, has stated today.