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For the torturous conditions of transporting to the colony, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded Ruslan Rakhaev, an ex-deputy head of the Cherkessk criminal investigation division, compensation of EUR 8500.

Elders and religious leaders are involved in preventive conversations with relatives of participants in the riots at an airport in Makhachkala, the administration of the Levashinsky District reports.

Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), spoke in court about cases when prisoners were subjected to torture at the SIZO. The prosecutor’s office agreed to accept the human rights defender’s complaint for verification.

In the village of Voskresenovskoye, Shelkovskoi District of Chechnya, a mullah was stabbed to death in front of his child. According to sources, blood feud could be the motive. An oppositional channel has refuted this version.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russia guilty of using evidence obtained under torture in court and obliged it to pay EUR 30,000 to the Ukrainian citizen, Nikolai Karpyuk.

The severe sentence given to an elderly resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who declared herself a "USSR citizen"*, fits into the general picture of the persecution of supporters of this movement.

Apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov in order to be in the safe side, like those voiced by singer Eduard Sharlot at trial, have been caused by people’s fear of possible persecution by Chechen law enforcers, and such apologies are forming a new trend, political analysts emphasize. They suggest that amid an increase in his influence in the Kremlin, Ramzan Kadyrov can find and punish his offenders throughout the country.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has recognized the violation of the rights of seven residents of the Rostov Region and Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) in connection with torture, absence of efficient investigation and legislative protection against wiretapping, and awarded compensation to them worth from 6500 to 26,000 euros.

The Moscow City Court had not commit any significant violations when considering an appeal against the sentence of human rights defender Oleg Orlov under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and lawfully returned the case to the prosecutor’s office, the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction concluded.

Law enforcers came to Irina Skorovarova, a resident of Taganrog, to conduct a search and reported that a criminal case had been opened against her for discrediting the Russian Army.

The case of a former combatant who ended up in labour slavery in Kalmykia is not unique; and this trend is gaining momentum as recruiters are benefiting from people's vulnerable situation. The most problematic regions in Southern of Russia are the Rostov Region and the Stavropol Territory.

The Court of Appeal has approved the verdict passed to Mikhail Filatov, a resident of Uryupinsk, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for setting fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office).

In Grozny, a court granted the defence’s request and postponed a court hearing in the case against Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran.

The criminal article under which Tatiana Moskalenko, a resident of Adygea, is accused allows any defendant’s statements regarding the authorities’ actions to be interpreted as calls for action against the state. That was stated by the “Support for Political Prisoners.Memorial” human rights project.

The explanation of the Stavropol Territorial Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that coming out is assessed as a statement of belonging to an extremist community has no legal force. Lawyers and human rights defenders have noted that the reasons for persecuting activists in this case are very broad.