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A resident of the Svetloyarsky District in the Volgograd Region, who, according to the investigators’ version, broke a memorial plaque about the deportation of the Kalmyk people, has been under the supervision of a psychiatrist for more than 10 years and after the incident was placed to a specialized medical institution, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

A court sentenced a resident of the Rostov Region to 12 years of imprisonment for state treason. According to the court’s version, the defendant collected data on the location of military vehicles and equipment at an airfield in the Krasnodar Territory and transferred the information to the Ukrainian army.

During an interrogation of defence witnesses, Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), complained about provocation against him and pressure on witnesses. Prison staff denied the accusations.

Investigators considered a frame posted in a family chat showing tattoos with the symbols of an extremist organization as a reason to accuse Ruslan Bittuev, a resident of the Baksansky District, of repeated propaganda of extremism. The man said he posted the images “out of emotion” in connection with his brother’s death.

Law enforcers released boxer Umar Salamov, who was kidnapped in January together with residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala. Most of the kidnapped people were convicted under the article of participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and are serving their sentences, the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights reported.

According to the information released by the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan, at least one of those arrested in connection with the unrest at an airport in Makhachkala has been charged with an attempt on the life of a law enforcer. The article provides for a penalty of up to life imprisonment.

A case against Samat Suleimanov, a mobilized resident of Astrakhan, sentenced for leaving his military unit without permission, has been returned for reconsideration. The judge in Grozny did not take into account that Samat Suleimanov was hospitalised after being beaten by his colleagues, the court of appeal indicated.

Nikolai Nabiev, a resident of Kuban, accused in a case on preparing to destroy cell phone towers, has complained that the administration of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in which he is being kept refuses to provide him with medical treatment.

A court of cassation upheld the verdict against Shamil Idrisov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of possessing a grenade. The court found unconvincing the arguments that the case materials were fabricated for Shamil Idrisov’s refusal to secretly cooperate with the law enforcement bodies.

For seven years, investigators have been unable to identify the attackers on journalists on the Chechen-Ingush border, the “Team against Torture” (TaT)* has stated.

Most of those accused in criminal cases for participation in mass riots at an airport in Makhachkala have had their arrest periods extended until the end of March, while almost no investigative actions are being carried out, and a number of the arrestees are banned from being visited by their relatives and friends.

A court sentenced Kureish Timurziev to seven years of imprisonment for inflicting several knife wounds to his wife Nata Matieva, the head of the “Good People Club” charity foundation, because of her desire to get a divorce.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has found no elements of the crime in the threats that advocate Tatiana Solomina received from a mother of her client from Chechnya. Investigators have refused to institute a criminal case. Tatiana Solomina intends to file an appeal against the ICRF’s decision.