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20:55, 7 February 2017
The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", plans to file to the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic an appeal against his verdict, pronounced by the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya.
23:45, 19 January 2017
The advocates of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" journalist, sentenced in Chechnya to three years in prison, have drafted a cassation complaint against the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic. Meanwhile, Geriev has been temporarily transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Chernokozovo.
11:04, 8 January 2017
The third term for Ramzan Kadyrov and tightening of pressure in Chechnya, scandals at elections and attacks on policemen in Dagestan, attacks on human rights defenders in Ingushetia, struggle against natural disasters and swine fever in Kabardino-Balkaria, pressure on activists in North Ossetia and the Stavropol Territory, these and other events took place in the years 2016 in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of Russia.
08:35, 2 January 2017
Search works at sea near Sochi after the crash of the aircraft of the Russian MoD; Chechen SC's decision on appeal complaint of journalist Zhalaudi Geriev; rally of Grozny residents gathering on the blood feud after attacks on policemen, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December26, 2016, to January 1, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
03:07, 30 December 2016
The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, which upheld the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, should be repealed in view of the fabrication of the case, the international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has stated.
03:19, 29 December 2016
On September 5, 2016, Zhalaudi Geriev, a Chechen journalist and a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was sentenced to three years in a general-security colony on charges of drug possession.
20:52, 28 December 2016
The decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to uphold the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was predictable. It proves the political nature of the prosecution. This was stated by human rights defenders Oleg Orlov, Tatiana Lokshina, and Lyudmila Alekseeva.
20:14, 28 December 2016
During their visit to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", agents of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) asked him about the editorial policy of the "Caucasian Knot" and offered to cooperate with them. A permit to meet him was issued to agents by a judge of the Shali District Court of Chechnya.
10:43, 28 December 2016
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has announced its decision on the case of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: the conviction passed by the Shali District Court of Chechnya was upheld.
09:05, 28 December 2016
In his last plea at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, Zhalaudi Geriev a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, presented evidence of his innocence. The last session before the debate was held in a raised voice; one of the panel judges raised his voice on Geriev and ran out of the courtroom, taking the case materials with him. In doing so, he failed to respond to the request of the presiding judge, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev.
19:40, 27 December 2016
The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", and the defendant himself have called on the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to cancel the verdict passed by the first-instance Shali District Court. The prosecutor asked to uphold this verdict.
11:44, 27 December 2016
The today's motion of the defence asking to allow video recording of the court session in Grozny, which considers the complaint lodged by Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against his verdict, has been again rejected by the court.
18:10, 26 December 2016
The information about the kidnapping and application of violence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was not confirmed, says the statement of the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Earlier, the court refused to send the data about Geriev's kidnapping for examination outside Chechnya, the defence has reminded.
08:59, 14 December 2016
Without a court's request, the investigating bodies have sent documents to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which were added to case files against Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, convicted on charges of illegal drug possession, said his advocate. The defence demands to check the legality of such actions of the above bodies.
11:04, 13 December 2016
Today, at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, the presiding judge has restricted the video recording, having treated the trial, which considers the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, "a one-man's theatre".