Russia

May 04, 2024 22:55

• Residents of Stavropol Territory apologize for burning New Testament

  A video with an apology from two participants in the incident with the burning of the New Testament in the Stavropol Territory was posted by Governor Vladimir Vladimirov. The young men have admitted their guilt and promised not to do this again.

May 04, 2024 21:36

• Dagestani Omar Murtazaliev returned from SIZO to penal colony

  They plan to transfer Omar Murtazaliev, a native of Dagestan, to another correctional institution, but in the meantime he has been returned to the penal colony in the Kurgan Region, where he was held earlier, his advocate has informed.

May 03, 2024 18:58

• Court refuses to commute sentence to pensioner from Shakhty within fake case

  The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the sentence of Evgenia Maiboroda, a 72-year-old resident of the city of Shakhty, sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and calls for extremism.

May 02, 2024 22:49

• Police succeed in seeking punishment for Krasnodar resident for posting rainbow flag

  In Krasnodar, a court reconsidered the case instituted against Viktor Morozov for his post on a social network with a photograph of a rainbow flag. Initially, the court did not find any offense in the post, but later agreed with the position voiced by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

May 02, 2024 18:41

• Wish for peace deleted from the official May Day greetings in Sochi

  On May 1, mass events were organized in all Sochi districts under the slogan "Spring and Labour Day", the city administration has informed. However, this time, the word "peace", which traditionally was part of the holiday slogan, was not mentioned.

May 01, 2024 23:41

• Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia

  At a request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the “Roskomnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Communications) has blocked access in Russia to the website of the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project.

April 29, 2024 21:38

• Armed incident in Karachay-Cherkessia becomes second within a week

  An attack on policemen on the night of April 29 was preceded by an attack on a squad of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) on April 22.

April 29, 2024 19:03

• Court sentences conditionally law enforcers-figurants in torture case of Dagestani woman Kurashova

  Shamil Aliev and Ramazan Saipulaev, former policemen, have been sentenced to conditional imprisonment and fines in the torture case of Yulduz Kurashova, a Khasavyurt resident. The third defendant, Maya Akhmedova, was acquitted, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

April 26, 2024 20:07

• Volgograd blogger Prokudin sent to SIZO

  In Volgograd, a court arrested trash streamer Pavel Prokudin, accused of insulting Russian militaries. The defence asked the court to place Pavel Prokudin under house arrest.

April 25, 2024 21:57

• Son reports hospitalization of Zarema Musaeva

  Zarema Musaeva's health condition in the Argun penal colony where she is kept, has worsened sharply; she lost the ability to move, after which she was hospitalized, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer and one of Zarema's son, has informed.

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