Nemtsov

May 26, 2025 18:50

• Activist reports detentions of commemorators in Maykop

  Asker Sokht, an Adyg activist, has reported in his Facebook* page that in Maykop (the capital of Adygea), on the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, the participants in an unofficial memorial event were detained.

March 23, 2025 23:32

• Rights defenders comment on transfer of convict in Nemtsov’s murder case to Chechnya

  The transfer of Khamzat Bakhaev, one of the figurants in the Boris Nemtsov’s murder case, means that his custody conditions will noticeably improve. Nemtsov's defence does not oppose Bakhaev's transfer, since he is the only convict, whose guilt was not proven beyond doubt.

March 20, 2025 23:40

• Convicted Nemtsov assassin transferred to Chechen colony

  Khamzat Bakhaev, convicted for killing Nemtsov, has achieved his transfer from the Kirov Region of Russia to Chechnya, where his relatives live.

February 27, 2025 23:07

• Ten years after Nemtsov’s murder, those who ordered his assassination remain unnamed

  On the tenth anniversary of the assassination of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, it became known that Abdul Elmurzaev, a native of Chechnya, has been put on the wanted list. He had been following Boris Nemtsov for two months before his assassination, the “Agency”* reports. Investigators have not yet made public the names of those who ordered the assassination of the politician.

February 28, 2024 22:16

• Sochi residents complain about obstacles in laying flowers in memory of Navalny* and Nemtsov

  In Sochi, activists, who tried to pay tribute to the memory of deceased opposition politicians Alexei Navalny* and Boris Nemtsov, noted that there were a lot of law enforcers near the monuments where such actions took place, who were also patrolling the city.

August 26, 2023 22:51

• Advocate and journalist comment on Yashin’s words about fate of convicts of Nemtsov’s murder

  The natives of Chechnya, convicted for assassinating Boris Nemtsov, could have signed contracts with the private military company (PMC); then, they were pardoned and returned to their homeland, Ilya Yashin, an oppositional politician, who is serving his term for discrediting the Russian Army, has stated.

March 01, 2023 23:54

• Under fear of repressions, Sochi townspeople commemorate Boris Nemtsov

  The flowers and candles brought by Sochi residents to the memorial for victims of political repressions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, a few hours later were removed by unknown people. Activists admitted that since 2022 they are afraid to openly hold actions in memory of the assassinated politician and prefer to commemorate him at home.

February 01, 2022 08:44

• Sarazhdin Sultygov attacked in Ingushetia

  In the city of Nazran, Sarazhdin Sultygov, a co-chairman of the NGO "Mekkh-Kkhel", was attacked in his apartment by two men.

January 31, 2022 18:26

• “Novaya Gazeta” demands to start criminal proceedings against Ramzan Kadyrov

  The newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” called on Alexander Bastrykin, the chief of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to launch an investigation into a criminal case against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov under the article on incitement to hatred. A complaint to the ICRF has been filed in connection with the fact that Ramzan Kadyrov ranked Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, and Elena Milashina, a journalist of the “Novaya Gazeta”, as accomplices of terrorists.

February 28, 2021 12:28

• Spontaneous Nemtsov's memorial destroyed in Krasnodar

  Krasnodar activists have complained about the destruction of the spontaneous memorial of Boris Nemtsov 15 minutes after the end of their action. Passers-by were surprised that a large number of law enforcers were brought to a peaceful action without demands and posters.

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