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The restoration of a bas-relief with a portrait of Stalin on the facade of the Volgograd Medical University has become a sign of Stalinism revival and insults the memory of repression victims, some residents of Volgograd have pointed out. Their opponents object that monuments merely reflect history.

The case was opened more than two years after the examination of the document, in which Asker Shetov denies his involvement.

Apti Alaudinov's words about the unfair detention of a Chechen resident after a brawl in Anapa have demonstrated the concern of Kadyrov's entourage about the growth of nationalism in the Russian society, analysts have noted.

The oncology disease of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, is progressing, but he receives no due medical treatment at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), his relatives have reported.

In the Chechen town of Argun, policemen have detained the parents of Magomed Chagaev, who told about torture by law enforcers and discrimination against Muslims in jails.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Russian authorities to pay compensation to Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova for her arrest in 2017.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is investigating a complaint lodged by lawyer Roman Melnichenko about incitement of hatred and disclosure of personal data of Alexei Navalny’s supporters in Volgograd by employees of a TV Company. Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev filed an appeal against the police’s refusal of his complaint to conduct an investigation into the legality of the propagandists’ actions.

Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has met relatives of the victims of the terror act in Beslan. There are many blank spots in the case, the participants of the meeting have asserted. The meeting took place amid the inquiry into the circumstances under which the school building with hostages was stormed, conducted by journalist Elena Milashina.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the violation of the rights of Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov, residents of Ingushetia, and of Murad Dingaev, a resident of Dagestan, to the prohibition of torture and has obliged Russia to pay compensation to them.

After considering the appeal complaints, the Volgograd Regional Court has replaced the conditional two-year freedom deprivation term appointed to Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, for a real one. Nagavkin treats the decision as unfair and intends to challenge it.

Irina Gonokova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, requested court to oblige the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay 15 million roubles in compensation. However, the court reduced the requested amount tenfold.

The advocate of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has filed complaints to the prosecutor's office about the absence of medical care, but was still unable to get treatment for his client, who is suffering from the consequences of a knee injury and acute toothache. The SIZO's medical unit has stated that Bailo needs no emergency care.

The Russian Ministry of Finance requested court to reduce the amount of compensation for Patimat Akhmedova, referring to the possibility of “unjust enrichment” of the victim.

At night, unidentified persons set fire to a car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan. This is the second arson of the car belonging to the blogger within a week.

Investigators have charged Vladimir Lepsky from the village of Vyselki with reading aloud the books of Jehovah's Witnesses*. The husband of another defendant, Irina Ushakova, is involved in the case as the organizer of an extremist cell, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

The draft order by Igor Krasnov, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, to review rehabilitation decisions has no novelties, since rehabilitation of war criminals is prohibited by law. However, once adopted, it may result in cancelling some rehabilitation decisions, which may be used in propaganda, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Law enforcers kidnapped Asker Shetov and injured him, after which they falsified a criminal case against him, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complained. The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria found Asker Shetov not guilty, but the actions of the law enforcers remained unpunished.

Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* from Krasnodar do not agree with the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to include them into the register of foreign agents. However, the MoJ’s decision will not stop their activities.

Natalia Fedorenko, a defender of Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*, is accused of violating the privacy of one of the judges. During the consideration of a case on illegal construction, the advocate challenged the judge because he was treating his dog in a veterinary clinic located in an “illegally constructed” building.

In the Nogai District of Dagestan, four policemen officers are suspected of fabricating a criminal case on drug possession, which they had planted on a local resident, investigators have stated.