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The Cherkessk City Court has sent Guzel Kasimova, a journalist from Kazan, accused of knowingly making a false report about a terror act, to the SIZO (pre-trial prison until January 22, 2025. The defence intends to appeal against the court ruling.

When criticizing the heads of the Investigating Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the leader of Chechnya is measuring his influence with theirs. At the same time, Ramzan Kadyrov drew his attention to a case of a Chechen teenager living in Moscow, although hundreds of Chechen natives have been convicted on fabricated charges.

The authorities are changing their tactics by detaining activists instead of dispersing protests, but that has only angered protesters. Participants of the rally in front of the Georgian parliament building spoke about their willingness to attend rallies every day to achieve new parliamentary elections.

The Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow has sentenced Khavier Yarmagomedov, a native of Dagestan, to seven years in colony for trampling an Orthodox cross. He was also found guilty of spreading child pornography and was deprived of the right to administer websites for eight years.

Aytaj Tapdyg, Natig Djavadly, Ramin Djabrailzade, and Khayala Agaeva, employees of the “Meydan TV” portal, have been detained this evening. The Azerbaijani police reported an investigation into the smuggling of foreign currency.

A court in Gelendjik has released Vadim Kharchenko*, accused under several criminal articles, from custody, after which he was detained on suspicion of slander.

The air defence systems deployed in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) need to be strengthened to protect against drone attacks, while the Kadyrov's proposal to place Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) on building roofs is unable to protect from attacks.

The teenager, for whom Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov stood up, is accused of beating minors on the streets of Moscow, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports. Investigators released a video of several fights involving the teenager.

The anger of the leader of Chechnya was caused by a criminal case instituted against a teenager from Chechnya for hooliganism.

Most of those detained during protests in Georgia, who were visited by representatives of the country’s Ombudsman, reported that the police used excessive force against them during detentions. Advocates for the detainees claimed that their clients were beaten in detention facilities as well.

On Friday, 6 December 2024, beginning around 1pm Baku local time, Meydan TV's newsroom lost contact with a number of individuals, some of whom collaborate with Meydan TV.

The prosecution has asked to sentence Boris Goncharenko to 11 years and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov to 12 years in colony, accusing then within the case of setting the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) on fire. This was reported by the human rights project "Solidarity Zone".

Andrei Kolomiets, a 57-year-old resident of North Ossetia, was fined 50,000 roubles for his negative statements about the Russian Armed Forces. This has already been his second fine.

The court has groundlessly added an aggravating motive to Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, in the case of threats to the prosecutor, which led to a harsh punishment and left him in custody pending appeal, although he could have been released, lawyers have emphasized.

After detaining Elvin Karimov, an ethnic Azerbaijani, at a protest action in Tbilisi, ten law enforcers have beaten him up, recommending him to appeal to President Aliev for defence of human rights. Activists have gone out to the action in Karimov's support.

The Stavropol Territorial Court has begun considering the case against four defendants, whom investigators believe to be the organizers of the riots at the Makhachkala Airport. There are no proofs in the records from the airport that they coordinated the actions of the crowd.

The head of Chechnya has confirmed the drone attack on the Akhmat Kadyrov regiment and proposed placing Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) on roofs of the sites that could become attack targets.

The Moscow City Court had denied the defence's appeal against the extension of the arrest of the journalist, Nadezhda Kevorkova, accused of justifying terrorism.

In Tbilisi and Batumi, women are holding protests in front of police stations demanding that policemen stop beating protesters.

During the dispersal of the rally held in Tbilisi by supporters of European integration, Luka Tkebuchava and Tedo Kvacakiya, employees of the “Formula” TV Channel, got injuries. Furthermore, it has been reported that an employee of the “Public Broadcaster” was also injured. The confrontation between the police and the protesters continues.