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An administration of a penal colony in the Kurgan Region regularly places in solitary confinement Omar Murtazaliev, a native of Dagestan, as punishment. About a month ago, the convict recorded a video message in which he complained about violations of the prisoners’ rights.

A court in Makhachkala has unreasonably refused to satisfy the claim of Idris Yusupov* against the police in connection with his detention at an anti-mobilization action; this is stated in the complaint, now considered by the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated that Yusupov* was not detained.

Several people heading to the farewell venue for Alexei Navalny in Moscow were detained by law enforcers, human rights defenders have informed. The queue to the temple where the coffin with Alexei's body was delivered has reached a kilometre.

Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, an author of the “Wild Paratrooper” YouTube channel, who is serving an arrest in Kazan, is suspected of using violence against a policeman, his advocate reports.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) included the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights* in the register of foreign agents. The decision was made three days after the verdict against Oleg Orlov*, the co-chair of the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights*, under the charge of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

FSB officers detained a 19-year-old resident of Volgograd at the local airport when he tried to leave for Turkey. Investigators have charged the detained young man with high treason, as they suggest that he was transferring money to a charitable foundation created by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Investigators have refused four times to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcers involved in beating up Semyon Sukhinin, who was detained in the city of Anapa. The results of the checks show the investigator's reluctance to deal with the torture complaint, human rights defenders have pointed out.

After concluding his contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), Alexei Myshkin escaped from his unit four times. The Krasnodar Garrison Military Court has found him guilty of desertion and sentenced him to six years in penal colony.

A court in Malgobek has left Leila Gatagazheva, accused of links with Syrian militants, in custody until March 31.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has considered the complaint lodged by the policeman, who had claimed that Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, had violated the requirements for holding a solo picket.

A Volgograd district court has fined Alexandra Mayer, a local resident treating her post in a social network as degrading to the dignity of those mobilized.

A court in Sochi has sentenced Nikolai Zimiryov, who was detained after an action in memory of Alexei Navalny, to arrest. He has been convicted of posting extremist symbols in social networks.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has partially satisfied the complaint against the refusal to release Zarema Musaeva on conditional early relief (CER) and ordered the lower court to reconsider the defence's motion. The appellate instance has refused to release Musaeva.

Andrei Vyazov, an activist from Krasnodar, detained at an action in memory of Alexei Navalny* and arrested for 14 days, is being kept in a special detention centre with no yard for walking.

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.

The sentence for natives of Dagestan Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov in a case on murder in a Kalmyk penal colony became excessively harsh due to the fact that the defendants refused advocates by agreement, notes a former advocate of Magomed Atimagomedov.

The ruling of the Grozny court to sentence Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, who burned the Koran, to 3.5 years in prison will be challenged, his defence has stated.

Russian authorities must provide information about the fate of Seda Suleimanova, who had been returned by law enforcers to her family in Chechnya, participants of the action in Tbilisi have stated.

The deportation of Chechens and Ingush led to territorial conflicts, wars and broken families, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee has stated in an article dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation. The material describes the story of a Chechen family who survived deportation.

The verdict passed to Oleg Orlov*, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Human Rights Defence Centre, for his statements contradicts the Constitution and Russia's international covenants; it is evidence of the abolition of the freedom of speech in Russia, human rights defenders have pointed out.