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In a case on an attack on a policeman instituted against Novorossiysk blogger Askhabali Alibekov, a public prosecutor requested the punishment in the form of four years of imprisonment.

In Adygea, a court has fined a resident of the Takhtamukaisky District, finding the woman guilty of publicly insulting a public official.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has overturned the decision to extend the arrest of Larisa Bochieva, accused of creating a cell of an extremist organization. This was reported by Shamil Khadulaev, the chairman of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC) in his Telegram channel.

The Novorossiysk Court of Appeal has dismissed the defence's complaint against the arrest of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, accused of violating one's privacy. The defence intends to file a complaint.

Magomednabi Shaikhslamov, involved as a defendant in a case on pogrom at an airport in Makhachkala, claimed that he ended up at the scene of the riots by accident, since he worked as a taxi driver. The video shows Magomednabi Shaikhslamov approaching the police, talking to them and leaving, but investigators accused the man of using violence against a public official.

Nikita Zhuravel, a resident of Volgograd, convicted of burning the Koran, has been charged with high treason.

A court awarded former prisoner Igor Tkachenko 350,000 roubles in compensation, recognizing that medical officers at a tuberculosis hospital in Rostov-on-Don performed his surgery in an improper way, which caused his health to deteriorate.

After a month of deliberation, the prosecutor has agreed to conduct a new examination of the body of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of the Dagestani village of Kayakent. However, the judge postponed his decision on this issue for almost another month, explaining that he needed to study the previous data.

By forcing offenders to publicly apologize to the video camera, Astrakhan law enforcers are trying to artificially increase the importance of their activities, while this humiliating measure has no intended prophylactic effect, analysts have noted.

The Promyshlenny District Court of Vladikavkaz has returned the case on discrediting the Russian Army to law enforcers; the case was opened against Arsen Tuaev, a local resident.

The administration of the Orthodox gymnasium in Vladikavkaz has fired a female teacher after she came to the establishment in a blue blouse and a yellow skirt.

Lawyers have noted that it is practically impossible to hold the scammers accountable for the fact that they had sold stolen property, posing themselves as fighters of the "Akhmat" Chechen special unit. But these actions have seriously discredited the "Akhmat"; and it's possible that Chechnya's enemies are behind this, a political analyst has suggested.

A court in Gelendzhik has extended until December 6 the arrest of blogger Vadim Kharchenko*, accused of defamation, discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, insulting the feelings of believers, and calling for extremism.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, until November 4 within a case of justifying terrorism.

An appeal has been lodged against the arrest of advocate Natalia Fedorenko from Gelendzhik, accused of violating privacy, her defender reports.

A resident of the Maikop District has been accused of evading conscription for the military service, and the case has been sent to court, the Investigating Department for Adygea of Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

A court in Kalmykia has fined Miroslav Genik, a father of many children, by 30,000 roubles based on the testimony of his neighbours, who had accused the man of discrediting the Russian Army.

Vitaly Cherkasov, an activist, and Alexander Safronov, a member of the Krasnodar City Duma, continue collecting signatures against the construction of a temple on the embankment and intend to appeal against the fines imposed on them. According to the activists, they have collected more than 3000 signatures.

Nikolai Tsomartov, a father of a female athlete from North Ossetia, who went missing in Kaspiysk, considered his dismissal after searching for his daughter to be humiliating and unlawful. The man decided to lodge an appeal to court.

The release from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the son of Musa Bazhaev, a Chechen billionaire, is against the judicial practice and the law. In this case, the charge of assaulting a policeman cannot be reclassified, lawyers have noted.