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Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev filed a complaint to the higher instance prosecutor’s office about the inaction of the district prosecutor’s office and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the case on the disclosure of his personal data in the media.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan partially granted the claim filed by Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), recognizing the law enforcers’ request to go to a police station and the detention of the journalist at the police department as illegal.

A court fined a student from Krasnodar 300,000 roubles, finding him guilty of financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation*.

The judge who is considering the case of three Jehovah's Witnesses* from Elista (the capital of Kalmykia) failed to pronounce his verdict and resumed the trial for additional examination of the case materials.

Referring to some state secrets, the Nalchik City Court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to satisfy the lawsuit lodged by Olga Begretova, an activist, who demanded to illegitimate the refusal of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to provide the data collected about her. She intends to appeal against the refusal.

A court supported artist Mukhadin Kishev in his dispute over the right to premises of an art house in Nalchik, because of which the artist’s spouse appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov. Following the court’s decision, more than a thousand paintings will stay in Kabardino-Balkaria and will not be transported to some other destinations, announces a lawyer of Mukhadin Kishev.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized a 10-day arrest of Anastasia Panchenko, a former coordinator of the Alexei Navalny’s office in Krasnodar, for calling for participation in a rally as a violation of her rights. The ECtHR obliged the authorities of Russia to pay Anastasia Panchenko 5 000 euros.

In the Kizlyar District, a court obliged the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Ministry of Finance to pay 500,000 roubles to each of six relatives of Khalid Kurbanov, killed in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, in compensation for moral damage.

A court in Adler has fined Sergey Libin, a resident of the town of Sirius (Krasnodar Territory) by 40,000 roubles, treating his pacifist inscription in a public place as discrediting the Russian Army.

The court has fined Yuri Novak, a resident of Akhtubinsk, treating his statements in the memoirs he had passed on to his acquaintances as inciting hatred and enmity.

A court in Shali has rejected the defence's motion to release Zarema Musaeva from the colony settlement for her health reasons. The judge took into account the arguments of the medical commission that Musaeva's health allows her to continue serving her sentence, her advocate, Alexander Savin, has informed.

Vladimir Putin invited Ali Kadyrov to a personal meeting, at which he congratulated him on his upcoming marriage, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the rights of Artyom Gavrilov, a Stavropol resident, who was fined for supporting Alexei Navalny.

The anti-migrant raids, similar to the checks conducted in the Volgograd and Rostov Regions, pursue the aim of identifying migrants who have received Russian citizenship but are not registered for military service, and send them to serve under conscription or persuade them to sign a contract, some human rights defenders have suggested.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay compensation to Anastasia Emelianova, an activist, who was fined within the case of calls for a protest action. The decision was made amid Russia's refusal to enforce ECtHR's decisions.

Yuri Mikhailov, who became HIV infected after staying at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Krasnodar Territory and in colonies in Kabardino-Balkaria and Kalmykia, has asked the court to replace the remaining part of his forced labour for freedom restriction and correctional labour.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a right violation to adequate medical care of Idris Mezhidov, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted within the case of the 2009 attempt on the life of Magomed Daudov.

The transfer to Syzran after the verdict complicated consultations with a Moscow advocate and became a violation of the right to defence, complained Oleg Orlov*, the co-chair of the “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence*. An advocate of the human rights defender requested court to return Oleg Orlov* to Moscow.

A court fined Yevgeny Omelchenko, a resident of the Gorodischensky District, 30,000 roubles, recognizing the man’s pacifist entry posted on a social network as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

In Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded the compensation of 9750 euros to former Sochi judge Dmitry Novikov, recognizing his long detention and the use of a metal cage in the courtroom as ungrounded.