All news

The press service of Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, has posted an apology of the parents of the teenagers who had filmed a video mocking those mobilized. Some social network users have sympathized with the parents; others demanded that the teens be publicly punished.

The defence has filed an appeal complaint against the verdict passed to human rights defender, Oleg Orlov*, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony on charges of discrediting the Russian Army. After the quarantine, Orlov* was transferred to another SIZO (pre-trial prison), his colleagues have informed.

Residents of the Ingush village of Nizhnie Achaluki recorded a video complaint against local authorities to President Putin while disregarding the fact that officials needed time to solve the problems with water and electricity supplies, Murat Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO), has explained.

Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has lodged a statement to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office (PO) stating that he had been on an endless hunger strike already for four days in protest against rights violations of those kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of beating law enforcers at a protest action, has been transferred to a unified cell-type room, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports on its Telegram channel.

For more than four years, Dagestani journalists have been picketing to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the newspaper “Chernovik”, who was accused of financing terrorists and sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment*.

Residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki suffer from absence of water electricity and gas supplies, but Ingush authorities only promise to address the problem, Murad Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, has stated in his video appeal to President Putin.

Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, suspected of using violence against a policeman, has been placed into the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kazan, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed in his Telegram channel.

After studying the materials of the disappearance case of the athlete, Anna Tsomartova, in Dagestan, her relatives came to the conclusion that investigators had failed with doing their work properly, and filed a complaint against them, Anna's mother has informed.

In Grozny, about 150,000 people took part in a march in support of Vladimir Putin’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election, the authorities of Chechnya announce.

After his detention in Kazan, law enforcers beat Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan and the author of the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper", so that he had large bruises, his daughter, Zalina Alibekova, has reported.

A court in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban has sentenced Victor Yevdoshenko, a member of the local election commission, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting Russian militaries.

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has failed to react to human rights defenders' appeals demanding to stop putting pressure on the activists who had opposed the persecution of scientists from the Institute for Humanitarian Studies; however, there were no new attempts to dismiss scientists or interrogate activists.

A court in Taganrog has found Magomed Kebedov, the head of the "Ikhlas" local Muslim religious organization, guilty of illegal missionary activities and fined him by 5000 roubles.

The search for the athlete, Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Dagestan, is underway; 20 volunteers are engaged, the "Lisa Alert" search-and-rescue team has informed.

Compensation for violation of rights during trials and in places of deprivation of liberty, in particular, placement in a cage at trial and constant video surveillance in a cell, should be paid to natives of Dagestan, the Volgograd Region, and Kuban, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

The deportation affected all Balkar families, and the memory of it is passed on from generation to generation. It is important to remember those who did not return from the deportation, emphasize participants of a mourning rally in Nalchik dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation.

Residents of a house in the city of Karabulak, damaged during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), have reported serious damage to the building and demanded that repairs begin as soon as possible; it follows from their video appeal addressed to authorities.

Policemen have detained Lena Patyaeva, who at a picket held at the Saint Petersburg Prosecutor's Office (PO) demanded to disclose information about Seda Suleimanova, who had been taken by her relatives to Chechnya. The picketer called on townspeople to come out in Suleimanova defence.

Now, even 80 years later, deportation consequences are telling on Balkars' fate; in particular, many nationals died during the deportation; and rehabilitation cannot be considered complete, activists of public organizations have stated.