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The Krasnodar Territorial Court cancelled the conviction of two former law enforcers in a case on beating Yevgeny Manchenko, a person with disabilities. The defence plans to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

The Southern District Military Court has upheld the non-custodial punishment imposed on Corporal Eduard Bitarov, who murdered his wife in the affective state; his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine was treated as a mitigating circumstance.

A nurse who abused a patient in Makhachkala has been detained. The actions of the medical staff filmed on video violate the provisions of the law on psychiatric care, but do not often become public, lawyer Magomed Gadjiev notes.

The accusation in the case of the leaders of Ingush protests is refuted by case materials, including billing data and witnesses' testimonies, but the court ignored some of these data and deliberately excluded some of them. This was stated by Bagaudin Khautiev, Musa Malsagov and Malsag Uzhakhov.

When they received their diplomas, graduates of a number of state colleges in Ingushetia, were also given summonses for the military service; protocols were drawn up against those who refused to receive them, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence has informed.

Most of the 22 defendants in the case of the Ukrainian "Azov" Regiment*, which is being heard at the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, have refused to plead guilty.

The absence of Moscow's reaction to Ramzan Kadyrov's demands to punish the law enforcers for the raid on the Kotelniki mosque indicates a decrease in his influence and was a signal to the head of Chechnya not to interfere not in his own affairs, a political analyst and human rights defenders have noted.

The Russian State Duma MPs have passed a law allowing the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) units, including Chechen ones, to be armed with tanks and artillery.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the violation of the rights of activists detained at protest actions in Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, and Stavropol, and obliged the authorities of Russia, which refused to comply with the decisions of the Strasbourg Court, to pay them compensation.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay Krasnodar advocate Mikhail Benyash* 16,000 euros for beating by law enforcers after detention and for arrest. The ECtHR made the decision against the backdrop of the Russia’s refusal to comply with the judgments of the ECtHR.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar found Alexander Somryakov guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and sentenced him to six years of imprisonment. The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Krasnodar Territorial Court upheld the verdict.

About 400 former prisoners who had signed contracts with the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) live in hotels near the city of Anapa, waiting for an official pardoning, the outlet named "Vazhnye Istorii" (Important Stories)* has found out.

The first-instance court made many mistakes and distortions of facts in the verdict, by using them as the basis for incorrect conclusions, Barakh Chemurziev has stated at the trial.

Zarema Musaeva, who is being kept in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny, needs a full medical examination, her defence states. An advocate reports that Zarema Musaeva has got high blood pressure and high blood sugar levels and that she suffers from regular nosebleeds.

Despite the assurances of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov about the inevitability of punishment for a raid on a mosque in Kotelniki in the Moscow Region, four days after their statements, the law enforcement bodies of the Moscow Region have not reported about any inspections of the activities of the law enforcers who disrupted Friday namaz (prayer).

The emergency regime was introduced in Malgobek due to water deficit; both pumps at the water intake have failed, Mussa Galaev, the city Mayor, has stated. Telegram users have criticized local authorities for wearing out the equipment.

State protection is provided in case of a real threat to personal security, and representatives of journalist Elena Milashina, who was attacked twice in Chechnya, have grounds for such a request, lawyers note. They point out that the provision of state protection, in particular, a bodyguard, could limit the Elena Milashina’s actions.

The Volgograd Regional Court partially granted an appeal filed by Igor Nagavkin and reduced his sentence by two months to five years and 10 months of imprisonment. Advocate Ilya Govorukhin intends to challenge the court’s decision at a court of cassation, and human rights defender Valentin Bogdan claimed violations during the trial and falsification of the case.

Aminat Shagieva has held a picket in Makhachkala, demanding law enforcers' reaction to a scam with land plots, in which, in her opinion, officials were involved.

The speeches during debates at the trial have sparked an increased interest in the case of the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, which was confirmed by the reaction to pickets held in Makhachkala.