Today, the first hearing in the criminal case against Zarema Musayeva for disrupting the activities of the penal colony (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code) was held in the Shali City Court of Chechnya. The defendant denied the charge and said that she did not attack the FSIN officer or scratch his neck.
Security officers and officials took away a trailer home from the site of Crimean Tatar veteran Rustem Useinov. It was located in the village of Morskoye in the Sudak district. The elderly man was forced to live in the trailer home after authorities demolished his house in 2021.
Georgian citizens Mamuka Gatsrelia, Georgy Chubetidze, and Georgy Goglizde, persecuted by Russia for serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have been recognized as political prisoners. This statement was made by the independent human rights project "Memorial".
According to lawyer Ramzan Uzuyev, the defendants in two criminal cases under investigation in Kabardino-Balkaria became victims of security forces. We are talking about Salikh Osmanov and Kazbek Emkuzhev. The defense attorney claimed that the cases were fabricated in order to improve reporting.
Armenia will have to join the sanctions against Russia and leave the EAEU if it joins the EU. This was stated by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu.
The Supreme Court of Ingushetia has softened the measure of restraint against former Mayor of Magas Usman Aushev. He was sent from pretrial detention center to house arrest after the defense appealed. A criminal case has been opened against the former official under two articles - abuse of office and fraud.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, Circassian activist Martin Kochesokov on the wanted list. He was previously recognized as a "foreign agent".
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Alexander Umantsev to 19 years and 6 months in prison. He was found guilty of attacking the Novolaksky District of Dagestan during the second Russian-Chechen war.
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the Crimean Tatar human rights organization Crimean Solidarity to the register of foreign agents.
Representatives of Georgian civil society have issued an open appeal to international organizations, declaring what they believe is an intensification of Russia's annexation policy in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document has been sent to the UN, the European Union, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the OSCE, and NATO.
Representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Vienna organized a protest outside the Finnish Embassy. The activists' main demand was to prevent the extradition to Russia of refugees from the North Caucasus, who face the threat of torture and repression in their home countries. Human rights activist Roza Dunaeva provided information on this matter.
The search for the Moscow tourist who fell into the waters of the Uchkulan mountain river in Karachay-Cherkessia on June 19 has entered its eighth day, according to the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations' press office.