Today, Novaya Gazeta released a statement regarding the searches of its editorial offices on April 9, following which journalist Oleg Roldugin was detained and then arrested the following day by Moscow's Tverskoy Court.

Citizen of Georgia, 58-year-old Koba Khabazi was sentenced in absentia by the DPR court to 13 years in prison under the article on participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict. According to the Russian Federation, he fought in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of the Georgian National Legion from March 2022 to January 2026. According to Russian prosecutors, he received 3.6 million rubles.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has added Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baysarov to its wanted list. They are believed by Armenian intelligence agencies to be involved in the murder of Chechen native Ayshat Baymuradova in Yerevan in mid-October last year. According to the Investigative Committee of Russia (SK SOS), Baymuradova was fleeing regular physical abuse at the hands of her ex-husband.

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) sharply criticized the deportation of Azerbaijani journalist and activist Afgan Sadigov from Georgia. HRW believes he was at real risk of politically motivated persecution and ill-treatment.

Despite a request from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, a Croatian court decided not to extradite Magomed-Amin Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, to Russia. The request, submitted in November 2025, concerned Gatagazhev's charges of terrorism and participation in illegal armed groups.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ruled that the Memorial public movement is an "extremist organization" and banned from operating in Russia. The lawsuit, filed by the Russian Ministry of Justice, was heard in a closed session classified as "top secret," and lawyers were not allowed to participate.

Adam Babatkhanov, a physician at a Moscow clinic and a native of Chechnya, whose video of a patient's xenophobic outburst sparked widespread controversy on social media, deleted the video shortly after it was posted. He explained his decision by citing his reluctance to "be the kind of person who fuels interethnic conflicts, or any conflict in general, even accidentally."

The trial of the "sixth Bakhchisaray group" of Crimean Tatars continued in the Southern District Military Court. The defense presented two witnesses who spoke favorably of the defendants, noting their active participation in social life and their service to others.