Nikita Zhuravel, a student from Volgograd accused of burning the Koran and currently in a pre-trial detention center in Grozny, has been recognized as a political prisoner. This was reported by the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial".

In Sumgait, Azerbaijan, security forces, at the request of the Russian authorities, detained 20-year-old Khayal Vasiliev. Since he is a citizen of the Russian Federation, Moscow asks to deport him in order to send him to the army.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala arrested at least 17 people for their participation in anti-Semitic riots at the local airport. The Supreme Court of Dagestan received complaints against these decisions.

The court in Grozny postponed the hearing for the third time in the case against Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran near a mosque in Volgograd. The victims in the case are 13 imams of Grozny mosques, who again did not appear at the hearing.

Against the backdrop of how the Russian authorities brutally disperse peaceful protests and rallies, their reaction to anti-Semitic protests in the North Caucasus looks inadequate. This conclusion was made by the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW).

A criminal case was sent to the Nalchik City Court against the deputy head of the administration of the capital of the KBR, Aslan Pashtov. He is accused of exceeding his official powers.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry stated that it will use available mechanisms to free the country’s citizens who fought for Ukraine and were captured by Russia. Thus, the International Organization of the Red Cross and the Swiss Confederation will be involved as a mediator between Georgia and the Russian Federation.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the verdict of three ex-employees of the republican Federal Penitentiary Service, who were found guilty of official crimes in February of this year.

Armenia is trying to sit on two chairs and is taking steps that ignore the interests of Russia. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.

Between approximately November 15 and 18, Russian soldiers, some of whom were wearing masks, took away Shakhran Shaptievich Zakriev, born in 1969, from the village of Pobedinskoye. The kidnapped person worked as a labor teacher at school No. 27 in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny.