A court in Stavropol Krai sentenced five more participants in the anti-Israeli pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to imprisonment for terms of 7 to 10 years. Rizvan Akhmedov, Atu Musayev, Magomed Mukhmayev, Khabib Sheikhov and Shanavaz Elmurzayev were found guilty of participating in mass riots and failure to comply with transport security requirements.

The defendants in the attack on Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1999 received 45 years in a maximum security penal colony for two. This decision was made by a court in Rostov regarding Vakhit Khamzatkhanov and Takhir Begeldiev – 24 and 21 years respectively. Neither of them admitted guilt. According to the court, Khamzatkhanov and Begeldiev were members of the group of Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab. For more details, watch our video.

A court in Simferopol extended the arrest of four Crimean Tatars until October 4. Plumber Rustem Mustafayev, laborer Abibulla Smedlyaev, son of a political prisoner Emir Kurtnezirov and cook Mirzali Tazhibaev are accused of participating in the activities of the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia but legal in Ukraine and other countries.

A court in Cherkessk sentenced a follower of Jehovah's Witnesses with a second-degree disability to 4.5 years in prison for extremism. During the hearing, the defendant lost consciousness due to poor health. Previously, despite his health, he was in custody for almost a year and a half in a pretrial detention center.

At a hearing of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov, the state prosecutor demanded that Takhir Begeldiev and Vakhit Khamzatkhanov be sentenced to 25 and 28 years in prison. They are accused of shooting Russian servicemen during the second Russian-Chechen war. The defendants did not admit their guilt.

Crimean Tatar Zavur Abdullaev, sentenced to 12 years in prison, has again complained about the lack of dental and other medical care in Vladimir Prison No. 2. He has only 12 teeth left.

The Shali City Court of Chechnya has resumed the consideration of the criminal case against Zarema Musayeva. According to the investigation, the seriously ill woman allegedly attacked the guard accompanying her to the hospital, scratched his neck and tore off his shoulder strap.

Crimean Tatar Enver Mamutov, who was sentenced to almost 17 years in prison, was transported from IK-11 in Stavropol Krai to IK-3 in the Chuvash Republic. This is another 1,500 kilometers away from home, which creates difficulties for visits with relatives.

Activist Ametkhan Abdulvapov, who was sentenced to 10.5 years, will be transferred to a maximum security penal colony. Its location is still unknown. He is currently in pretrial detention center No. 1 in Irkutsk, 6,000 kilometers from his home in Crimea.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Georgian citizen Irakli Khufeniya guilty of publicly justifying terrorism. He was sentenced to two years in prison.