The European Court found a violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to Ali Umarov from Dagestan and awarded him compensation in the amount of 26 thousand euros. This was reported by lawyers from the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

A court in Baku sentenced Shiite theologian Sardar Babayev to 17 years in prison. He was found guilty of treason in favor of Iran. He called the charges fabricated and called himself “a victim of the deterioration of Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.”

The Southern District Court found six natives of the North Caucasus republics guilty of promoting terrorism in correctional colony No. 2 in Kalmykia, where they had previously served time. The defendants deny guilt and call the case fabricated.

The wife of the former minister of state of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, ex-citizen of the Russian Federation, billionaire Ruben Vardanyan reported that contact with him had been lost.

The mother of Chechen activists, Zarema Musayeva, was transferred to colony-settlement No. 3 in the city of Argun (Chechnya). This was announced by Alexander Savin, a lawyer representing the woman’s interests from the “Team Against Torture”.

The Nalchik garrison military court found private Khizir Kugotov guilty of evading military service and sentenced him to a year in a general regime colony.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don continued consideration of the criminal case against 63-year-old Grozny resident Alavdi Batykaev.

In the village of Krasnokamenka, Crimean Tatars Emil Nazarbekov and Arsen Dzhepparov were detained. Security forces searched Nazarbekov's home, saying they were looking for drugs and weapons in the house.

Crimean Tatar Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, sentenced to 12 years, complained of deteriorating health in prison No. 2 in Yelets, Lipetsk region.

A man mobilized from North Ossetia complained that in occupied Tokmak (Zaporozhye region of Ukraine) he was attacked by Russian soldiers, beaten and told that “Russia is for Russians.”