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A disabled person who left offensive graffiti about Ramzan Kadyrov will be tried in Tatarstan
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A disabled person who left offensive graffiti about Ramzan Kadyrov will be tried in Tatarstan
11 April 2025

Law enforcement officers detained a disabled person of the third group, 43-year-old Dmitry Isakov, in Naberezhnye Chelny. One of the reasons was that he allegedly spray-painted graffiti in public places insulting the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Father of Teenager Who Attacked Traffic Police Post in Chechnya Kidnapped
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Father of Teenager Who Attacked Traffic Police Post in Chechnya Kidnapped
11 April 2025

Eldar Khumashev, the father of the 17-year-old teenager who attacked a traffic police post in early April, was kidnapped in Moscow and taken to Chechnya. His limbs and ribs were broken, the opposition Telegram channel NIYSO reports. His brothers were kidnapped along with the man.

Opposition movement members report kidnapping of their relatives in Chechnya
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Opposition movement members report kidnapping of their relatives in Chechnya
11 April 2025

Activists of the NIYSO movement reported that Chechen security forces kidnapped six of their relatives. This happened after members of the organization published material about the body of a teenager killed in an attack on a traffic police post being put on display in the city of Achkhoy-Martan the day before.

A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for “discrediting the army”
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A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for “discrediting the army”
10 April 2025

The Nalchik City Court fined Shakhin Shikhmuradov 30 thousand rubles for publicly discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. A local police officer filed a complaint against him.

A Georgian citizen who fought for Ukraine was sentenced to a long term
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A Georgian citizen who fought for Ukraine was sentenced to a long term
10 April 2025

A Russian court sentenced Georgian citizen Georgy Goglidze to nine years in prison. He was found guilty under the article on mercenarism (part 3 of article 359 of the Criminal Code).

Defense of Crimean Tatar political prisoners again criticized prosecution witnesses
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Defense of Crimean Tatar political prisoners again criticized prosecution witnesses
8 April 2025

In the Southern District Military Court, Crimean Tatars Abdulmedzhit Seytumerov, Ametkhan Umerov, Eldar Yakubov, Ruslan Asanov, Remzi Nimetulayev and Seidamet Mustafayev asked questions to a hidden prosecution witness. However, according to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, he answered with routine memorized phrases.

A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for cutting up posters with Russian military personnel
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A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for cutting up posters with Russian military personnel
8 April 2025

A court in the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkaria) fined local resident Timur Stolnikov 15 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under the article on discrediting the Russian army.

Azerbaijani activist's 10-year sentence upheld
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Azerbaijani activist's 10-year sentence upheld
8 April 2025

The Baku Court of Appeal upheld the 10-year sentence for activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The defense is preparing a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

Six Crimean Tatars have been asked to receive long prison terms
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Six Crimean Tatars have been asked to receive long prison terms
8 April 2025

The prosecutor has asked for 17 years of strict regime imprisonment for 41-year-old Osman Abdurazakov, 51-year-old Leman Zekeryaev, 31-year-old Ayder Asanov, and 39-year-old Ekrem Krosh. They want to sentence 69-year-old Khalil Mambetov and 55-year-old Refat Seidametov to 17 and a half years of imprisonment.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner transferred to strict conditions again
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner transferred to strict conditions again
7 April 2025

Former coordinator of the Crimean Solidarity movement Server Mustafayev was sent to a cell-type facility for two months. His wife said that this happened after the “Moscow inspection” that took place in the colony in the second half of March.