On May 15, the European Court of Human Rights released its decision on the attack on participants of a press tour in Chechnya in 2016. The ECHR found that Russia failed to ensure the victims' right to an effective investigation and awarded them €6,000 in compensation.

On June 23, the Cherkessk City Court found 45-year-old disabled Jehovah's Witness Vladimir Fomin guilty of participating in and recruiting members of an extremist group (Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced him to four and a half years in a general regime penal colony. According to the "Jehovah's Witnesses: The Legal Situation in Russia" project, this is the 13th Jehovah's Witness in Karachay-Cherkessia to be prosecuted for their religious beliefs.

On June 17, the London Review Bookshop in England hosted a presentation of Lana Estemirova's book "Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother, and Me," about human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. The book was published in English. The author hopes that it will eventually be translated into Russian, but first—and Lana emphasizes this is a matter of principle—she plans to publish her memoirs in Ukrainian.

On May 24, Adam Maloroyev, a native of Ingushetia living abroad and wanted by the federal government for "failure to report a crime," released a video message via Telegram channels in which he stated that FSB officers tortured him into incriminating himself and two Dagestanis convicted of terrorism.

On May 13, Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya and activist with the opposition movement 1ADAT (designated extremist and banned in Russia), was detained in Almaty after escaping from the Shali District Police Department. At the request of Chechen police, he was placed on an international wanted list as a suspect in attempted extortion. A court in Kazakhstan ordered his arrest for 40 days, though his defense insisted on the arrest, fearing Kadyrov's men would kidnap him if released.

The Tbilisi City Court sentenced 21-year-old medical student and civil activist Giorgi Mindadze to 5 years in prison. He was found guilty of "assaulting a police officer" (Article 353 of the Criminal Code). The article provides for 4 to 7 years in prison.

Crimean Tatar Seyran Saliev was held in the punishment cell of IK-4 in the Tula region for more than four months. His wife was informed that he was recognized as a “malicious violator of the established order.” However, the administration of the colony did not explain what violations were in question.

Prisoners in the Vladimir Central prison do not receive letters due to the lack of a censor. This was reported by the wives of Crimean Tatars Seitumer Seitumerov and Amet Suleimanov.

A native of Chechnya living in Moscow was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a shahada, one of the 5 pillars of Islam, on the window of his car. He was found guilty under the article on justification of terrorism.

Three teenagers have been held in police department No. 2 of the Grozny Department of Internal Affairs for more than six months. No criminal case has been opened against them, and, accordingly, there is no court decision on their arrest, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.