One of the defendants in the attacks on churches and synagogues in Makhachkala and Derbent, Khalid Magomedov, said that the security forces beat him out of his confession using threats and planted the weapons and ammunition. In addition, he was forced to write down an oath to the alleged leader of the criminal group, Osman Omarov.

A writer and mathematics teacher Zakhar Zaripov, who suffered from cancer, was released from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Khabarovsk. Instead of five years in prison, he was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles. The release is related to the man's serious oncological disease - a tumor of the parotid salivary gland.

The Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced lawyer Timur Idalov to 1 year and 11 months of forced labor in a case of threats to kill or cause harm to health against a prosecutor. In addition, he was banned from practicing law for three years.

The Tbilisi City Court has decided to extradite journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan. According to the defense, in this case he will not escape political persecution, torture and cruel treatment for criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities.

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of Enver Krosh, Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, and Edem Bekirov until February 28, 2025. Another Crimean Tatar, Seityag Abbozov, had his house arrest extended for the same period.

The social activist and blogger Ramazan Rabadanov's cervical vertebrae were damaged during his arrest. He urgently needs help in restoring them, as he cannot sleep. This was reported by the chairman of the republic's Public Monitoring Commission Shamil Khadulaev after visiting SIZO-1.

Crimean Tatar Teimur Abdullaev, held in Correctional Colony No. 2 in Salavat (Bashkortostan), has lost hearing in one ear. In addition, the man's vision has deteriorated due to hypertension.

A group of armed security forces broke into a Muslim prayer house in Khabarovsk during a collective prayer. Last Friday, UFSB and UFMS officers, supported by riot police, disrupted the service, forcing the worshipers to lie face down on the floor. The security forces walked on the carpets in dirty shoes and insulted the believers with obscene language. The raid may be part of an anti-migrant policy, but not a single illegal foreigner was found in the prayer house. For more details, watch our video.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya awarded six applicants 200,000 rubles in compensation. In 2000, during the second Russian-Chechen war, federal troops allegedly killed three of their relatives.

A court in Volgograd sentenced 20-year-old student Nikita Zhuravel to 13.5 years in prison on charges of treason. He was also previously convicted of burning the Koran and was held in a pretrial detention center in Chechnya.