A second criminal case has been opened against Zarema Musayeva, who is serving a sentence in a Chechen penal colony-settlement, under Part 2 of Article 321 - on disorganization of the colony's activities. Allegedly, she hit an FSIN officer and tore off his shoulder strap. The woman does not admit her guilt and denies the investigation's version, her lawyer Alexander Savin said.

The ruling Georgian Dream party has considered in an accelerated manner bills that restrict the freedom of citizens and peaceful assembly.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow granted the investigation's motion and extended the arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova until March 3, 2025.

Moscow law enforcement agencies have refused to consider requests and petitions from the mother of 14-year-old Chechen teenager Muslim Murdiyev, accused of provoking conflicts and fights, more than 700 times. She asked for an "honest investigation" in a complaint addressed to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin.

Vadim Bektemirov, a Crimean Tatar sentenced to 11 years, suffered several hypertensive crises in IK-6 in St. Petersburg. He told his family that his vision had also deteriorated and he had unbearable headaches.

The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan will resolutely fight against plans to establish a "totalitarian regime" in the country. This is stated in the party's statement.

A court in Stavropol has sentenced seven more residents of Dagestan who took part in the anti-Semitic pogrom at the Makhachkala airport. They were sentenced to 8 to 9 years in a general regime penal colony.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Private Artur Dokhov to 5 years in prison. He was found guilty of evading military service.

Six employees of an independent news channel were detained last Friday and remanded in custody on Sunday, December 8. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it condemned the detentions, “which are part of a systematic strategy to silence critical voices against the Aliyev regime,” and called for their immediate release.

International human rights organizations have appealed to the Georgian authorities to prevent the extradition of journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan. The applicants include International Partnership for Human Rights, Open Contract Partnership, Crude Accountability and the Norwegian Human Rights House Foundation.