The European Court of Human Rights ordered the payment of compensation to the participants of the Natalia Estemirov memorial campaign in Moscow.

The European Court awarded compensation for moral and material damage ranging from 1,000 to 3,900 euros to 59 Russians detained for participating in various actions and rallies. One of the applicants is a member of the Council of the CSDH «Memorial» Alexander Cherkasov, who was detained on July 15, 2019 in memory of Natalia Estemirov.
The ECtHR acknowledged violations by the Russian authorities. These include disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of assembly, unlawful detentions, lack of prosecution in the administrative process and the unfairness of the process.
On 15 July 2009, human rights activist Natalia Estemirov was kidnapped near her home in Grozny. Her body was found on the same day in Ingushetia, near the village of Gazi-Yurt. Natasha was shot in the chest and in the head. 
Customers and executors have not yet been found. The sister of the murdered Svetlana Estemirov filed a complaint with the ECHR against Russia in 2011. At the end of August 2021, the European Court of Human Rights issued a verdict regarding the lack of proper investigation.

Последние новости
Pashinyan accused the Armenian opposition of working for foreign interests
Politics
Pashinyan accused the Armenian opposition of working for foreign interests
15 March 2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that a significant portion of the current opposition in the country is aligned with foreign interests. Many of its representatives, according to the head of government, effectively act as foreign emissaries.
Repressive laws force Georgian human rights activists into crisis mode
Human rights
Repressive laws force Georgian human rights activists into crisis mode
15 March 2026

The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA), one of the country's oldest human rights organizations, has announced it is entering a crisis mode. From now on, it will provide legal assistance only in strategic litigation.
Crimean Tatar women's pretrial detention extended in Hizb ut-Tahrir case
Human rights
Crimean Tatar women's pretrial detention extended in Hizb ut-Tahrir case
14 March 2026

The pretrial detention of four participants in the "Bakhchisaray women's group" case—Fevziya Osmanova, Elviza Aliyeva, Nasiba Saidova, and Esma Nimetulayeva—has been extended until June 14. This decision was made by the Kyiv District Court of Crimea.
The Insider: Russian authorities may have been plotting an assassination attempt on Akhmed Zakayev and his family
Politics
The Insider: Russian authorities may have been plotting an assassination attempt on Akhmed Zakayev and his family
14 March 2026

The Insider's journalists have uncovered a top-secret unit of the Russian intelligence services known as Center 795. According to the investigation, this unit began operating after the start of the "SVO," focusing on operations abroad. Denis Alimov, an officer of Center 795, was allegedly arrested in Colombia on charges of planning the kidnapping of opponents of the Russian government. It is believed that one of the targets may have been members of the family of Akhmed Zakayev, head of the government in exile in the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, including an assassination attempt on Zakayev himself.