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Jehovah's Witness from Adygea sentenced to 6 years in prison
Human rights
Jehovah's Witness from Adygea sentenced to 6 years in prison
7 March 2024

The Maikop City Court of Adygea found Inver Siyukhov guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

Patrushev accused the West of organizing riots at Makhachkala airport
Politics
Patrushev accused the West of organizing riots at Makhachkala airport
7 March 2024

The riots of 2023, which led to the disruption of the Makhachkala airport, became a striking example of the West’s attempts to shake up the situation in the North Caucasus Federal District. Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev announced this at a meeting in Ingushetia on national security issues.

Kadyrov denied information that Chechnya is buying Ukrainian prisoners of war to exchange for their colleagues
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Kadyrov denied information that Chechnya is buying Ukrainian prisoners of war to exchange for their colleagues
7 March 2024

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the information about the existence of a “black market” in the Russian Federation fake, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are purchased for their subsequent exchange for captured Chechens.

Another group of Crimean Tatars was sent to a pre-trial detention center
Human rights
Another group of Crimean Tatars was sent to a pre-trial detention center
7 March 2024

After searches in the Bakhchisarai and Dzhankoy regions of Crimea, the Kiev District Court of Simferopol sent five detainees to a pre-trial detention center. These are Enver Khalilayev, Nariman Ametov, Ali Mamutov, the imam of the mosque in the village of Lobanovo Vakhid Mustafayev and activist Arsen Kashka.

KBR resident convicted of “discrediting the army”
Human rights
KBR resident convicted of “discrediting the army”
7 March 2024

KBR resident Khusen Gukov received a suspended sentence of one and a half years. He was found guilty in a criminal case for discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code).

An ex-employee of the Dagestan FSB, deported from Poland to the Russian Federation, was sentenced to imprisonment
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An ex-employee of the Dagestan FSB, deported from Poland to the Russian Federation, was sentenced to imprisonment
7 March 2024

Former FSB officer Emran Navruzbekov was sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony. He was found guilty of slandering his colleagues because of an interview about fabricating cases of “terrorism” in Dagestan.

Armenia demanded that the Russian Federation remove border guards
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Armenia demanded that the Russian Federation remove border guards
6 March 2024

Armenian border troops should serve at Yerevan airport. Armenia sent an official letter to Moscow to stop the activities of its Russian colleagues. This was stated by Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan.

Oleg Orlov was recognized as a political prisoner
Human rights
Oleg Orlov was recognized as a political prisoner
6 March 2024

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized one of its founders, 70-year-old Oleg Orlov, as a political prisoner. He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on charges of “re-discrediting” the army. The human rights activist was tried for an anti-war article in which he called the Putin regime fascist.

The Times: Chechen leadership buys Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange
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The Times: Chechen leadership buys Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange
6 March 2024

The Chechen authorities are buying captured Ukrainian soldiers from Russian units for their subsequent exchange for their colleagues. Petr Yatsenko, a representative of the Ukrainian coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, told the English edition of The Times about this.

Council of Europe criticized Azerbaijan for persecution of journalists
Human rights
Council of Europe criticized Azerbaijan for persecution of journalists
6 March 2024

Journalists in Azerbaijan are subject to criminal prosecution and arrest for their professional activities. 16 of them were imprisoned. This was reported in the report of the Platform for the Protection and Security of Media Representatives of the Council of Europe.