A decision on whether to extradite mathematician and blogger Mikhail Verbitsky, detained in Yerevan, to Russian authorities will be made soon. He is expected to be released soon, according to Artur Sakunts, head of the Yerevan-based human rights organization Helsinki Citizens' Assembly - Vanadzor.
The Shatoisky District Court in Chechnya brought local resident Tamerlan Dzhabrailov to administrative responsibility for distributing songs of the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev. The defendant posted in the public domain the composition “Chechen Carthage,” which begins with the words “tribal prison, executioner empire.”
The mentioned song was recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation in April 2010. Dzhabrailov was given the mildest punishment under the article - a fine of 1 thousand rubles.
Timur Mutsuraev has become popular since the first Russian-Chechen war. Initially, he sang songs in Russian about war, brotherhood, duty and fallen comrades. Later, texts of a religious nature were added to the theme. About 30 of the bard’s more than 100 compositions appear on the list of “extremist” songs. Court decisions indicate that these songs are allegedly aimed at inciting ethnic hatred and promoting separatism and terrorism.