South Federal District

May 03, 2024 23:38

• In Rostov Region, mobilized man fined for trying to give bribe not to go to SMO

  The Novocherkassk garrison military court found Maxim Shirin, who was mobilized in October 2022, guilty of giving a bribe. The court recognized that the man tried to avoid being sent to a combat zone through bribery and to gain protection at service.

May 03, 2024 21:47

• Volgograd activist Yevgeny Kochegin* fined under law on foreign agents

  Yevgeny Kochegin*, an activist from Volgograd, has been fined for failure to mark his posts on a personal Telegram channel as a foreign agent. The above is reported by the “Dozor Volgograd” Telegram channel.

May 03, 2024 18:58

• Court refuses to commute sentence to pensioner from Shakhty within fake case

  The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the sentence of Evgenia Maiboroda, a 72-year-old resident of the city of Shakhty, sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and calls for extremism.

May 03, 2024 17:47

• Court agrees to question expert on case of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin

  The district court has granted the request lodged by Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, to interrogate the author of the examination of his statements, which became the basis for the criminal case against him on disorganization of the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

May 02, 2024 22:49

• Police succeed in seeking punishment for Krasnodar resident for posting rainbow flag

  In Krasnodar, a court reconsidered the case instituted against Viktor Morozov for his post on a social network with a photograph of a rainbow flag. Initially, the court did not find any offense in the post, but later agreed with the position voiced by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

May 02, 2024 18:41

• Wish for peace deleted from the official May Day greetings in Sochi

  On May 1, mass events were organized in all Sochi districts under the slogan "Spring and Labour Day", the city administration has informed. However, this time, the word "peace", which traditionally was part of the holiday slogan, was not mentioned.

May 01, 2024 23:41

• Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia

  At a request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the “Roskomnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Communications) has blocked access in Russia to the website of the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project.

May 01, 2024 22:47

• Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia

  A video has been posted on the Internet with an apology voiced by Olga Kasyanenko, a resident of Krasnodar, for speaking live about residents of Russia.

April 29, 2024 19:58

• Resident of Rostov Region convicted of involvement in "USSR"*

  The court has sentenced Vladimir Sizov, a resident of the Rostov Region, to 3.5 years in penal colony, recognizing him as a member of an extremist organization.

April 29, 2024 17:16

• Attack on SMO veteran and his wife in Rostov-on-Don sparks resonance online

  Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has ordered to open a criminal case after an attack in Rostov-on-Don on a veteran of the special military operation (SMO) and his wife, as a result of which they received traumas.

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