Court in Chegem refuses to consider case of discrediting army

May 08, 2024 21:30

• On April 29-May 5, seven persons killed and four wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 28 to May 5, 2024, five suspected militants and two policemen were killed, and four other policemen were wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 08, 2024 19:04

• Witnesses in case against believers in Kalmykia reject investigators’ version

  None of the witnesses questioned at a public prosecutor’s request confirmed that Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Kalmykia Kishta Tutunova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova voiced any extremist statements. That was reported by an advocate of Kishta Tutunova.

May 08, 2024 17:42

• Defence treats arrest of journalist Kevorkova as unlawful

  The text by Orkhan Djemal, the publication of which became the reason for accusing Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, of justifying terrorism, had not been declared illegal earlier. The argument that the publication on Kevorkova's Telegram channel was accessible does not correspond to reality, her advocate has emphasized.

May 07, 2024 23:52

• Court arrests blogger Dmitry Ivanov* in absentia

  A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Dmitry Ivanov*, a blogger, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. The blogger covered events in Southern Russia on his YouTube channel, the "OVD Info"* project has informed.

May 07, 2024 21:58

• Journalist Magomed Magomedov complains about attempted disruption of picket in support of Gadjiev

  A young man wearing a mask tried to join a solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, reports Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik’ (Rough Draft). He considered the incident an attempt to disrupt the picket.