Crime

December 12, 2025 15:20

• Kenan Zeynalov called the criminal case fabricated

  Kenan Zeynalov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, denied the charges against him in court. He recounted the incident that led to his arrest, claiming it was a planned provocation.

December 12, 2025 00:54

• An Abkhaz court has announced its verdict in the murder case of Kemal Ardzinba

  The Supreme Court of Abkhazia sentenced the son of the republic's former deputy defense minister, Batal Pilia, to a lengthy prison term, finding him guilty of murdering the nephew of the first president. 

December 11, 2025 12:31

• The court has acquitted Krasnodar security officials for the third time in the case of beating a disabled person

  The Krasnodar Regional Court has acquitted security officers for the third time in the beating of disabled man Yevgeny Manchenko. The case has also been returned to the trial court twice. The prosecutor's office and lawyers are appealing the decision to the cassation court.

December 11, 2025 11:31

• The prosecution demanded a 4.5-year prison sentence for the former vice-mayor of Krasnodar

  Vsevolod Netreba expressed his remorse at today's court hearing.

December 11, 2025 03:56

• A native of Ingushetia spoke about her late sister's struggle to see her child

  Pyatimat Yevkurova, a seriously ill resident of Ingushetia, spent seven years seeking to see her son, whom her ex-husband had forcibly taken from her. She died without ever seeing her child grow up. Her sister appealed to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, demanding that those responsible for violating Pyatimat's rights be punished.

December 09, 2025 22:09

• The case of attacks on police officers in North Ossetia and Ingushetia has reached court

  Two residents of Ingushetia have been accused of armed attacks on police officers, which resulted in the death of three security officers and the wounding of twelve.

December 09, 2025 06:13

• The High Qualification Collegium of Judges has has authorized the initiation of criminal cases against four Rostov judges.

  The High Qualification Collegium of Judges has authorized the initiation of criminal cases against four more judges from Rostov-on-Don, who, according to investigators, were part of a criminal group led by former chairperson of the Sovetsky District Court, Elena Kobleva.

December 08, 2025 23:42

• Khasis admitted her guilt in the murder of lawyer Markelov for the first time

  Evgenia Khasis, who served time in the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, admitted in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak that she was an accomplice in the lawyer's murder, although she completely denied the charge in court.

December 08, 2025 21:52

• A human rights activist revealed details of Baimuradova's death

  Ayshat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was found dead in Yerevan, suffered a long and painful death, and her killers waited for her to die, said David Isteyev, director of the SOS* Crisis Group. Investigators have not yet officially determined the cause of her death.

December 08, 2025 20:44

• Mansur Khadzhiev was convicted for acquitting Basayev and Khattab

  A military court in Moscow sentenced Mansur Khadzhiev to 3.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of justifying the activities of Shamil Basayev, Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Aslan Maskhadov.

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