The Supreme Court of Dagestan overturned the sentence of Shakhban Abakargadzhiev in a criminal case for disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army and sent it for a new trial to the court of first instance.

A court in Kazan extended the arrest period for journalist and editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva for another two months - until April 5. She is accused of failing to provide documents to the Ministry of Justice for inclusion in the register of “foreign agents.”

The Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced Elvin Mustafayev, a member of the alternative Confederation of Trade Unions “Work Table”, to three years in prison. He was accused of drug trafficking. He denied the accusations and linked them to his trade union and social activities.

The Supreme Court of Crimea considered the appeals and left the Crimean Solidarity activists from Bakhchisarai in pretrial detention. Seydamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev will be under arrest at least until April 22.

In addition to the previously widespread professional assessment under the category of “religious extremism,” the authorities of Dagestan began to practice persecution of citizens for their participation in protests. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

Kuban Left Resistance activist Daria Polyudova, sentenced to nine years, reported being beaten by her cellmate in correctional colony No. 4 in Kabardino-Balkaria. According to the lawyer, the prisoner suffered for making critical statements about Russian President Putin.

Crimean activists Osman Arifmemetov and Yashar Muedinov made their final speech via video link at a meeting of the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha. Both rejected the prosecution's arguments.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation in the amount of 26 and 20 thousand euros. They are intended for the relatives of the murdered Dagestani journalists Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev and Khadzhimurad Kamalov.

At the next court hearing in Grozny in the case of Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, the prosecution presented evidence of his guilt - the results of a forensic psychiatric examination. He was found to be mentally healthy and gave an account of the crime committed.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow will consider cases of “fake news” about the Russian army against the spouses Denis and Maria Mamedov. They were forced to leave the Russian Federation and massively sent anti-war letters to social networks and authorities.