Crimean Tatar philologist and journalist Seyran Saliev, sentenced to 16 years in prison, has been under preventive registration in a colony in the Tula region for six years. However, he did not commit any violations.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili again recalled that in a Georgian prison he was poisoned with heavy metals on orders from the Russian Federation. Today it became known that the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, Marianna Budanova, and a number of department employees were diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning, and she is in the hospital.

The district court of Grozny recognized as legal the investigator’s refusal to familiarize the relatives of the abducted Chechen native Movsar Umarov with the case materials.

In the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny, five imams appeared as victims in the case against Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran at a mosque in Volgograd. Those interrogated stated that Nikita Zhuravel’s actions offended the feelings of all Muslims and caused them moral harm.

The head of Internet television “Channel 13” Aziz Orujov was detained by the Baku police under Article 188.2 of the Criminal Code (violation of the right of ownership, use or lease) for unauthorized construction. According to the lawyer, Orudzhev did not accept the accusation and stated that it was aimed at restricting journalistic activity.

Wardens at Prison No. 1 in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, forced Timur Yalkabov, a political prisoner sentenced to 17 years, to shave his head. After this, the guards tried to wash his hair with cold water, which is contraindicated for him due to bronchial asthma.

The military court of appeal in Vlasikha approved a sentence of 10.5 years in a maximum security colony for political prisoner Ametkhan Abdulvapov. The Crimean Tatar was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparing for a violent seizure of power (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala found two former employees of the Russian Guard, brothers Salman and Suleiman Kurbanov, guilty of manslaughter and sentenced them to minor terms - 1 year 4 months and 1 year and 6 months, respectively.

The Southern District Military Court upheld the verdict of the lower court against contract soldier from Dagestan Sabir Alimirzaev. He was sentenced to 5.5 years for leaving his place of service without permission.

Ametkhan Abdulvapov, sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison, was recognized as a political prisoner. This was reported by the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial".