A participant in the Russian-Chechen war, Doku Dzhantemirov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, is seeking to be transferred to a Chechen penal colony, closer to his relatives. He is currently being held in the Polar Owl penal colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Two Crimean Tatars, Ruslan Suleimanov and Timur Yalkabov, were transported to a penal colony in the Murmansk region. The transportation lasted 45 days.
Rustem Sheykhaliev, sentenced to 14 years, was delivered to the penal colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Amur Region from the Yeniseisk prison in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Previously, he was 6,000 kilometers from home, but now he is 9,000.
The FSB has opened a criminal case against Rostov Imam Akhmed Abusupyanov. He is accused of organizing the work of an extremist religious organization.
Two participants of the rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War filed complaints with the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Zuber Euaz and Timur Nakhushev appealed against the administrative arrest, considering it illegal.
A resident of Ingushetia, Adam Maloroev, who is abroad and wanted in the Russian Federation, recorded a video message. He reported that he and another native of the republic were tortured by FSB officers in Magas to extract testimony against Dagestani residents Abas Saidov and Zamur Tagirov. The latter were sentenced to 19 years on charges of involvement in ISIS (recognized as a terrorist organization).
Five activists were released from the Nalchik special detention center after serving their sentences for participating in a rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War. Two more remain in isolation.
Four men have been detained in Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai, Dagestan and Astrakhan Oblast. Security forces believe that they are members of the unit of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab.
Recognized political prisoner Dagestan resident Ulkyar Gashimova was transferred to IK-3 in the Kostroma region. Previously, she was in SIZO-1 in Rostov-on-Don.
A court in Krasnoyarsk Krai has released blind Crimean Muslim Alexander Sizikov from a 17-year sentence. The motion for release was filed by the Federal Penitentiary Service.