A lawyer in Kuban complained about being denied access to his client.

Police in the Krasnodar village of Kalinino denied lawyer Alexei Ivanov a confidential meeting with his client. The lawyer filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee.

The incident occurred on the evening of March 13, when Ivanov arrived at the Kalinino police station (a microdistrict in the Prikubansky inner-city district of Krasnodar). His client, who had been detained by law enforcement, was there.

The lawyer, who presented a warrant and identification, was denied entry into the station building for over 40 minutes. "Ultimately, the client was escorted to the checkpoint, and the possibility of a confidential conversation was completely excluded," the Slovo Zashchity (Word to Defense) project's Telegram channel reported.

According to Ivanov, the duty officer drew up a report of his client's detention after his departure. Thus, the lawyer was not allowed to participate in the proceedings, although the detainee did not refuse his legal assistance, notes the Advokatskaya Gazeta.

Alexei Ivanov filed complaints with the head of the Krasnodar Krai Ministry of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor, filed a report of a crime (abuse of authority, obstruction of a lawyer's activities, and illegal detention) with the Investigative Committee, and also sent lawyer inquiries to the Kalinino police department and the city administration.

Alexei Ivanov also appealed to the Commission for the Protection of Professional Rights of Lawyers of the Krasnodar Krai Bar Association. "This is not simply a matter of unlawful actions by employees, but a direct infringement of a citizen's constitutional right to qualified legal assistance. By defending their professional rights, a lawyer protects not only themselves but also the rights of their client," the newspaper quotes him as saying.

Such incidents "systemically undermine trust between society and the law enforcement system," stated Rostislav Khmyrov, vice president of the Krasnodar Krai Bar Association and chairman of the commission. "Law enforcement officers should be a guarantor of constitutional rights for society, not an insurmountable obstacle to justice," he noted.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in June 2025, Makhachkala lawyer Zaur Kaituev was beaten outside the building of a Dagestani security agency, where he had arrived to represent his clients. He was then detained and beaten in the building of another security agency. In February, Kaituev complained to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, about the delays in the investigation and the serious pressure being placed on him and his relatives.