Echo of Ukrainian events in Caucasus

March 21, 2023 17:30

• Court in Chegem refuses to consider case of discrediting army

  The Chegem District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has returned the administrative protocol on discrediting the Russian Army back to the police due to identified shortcomings.

March 19, 2023 18:43

• Kadyrov's threats to Koran burners remind social media users of extrajudicial executions

  The promise announced by Ramzan Kadyrov to reward for killing or capturing the authors of the Koran-burning video has opened up wide opportunities for punishing those who had nothing to do with the filming of the video, while the mass executions of residents of Chechen during military campaigns went unpunished, social media users have pointed out.

March 19, 2023 17:04

• KBR resident suspected of discrediting militaries

  Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces against Islam Mambetov, a resident of the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The case has been sent to court.

March 18, 2023 16:43

• Kadyrov promises reward for execution of participants in video about burning of page from Koran

  The leader of Chechnya promised to pay 5 million roubles for the “liquidation” of participants in the video, in which a page from the Koran was used to light a fire, and 10 million roubles for their capturing alive.

March 17, 2023 15:48

• Kadyrov equates those who do not want to go to Ukraine to unbelievers

  Residents of Chechnya should be ready to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine in any military unit, and the reluctance to go there indicates a lack of faith, Ramzan Kadyrov states.

March 17, 2023 15:39

• Kadyrov voices threats to participants of video about burning of Koran by militaries

  The leader of Chechnya voiced threats against people in Ukrainian military uniforms in a video who burned a page from the Koran in a fire. TikTok users considered the video staged: they pointed out an unnatural voice, the use of Russian words in Ukrainian speech, and the lack of faces in the video.

March 15, 2023 17:48

• Mobilized locksmith from Volgograd Region demands reservation through the court

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has begun to considering the claim of Andrei Davydenko, who was mobilized to the zone of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. He demands that his conscription be recognized as illegal, since he had a reservation at the enterprise where he worked.

March 15, 2023 17:42

• Dagestani resident fined under article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In the Akhtynsky District of Dagestan, the court imposed a fine on local resident Arsen Burzhaliev, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 14, 2023 14:38

• Court in Grozny sends contract soldier to colony for evading service

  The Grozny Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Samsonov, a contract military serviceman, to 2.5 in colony for his absence from service during the mobilization period.

March 14, 2023 13:30

• Human rights defenders argue about importance of pacifist pickets for residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Activist Pavel Ulibegov was released after being arrested for failure to obey law enforcers at a solo picket. Pacifist actions help residents of Kabardino-Balkaria to reconsider their attitude towards the special military operation, human rights defender Valery Khatazhukov points out.

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