Karachay-Cherkessia

September 25, 2023 23:56

• Social network users support demand of Caucasian activists to confiscate history textbooks

  The Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations and the Council of Ingush Elders have criticized the school textbook on Russian history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations was explained by their collaboration with German fascists, while the Congress of the Karachay People has demanded to confiscate all the copies of the textbook.

September 25, 2023 12:45

• Kadyrov demands to rewrite chapter on nations' deportation in school textbook

  Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to rewrite the chapter of the new school textbook on Russia's history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations is explained by their collaboration with German fascists.

September 18, 2023 20:35

• ECtHR’s decision highlights problems with safety of shelters

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on a complaint filed by Svetlana Anokhina and Maisarat Kilyaskhanova, against whom law enforcers used force in a shelter, should remind the authorities of Russia that the problem of the safety of shelters, especially in Northern Caucasus, has not been resolved, believe members of NGOs.

September 08, 2023 21:09

• ECtHR awards compensations for suffered torture to natives of Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has ordered Russian authorities to pay compensations to the natives of Dagestan, Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Territory and Chechnya, who had suffered from torture. The decision was made amid Russia's refusal to enforce ECtHR's decisions.

September 07, 2023 22:15

• Threats against advocate Solomina highlight trend of persecution of victims of domestic violence

  When commenting on the threats faced by advocate Tatiana Solomina, human rights defenders have noted that those who try to help victims of domestic violence in the republics of Northern Caucasus often find themselves at risk, as they begin to receive threats from family members of a victim they defended.

September 05, 2023 20:09

• North-Caucasian woman complains about being attacked in New Moscow because of wearing hijab

  The police received a complaint about an attack on a native of Northern Caucasus, who was walking with her children on a playground. The woman was seriously injured and reported insults on religious and national grounds.

September 04, 2023 22:57

• Residents of Northern Caucasus consume more antidepressants

  The sale volumes of antidepressants have increased in Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. Residents of these republics have become more nervous about the pandemic; and people have also become more anxious amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, a psychologist believes.

August 30, 2023 20:47

• The court in Cherkessk closes activist Kase Kik's case

  The Cherkessk City Court has stopped the proceedings against Kase Kik, an activist, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, since the statute of limitations for bringing him to administrative responsibility has expired.

August 30, 2023 20:24

• KChR believer imprisoned conditionally

  A court in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) found Irina Perefilieva, a Jehovah's Witness*, guilty of extremism and sentenced her to a conditional prison term. In her last word, she refused to plead guilty.

August 26, 2023 21:37

• MoJ recognizes Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko* as foreign agent

  The head of the “Khabze” public organization, Martin Kochesoko*, who now lives abroad, has been put on the register of foreign agents, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced, explaining its decision by the fact that the activist had called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia and distributed foreign agents’ materials.

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