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September 07, 2023 16:37

• Lawyer reports pressure on Abramov from Krasnodar in his military unit

  Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who refused to take part in hostilities due to his health problems, walks on crutches, said Mikhail Benyash*, a lawyer. He has noted that the command of Alexei's military unit is dissatisfied with the publicity of his case and is putting pressure on Abramov.

September 06, 2023 23:07

• Human rights defenders highlight historical significance of “Ingush case”

  The authorities’ response to protests in Ingushetia, after which elders and activists were convicted of extremism, has become one of the first signs of an increase in repressive practices across the country, human rights defenders note.

September 06, 2023 22:34

• Advocates of Ingush activists point to obstacles to their CER

  The likelihood that the convicted Ingush oppositionists will be released on the conditional early relief (CER) is quite small, their advocates believe.

September 06, 2023 21:55

• Compensation for Krasnodar resident's death in prison hospital awarded to his widow

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has ordered the medical unit of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to pay 300,000 roubles to Natalia Baksheeva, a resident of Krasnodar, who had claimed compensation for her husband's death in a prison hospital.

September 06, 2023 21:10

• Advocate of Ingush prisoner Albagachiev claims obstacles to communicating with him

  The administration of the penal colony did not hand over to advocate the letters from Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, in which he wrote about his state of health and the lack of medical care, advocate Irina Biryukova stated.

September 06, 2023 20:35

• Chechen Ombudsman reports his second visit to Suleimanova, who fled from her family

  Chechen Ombudsman Mansur Soltaev again visited Seda Suleimanova and reported that she was in a good mood. Meanwhile, in the video that Mansur Soltaev posted on his Telegram channel, Seda Suleimanova simply escorts him to the gate of her parents’ house, with the music in the video.

September 06, 2023 17:11

• Advocate complains about threats from Chechnya

  After Tatiana Solomina, an advocate, provided legal help to a Chechen resident who fled domestic violence, she and her son began receiving threats.

September 05, 2023 23:57

• "Baza": in Chechnya, state servants are forced to put "Likes" to their bosses

  Chechen ministries force their employees to put "Likes" and comments to ministries' publications. Some of state servants have left hundreds of "Likes" under official publications, the "Baza" project has reported.

September 05, 2023 23:12

• Putin awards Kadyrov's daughter "For Merits to Fatherland"

  By a Vladimir Putin's decree, Aishat Kadyrova, the Chechen Minister of Culture, has been awarded the medal of the Order "For Merits to Fatherland". This was announced by Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Press, in his Telegram channel.

September 05, 2023 22:50

• Wife of Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, loses hope for his acquittal

  After the arrest of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, his family was sure that it was some misunderstanding; but now, four years later, he is still under arrest, his wife, Dana Sakieva, has stated. According to her story, she has no hope for an acquittal, but she believes that her husband will receive a minimum prison term.

September 05, 2023 21:36

• Court suspends case on beating of Volgograd schoolboy by law enforcer

  In Volgograd, a court has suspended proceedings in a case against a policeman accused of beating a 14-year-old teenager. The court’s decision has been explained by the impossibility of the policeman’s participation in the trial.

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 23:15

• In North Ossetia, people united by memory of terror act in Beslan

  Mourning events dedicated to the 19th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan ended in North Ossetia. People who came to the school No. 1 in Beslan lit candles, carried flowers in memory of the dead, brought bottles of water, opened them and left them in a school gym.

September 04, 2023 23:09

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 28-September 3, 2023

  Mourning in Beslan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, fire in Gelendzhik, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, impeachment proceedings against Zurabishvili, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 28-September 3, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

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.

September 04, 2023 21:10

• Abramov, resident of Krasnodar, refuses to return to SMO

  Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who received an order from the command of his military unit in Dagestan to return to the special military operation zone (SMO) in Ukraine, has refused to take part in hostilities. He explained this by his state of health caused by a grave backbone disease.

September 04, 2023 19:11

• "Beslan Mothers" call on to speed up inquiry into terror act

  The investigation of the criminal case on the terror act committed in Beslan has not yet been completed, activists of the "Beslan Mothers" have stated on the 19th anniversary of the school seizure. They called for speeding up the investigation and announced an appeal to the court to lift the ban on criminal prosecution of the members of the hostage rescue operative headquarters.

September 03, 2023 18:54

• Chechen historian, Mairbek Vachagaev*, put on list of foreign agents

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia has entered Mairbek Vachagaev*, a Chechen historian and journalist, into the register of foreign agents.

September 03, 2023 16:13

• Krasnodar resident Abramov receives order to return to SMO zone

  Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who was mobilized despite his backbone hernia, has received a travel certificate from the command of his military unit in Dagestan to return to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, his wife has informed.

September 02, 2023 21:57

• Relatives of victims of Beslan terror act find creating new museum important

  The director of the school museum dedicated to the Beslan tragedy is ready to share the exhibits with the new museum, which is being created directly on the site of the terror act. The victims and victims' relatives hope that the new museum will help preserve the memory of what happened.