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June 14, 2023 23:55

• Detention of Chechen woman Ismailova fits into trend of criminal prosecution of domestic violence victims

  The detention in Moscow of Selima Ismailova, a native of Chechnya, on a complaint about a theft, has continued the trend of involving law enforcers in the persecution of victims of domestic violence by their relatives, human rights defenders have pointed out, adding that prior to escaping victims should seek help from human rights organizations.

June 14, 2023 23:23

• In Vladikavkaz, military convicted of evading service

  The Vladikavkaz Garrison Military Court has found the contract soldier, Sergey Sorochinsky guilty of leaving his unit without permission during the mobilization period and sentenced him to 5.5 years in colony.

June 14, 2023 22:58

• Rights defenders state need for urgent medical help to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva

  During the time of her arrest, Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva's spinal problems and her eyesight have worsened, but she cannot get examination and receive treatment, the "Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre" has informed.

June 14, 2023 22:48

• Oppositionist Yangulbaev refutes kinship of Chechen refugee family with Basaev

  Shamil Basaev's relatives deny that his daughter and grandson have left Chechnya for Germany, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a Chechen oppositionist and rights defender, has informed.

June 14, 2023 22:09

• Comedian from North Ossetia Ariana Lolaeva demands to recognize article on discrediting Russian army as unconstitutional

  Ariana Lolaeva, a comedian from North Ossetia, filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court with the demand to recognize the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces as unconstitutional, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reports.

June 14, 2023 21:59

• Police detain female picketer in Makhachkala

  The police brought to a police station a deceived real estate investor who sought a meeting with the leader of Dagestan.

June 14, 2023 20:11

• Prisoner files lawsuit against SIZO in Kuban because of HIV infection

  A man serving his sentence in Kabardino-Balkaria filed a lawsuit against a penitentiary facility and a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novorossiysk, claiming that he contracted HIV there.

June 13, 2023 23:02

• Activists confirm transfer of Selima Ismailova, who escaped from domestic violence, to Chechen law enforcers

  Law enforcers from Chechnya have taken the 20-year-old Selima Ismailova away, Sofia Rusova, a lawyer from the Centre for the Protection of Domestic Violence Victims, has confirmed. The aircraft, on which, according to human rights defenders, a ticket to Chechnya for Ismailova was bought, has departed to Grozny.

June 13, 2023 21:16

• Chechen law enforcers came for the girl-escapee from domestic violence

  Law enforcers from Chechnya have arrived at the Moscow airport to pick up Selima Ismailova, who had escaped from domestic violence. The girl is very depressed and fears that she may be returned to her family, the advocate has stated.

June 13, 2023 11:29

• Two Rostov contract officers appeal against refusals of payments for participation in special military operation

  Vyacheslav Dmitrov and Anatoly Balanovsky, contract officers from Rostov-on-Don, filed appeals to court against refusals of payments for their participation in the special military operation in Ukraine. Both officers found unreasonable their discharge from the Russian army after they had been wounded.

June 13, 2023 11:24

• Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin subjected to pressure in SIZO, his advocate claims

  Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin from the Volgograd Region has recently been twice placed in a punishment cell in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he serves his sentence in a theft case. SIZO staff could plan the incident and accuse Igor Nagavkin of violating the SIZO regime, his advocate believes.

June 12, 2023 23:41

• In Germany, Shamil Basaev's daughter and grandson of face deportation threat

  Khava Abdulmezhidova, a Shamil Basaev's daughter, has left Russia with her son and arrived in Germany, where she applied for asylum. However, German authorities may reject the appeal and deport them to Russia, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a human rights defender, is afraid.

June 12, 2023 23:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 5-11, 2023

  Public activities of Ramzan Kadyrov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Gayane Akopyan’s case, 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 June 5-11, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 12, 2023 21:33

• Comparison of militaries with Tolkien's heroes turns into fine imposed on Dagestani resident

  The court has treated the messages posted in the messenger by a resident of Dagestan, in which he compared the militaries of the Russian Army and fighters of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) with the heroes of John Ronald Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings", as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

June 12, 2023 20:40

• Participation in religious conference results in fining two Kuban residents

  The court has fined Kirill and Ekaterina Ulitin, residents of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) for taking part in the conference of the international religious movement "New Generation"*, whose activities are recognized as undesirable in Russia.

June 11, 2023 19:45

• Zarema Musaeva denied hospital treatment in Chechnya

  Zarema Musaeva has been examined in the hospital and returned to the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where she is kept in Chechnya. The examination showed deterioration of her health.

June 11, 2023 19:30

• Rights defenders treat Polish authorities' mistrust of Dagestani ex-law enforcer Navruzbekov as justified

  The deportation of Emran Navruzbekov, a former Dagestani law enforcer, was the result of the justified distrust of Polish authorities in his words, but this is only a special case, human rights defenders and a journalist have pointed out.

June 11, 2023 18:17

• After two arrests, Ulker Gashimova is returned to Dagestan

  After her arrests in the Moscow Region, Ulker Gashimova, a resident of Derbent, who tried to leave Russia, was sent to Dagestan, where law enforcers took away her documents and limited contacts with her.

June 11, 2023 16:23

• Kadyrov reacts sharply to Prigozhin's words about Yamadaev's death

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the founder of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC), Evgeny Prigozhin, after an exchange of public statements, have spoken on the phone "in the manly way", and agreed not to criticize each other, Chechen units and the "Wagner" PMC.

June 11, 2023 12:11

• Detention of British citizen Magomed Abubakarov in Chechnya attracts attention of human rights defenders

  During a week after British citizen Magomed Abubakarov had been detained at his mother’s home in Chechnya, the republic’s authorities did not disclose the reasons for his detention.