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September 25, 2024 22:30

• Blood feud threat discussed at Chechen-Ingush meeting after shooting at Wildberries

  At a meeting regarding the shooting in Moscow near the Wildberries office, Chechen officials have expressed dissatisfaction with the claims of the Ingush party in connection with the death of two security guards, recalling two murders of Chechens, after which there were no revenge calls against residents of the neighbouring republic.

September 25, 2024 21:08

• Human rights defenders alarmed by reports about kidnappings of Chechen residents to be sent to SMO

  In Chechnya, people who have recently been released from prison are being kidnapped in order to then be forcibly sent to the special military operation zone in Ukraine, a local resident says.

September 25, 2024 18:39

• Ingush activist Sautieva placed to punishment cell because of her tights’ colour

  The administration of the penal colony in Zelenokumsk placed Zarifa Sautieva to a punishment cell for 15 days to punish her for wearing the wrong-coloured tights to an inspection formation, since she was not given any others, her relative explained.

September 24, 2024 23:57

• Penal colony administration confiscates manuscript of Paskar’s autobiography

  Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, was sentenced by court to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug at an entrance to an FSB building in Krasnodar. The convict decided to write an autobiography in a penal colony, but the administration confiscated a manuscript of his book.

September 24, 2024 23:15

• Comedian Slepakov* appeals against fine imposed under foreign agents law

  Semyon Slepakov*, a comedian and a singer, has challenged the fine of 30,000 roubles imposed on him for posting his materials without the foreign agent label.

September 24, 2024 21:57

• Blogger from Bashkortostan accused of desecrating the monument "The Motherland Calls!"

  The Prosecutor's Office has approved the charge of Nazism rehabilitation against Rasul Akhiyaretdinov, a blogger from Bashkortostan, who had recorded a video demanding that the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" in Volgograd be "dressed more modestly!"; his criminal case was sent to court.

September 24, 2024 21:47

• Contract soldier from Dagestan sentenced for non-appearance at his unit

  Nurmet Madjidov, a contract soldier from Dagestan, has challenged the verdict for his unauthorized absence from his military unit, stating that the court had failed to take into account his desire to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone.

September 24, 2024 21:21

• Astrakhan resident publicly apologizes for shooting at a bus

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a resident of Astrakhan has publicly apologized for shooting an air pistol at a bus with passengers.

September 24, 2024 19:11

• Rights defenders confirm chances of those arrested in Wildberries case to avoid trial

  Those arrested within the shooting case near the Wildberries office have the right to conclude contracts with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone, after which the criminal case will be closed, human rights defenders have indicated.

September 23, 2024 23:43

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 16-22, 2024

  Explosions in Tikhoretsk, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Caucasus and the “Wildberries” Company, murder of a transgender person in Tbilisi, 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 September 16-22, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 23, 2024 23:38

• Chechen-Ingush conflict can be provoked by deaths of Almazov and Elmurziev, analysts warn

  The deaths of Adam Almazov and Islambek Elmurziev during an attempt to seize an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow caused a wide public outcry in Ingushetia. Both the killed men were security guards and were protecting the office.

September 23, 2024 23:16

• Chechen woman reports her escape from domestic violence

  Fatima, a native of Chechnya, had to leave Russia due to permanent violence from her husband, to whom she was married at the age of 15. After Fatima run away from home, her husband and father contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and succeeded in having the law enforcement bodies declare Fatima wanted.

September 23, 2024 21:55

• Political analysts point to Kadyrov’s role in conflict around “Wildberries” Company

  In the business conflict around the “Wildberries” Company, Ramzan Kadyrov took the side of Vladislav Bakalchuk, a co-founder of the marketplace. However, the leader of Chechnya is also pursuing his own interests, political analysts point out.

September 23, 2024 17:59

• Jehovah's Witness* Irina Gezik achieves cancellation of her conditional sentence

  The court in the city of Georgievsk in the Stavropol Territory has cancelled the conditional sentence of Irina Gezik, a Jehovah's Witness*, to which she was sentenced on charges related to an extremism case, and has also expunged her criminal record. This was informed by the human rights project "OVD-Info"**.

September 23, 2024 17:46

• Volgograd lawyer Nurushev achieves return of some belongings seized during search

  After numerous complaints, three months later, law enforcers have returned part of the things seized during the search, Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer, has informed. In order to collect the fine imposed on Nurushev, court marshals blocked his bank card.

September 22, 2024 23:31

• Court hands down lenient sentence to SMO fighter from Vladikavkaz for murder

  The court has sentenced Aslan Salamov, a participant in the special military operation (SMO) from Vladikavkaz, to 1.5 years in jail, finding him guilty of murdering his acquaintance.

September 22, 2024 21:39

• Sochi resident arrested for 10 days for comments about law enforcers and militaries

  The court has sentenced Zorikto Tsybikzhapov, a Sochi resident, to 10 days of arrest, treating his comments in the messenger as incitement of hostility towards law enforcers and military servicemen.

September 22, 2024 21:12

• Court refused to cancel criminal prosecution of journalist Kevorkova

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to cancel the decision to initiate a criminal case against Nadezhda Kevorkova, which her defence had appealed against due to its groundlessness and a number of violations.

September 22, 2024 17:30

• Analysts comment on Govt's decision to reject "hijab law"

  The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have disagreed on the prospects of the bill proposed by Vladislav Davankov, a former presidential candidate, which gives schools and municipalities the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing.

September 21, 2024 23:56

• Sentences of three Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista toughened

  The court of appeal has imposed additional restrictions on freedom for Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova, who were sentenced to suspended imprisonment on the charges of extremism.