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April 13, 2023 19:16

• Astrakhan Region: prosecutor demands eight years in colony for three Jehovah's Witnesses*

  Rinat Kiramov, Sergey Korolyov, and Sergey Kosyanenko, the Jehovah's Witnesses*, whose case is being considered by the Akhtubinsky District Court, are under threat of long freedom deprivation terms under the charges of extremism. The prosecutor has demanded eight years in colony for each of them.

April 13, 2023 19:01

• Advocate Timur Idalov detained in Moscow

  The police reported about the detention of a Moscow advocate in a case on a threat of violence to a public officer during a court session. Timur Idalov, representing the interests of the Belkharoev family in the case on the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre “E”), was detained, and a search was conducted in the Timur Idalov’s house.

April 13, 2023 18:51

• Human rights defenders warn against hasty conclusions about detainee in Chechnya

  The statement of Ramzan Kadyrov concerning connections of a detainee in Chechnya with Ingush militants is not enough to consider a person a member of the armed underground, human rights defender point out.

April 12, 2023 23:58

• Special operation in Chechnya was the second in two weeks

  The special operation in the village of Gvardeiskoye was held two weeks after the armed incident in Gudermes, where two men were shot dead.

April 12, 2023 23:56

• Court dismisses the case against North-Ossetian woman on discrediting militaries

  A court in North Ossetia has terminated the proceedings in the case of Regina Gagieva, who posted pacifist comments in a social network.

April 12, 2023 19:53

• Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The Baksan District Court has found the comment posted by a local woman in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

April 12, 2023 18:21

• Astrakhan Region resident fined for discrediting Russian army

  Aslbek Aitakov, a resident of the Astrakhan Region, was fined 30,000 roubles for his comment on the social media criticizing the special military operation in Ukraine.

April 12, 2023 18:16

• Chechen Minister for Public Health invites anti-vaxxers to speak on TV

  Suleiman Lorsanov, Chechen Minister for Public Health, has called on opponents of polio vaccination to come out on TV with evidence that vaccinations are harmful to children’s health.

April 11, 2023 22:35

• Kadyrov boasts of his daughter's victory in children's contest

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has informed that his daughter, Eset Kadyrova, a second-form pupil, won the All-Russian contest "Language Is Nation's Soul".

April 11, 2023 22:00

• On April 3-9, four persons perished and eight were wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 3-9, 2023, at least four people perished and eight others were wounded during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 11, 2023 21:47

• Pickets held by colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev attract tourists' attention

  The solo pickets demanding to stop the criminal case against Gadjiev caused an approving reaction from car drivers and interested the guests of Makhachkala, journalists have informed.

April 11, 2023 21:41

• After filming with Kadyrov in videos about Zelensky, parodist complains about threats

  Max KomikadZe, a blogger who starred with Ramzan Kadyrov in a series of parody video clips about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, has told the police about the received threats.

April 11, 2023 15:15

• "Memorial"*: massacre of Samashki villagers remains unpunished for 28 years

  The murder committed by law enforcers of more than a hundred civilians in the Chechen village of Samashki back in 1995, has not been investigated for 28 years; and the perpetrators have not been punished, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence has pointed out.

April 10, 2023 23:14

• Kadyrov criticizes rise in prices before Eid al-Fitr

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called on sellers not to raise prices for goods before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. He has compared to drug dealers the entrepreneurs who raise the prices on the eve of the holiday. For the republic, the rise in prices during Ramadan has become a chronic problem.

April 10, 2023 23:09

• Leader of North Ossetia reacts to video of bullying of mobilized man

  After a video record depicting bullying of a military man was posted on the Internet, Sergey Menyailo, the leader of North Ossetia, has announced launching a check on the actions of the commander of the military unit in which the people mobilized from the republic serve.

April 10, 2023 23:02

• Contract soldier from Volgograd faces threats amid litigation for medical treatment

  A spouse of a contract soldier from Volgograd, who is seeking a re-passing of the medical commission through the court, complains that commanders of her husband’s military unit threatened him with opening a criminal case. Civilian doctors diagnosed the military man with a neurological disease.

April 10, 2023 22:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 3-9, 2023

  Armed clashes in Ingushetia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, case against the leaders of the Ingush protest, 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 April 3-9, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 10, 2023 18:53

• Father of many children from Derbent challenges his mobilization

  A resident of Derbent has demanded to cancel the decision to mobilize and send him to the special military operation (SMO) zone, pointing out that he, as the father of three children under 16, was entitled to a delay. The case should be considered by a military court, the judge has ruled.

April 10, 2023 18:46

• Blogger Alibekov decides to challenge verdict on discrediting army

  Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, has decided to appeal against the verdict of the court, which convicted him for discrediting the Russian Army and sentenced him to a year and two months of freedom deprivation, Marina Dubrovina, an advocate, has informed.

April 09, 2023 16:07

• Ingushetia: law enforcers confirm detention of Mikail Moshkhoev, suspected of attacking their colleagues

  The operative headquarters of Ingushetia has confirmed the detention of Mikail Moshkhoev, who is suspected of attacking law enforcers.