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February 25, 2023 15:25

• Number of fighters from Caucasus perished in Ukraine exceeds death toll among law enforcers in NCFD within 11 years

  During the year of hostilities in Ukraine, at least 845 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) perished there, while during eleven years of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, the power bloc lost 480 employees.

February 25, 2023 15:17

• Volgograd teenager sentenced in case on terrorism leaves Russia

  A teenager from Volgograd, sentenced to compulsory medical treatment in a case on terrorism, left Russia together with his mother. He is put on the wanted list.

February 24, 2023 23:59

• MEPs demand Arsamikov's release

  The Group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on LGBT Rights has called on the Chechen authorities to release Idris Arsamikov, who was detained in Moscow and taken to his homeland.

February 24, 2023 23:57

• In Europe, activists hold rallies on anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation

  In Paris and Vienna, members of the Chechen Diaspora have held rallies on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes (collectively also treated as Vainakhs).

February 24, 2023 15:13

• At deportation anniversary, Kadyrov limited himself to cursing Stalin

  In Chechnya, the absence of mourning events in memory of deportation victims indicates Kadyrov's desire not to aggravate the situation on the eve of the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, analysts believe.

February 24, 2023 14:58

• At Berlinale, Malika Musaeva's film tells about Chechen women's hard fate

  Malika Musaeva's debut film "The Cage Looks for a Bird" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This is the only film from Russia and the first in the Festival history entirely in the Chechen language.

February 24, 2023 00:43

• Ingush residents honour memory of compatriots perished during years of deportation

  In Nazran, a prayer in memory of those who died during the years of the deportation ordered by Stalin was read out by the elders and the leader of the republic. Believers were reading prayers in the mosques of the republic to pay tribute to the memory of those who perished during the years of the deportation and dispensing sadaqa (charity) to the poor and large families.

February 23, 2023 23:52

• Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reacts to version of assassination attempt

  When commenting on social media users’ questions about an assassination attempt, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov promised to provide details in the nearest future. Blogger’s brother Mukhammad is alive, the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond” reports.

February 23, 2023 20:11

• Activist Yaroslav Savin hospitalized after hunger strike

  Yaroslav Savin, the secretary of the Astrakhan branch of the "Party of People's Freedom" (Parnas), was hospitalized after being released from the special detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike.

February 23, 2023 20:05

• Court refuses to consider mobilization complaints lodged by Dagestani fathers of large families

  The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court has refused to consider the lawsuits against illegal mobilization lodged by four fathers with many children, citing the lack of powers of attorney from the mobilized fathers themselves.

February 23, 2023 19:57

• Seventy-nine years since Vainakhs' deportation

  Today marks 79 years since the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. There are no official events dated for this anniversary in Chechnya.

February 23, 2023 18:48

• Rights defenders from SK SOS Crisis Group report growth of appeals for help from Northern Caucasus

  In 2022, the number of complaints about harassments due to sexual or gender identity has tripled in Northern Caucasus the SK SOS Crisis Group has informed.

February 23, 2023 16:13

• Zarema Musaeva complains about deterioration of her health in SIZO

  Long and frequent court hearings affected the health state of arrested Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of assaulting a law enforcer. The arrested woman stated that her health deteriorated in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Chechnya and her eyesight began to fade.

February 23, 2023 16:11

• Trial in case against participant in protests against mobilization in Nalchik terminated

  A case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces instituted against Svetlana Semyonova, who participated in protests against mobilization, has been closed by court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

February 22, 2023 19:33

• Native of Chechnya denied judge challenge in case of justifying terrorism

  The defence of Ibragim Khachukaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of justifying terrorism, has sought to mitigate the measure of his freedom restraint and challenged the judge, but the Supreme Court of Chechnya has upheld the decision to extend Khachukaev's arrest and found no grounds for challenging the judge.

February 22, 2023 19:11

• Resident of Volgograd Region challenges mobilization conscription in court

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has started considering the case of Dmitry Denisov, a mobilized person, who had accused his district military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) and the draft commission of being called up for mobilization without a medical examination, although he told the members of the commission that he had serious chronic diseases.

February 21, 2023 23:48

• Gadjiev's colleagues note Makhachkala townspeople's positive reaction to pickets

  Salim Khalitov, an activist, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, and Idris Yusupov, a journalist, who went out to solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, their colleague, have noted a particularly active reaction of passers-by to their actions.

February 21, 2023 23:11

• Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov announces resumption of his activities

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen blogger and critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, has posted a video in his YouTube channel announcing the resumption of his activities. He did not explain his absence for 3.5 months.

February 21, 2023 19:56

• Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Kadyrov's critic, gets in touch with rights defenders

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen blogger, has got in touch with human rights defenders, but failed to specify the reason for his long silence and his current whereabouts.

February 21, 2023 19:50

• Advocates state violations of Ingush activists' rights by the court

  The defendants in the "Ingush case" were awakened mid-night and taken to court; and in response to elderly people's request to bring them later, the judge threatened to conduct the trial without them, the activists' advocate has stated.