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February 13, 2023 11:23

• Investigators get interested in violation of housing rights of woman from Adygea

  A mother of a large family from the Takhtamukai District of the Republic of Adygea has complained to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) that authorities would not improve her living conditions.

February 13, 2023 03:52

• Chechen Minister Dudaev tells Ukrainian POWs about SMO goals

  Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, has held a talk about religion with Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs), during which he showed them footage of a gay pride parade in Kiev and explained that the goal of Russia's special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine is to counter the "Western ideology" and "non-traditional values."

February 12, 2023 15:54

• CTO in Petrovsky Khutor comes as a surprise to residents of Stavropol Territory

  Petrovsky Khutor, where a counterterrorist operation took place, is no different in terms of its ethnic composition, and local residents are mainly engaged in agriculture, analysts emphasize. According to them, the counterterrorist operation in Petrovsky Khutor went unnoticed by most residents of the Stavropol Territory.

February 11, 2023 23:37

• Ukrainian Mufti treats Kadyrov's threats against him as real

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted sharply to the video of a conversation with the Chechens-prisoner of war (POWs), because this video has received resonance in the Internet, Aider Rustemov, a Ukrainian Mufti, believes. He has noted that he is not afraid of threats, although he understands the reality thereof.

February 11, 2023 16:17

• Volgograd citizen fined for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In Volgograd, a court fined local resident Yuri Goryushkin 30,000 roubles after recognizing that his comments on the social media had discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

February 11, 2023 15:27

• Coercion is main factor in family reunification in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, family reunification takes place under pressure and is often traumatic for those who decide to divorce, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the president of the Centre for Studying Global Contemporary Issues and Regional Problems "Caucasus. World. Development", and Aida Mirmaksumova, a co-founder of the "Fathers and Daughters" project.

February 11, 2023 14:23

• Court obliges investigators to resume check on Ragimovs’ complaint about torture

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation should resume a check on the complaint filed by natives of Dagestan Murad and Firuddin Ragimov about torture, the fact of which was recognized by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

February 11, 2023 14:17

• “Novaya Gazeta Europe” reveals a scheme for initiation of cases on terrorism in Chechnya and Kuban

  In Chechnya and Kuban, people arrested on administrative cases are often accused of grave crimes. After a series of arrests, law enforcers institute cases under articles on terrorism, the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta Europe” reports.

February 10, 2023 22:10

• Law enforcer arrested in Kuban within the case of detainee's death

  In Krasnodar, a police officer has become a suspect in the case of the death of Ilya Afrosin, who complained of torture after detention, human rights defenders have informed.

February 10, 2023 22:01

• ECtHR awards compensations for detention of those who commemorated Estemirova

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay compensations for the detention of participants in the rallies and pickets, including the commemoration rally of Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in Northern Caucasus.

February 10, 2023 17:25

• Chechen MPs approve new name of Kadyrov's post

  The members of the Chechen parliament have unanimously adopted changes to the Constitution of Chechnya, including the "Mekhkan-Da" as the name of the post of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 10, 2023 17:18

• New expertise protracts trial of Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case

  The court has appointed a new examination of the articles by Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist for the Dagestani "Chernovik" outlet; therefore, the court sessions on his case have been postponed indefinitely, his wife has informed.

February 10, 2023 16:45

• European Court recognizes conditions in penal colony of Volgograd as torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the authorities of Russia must pay 10,400 euros to Vladimir Pasikov for torture conditions in a penal colony in Volgograd, although Russia refused to comply with the decisions of the European Court issued after March 15, 2022.

February 10, 2023 01:33

• Mufti's talk with POWs in Ukraine angers Kadyrov

  The prisoners of war (POWs) from Chechnya, who talked with the Mufti in Ukraine, should punish the Mufti after their release, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

February 09, 2023 23:17

• Law enforcers report liquidation of militant grouping in Stavropol Territory

  During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Petrovsky Farm in the Stavropol Territory, four alleged militants were killed; residents of nearby houses were evacuated, the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has informed.

February 09, 2023 20:44

• In Stavropol Territory, CTO regime introduced for the first time in five years

  The previous counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Stavropol Territory back in December 2017; now it has been announcement in the Petrovsky Farm located in the Territory.

February 09, 2023 15:42

• Court ignores advocates' arguments about violations in "Memorial"* property case

  The decision to transfer the property of the "International Memorial"* to the state was made with violations of the law, the advocates have pointed out at the consideration of the appeal at the Moscow City Court (MCC), but their arguments failed to convince the judge.

February 09, 2023 13:59

• At PO, rights defenders achieve support in Zarema Musaeva's case

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has treated as unjustified the actions of the investigator, who had sent to Chechnya reports about the violations during the detention of Zarema Musaeva, the "Team Against Torture"* has reported, calling it a rare event in their practice.

February 09, 2023 03:52

• Kadyrov reports about 300 people employed by Chechen law enforcement bodies

  Over the past two months, about 300 people have begun their service at the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya. This was announced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov amid the massive dispatch of fighters to Ukraine.

February 09, 2023 03:48

• Nalchik woman limited in rights to her son at lawsuit of her own mother

  The Nalchik City Court restricted a local woman’s rights to her one-year-old son, considering that it would be better for the child. A lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of the child’s mother was filed to the court by the boy’s grandmother, who reported the antisocial behaviour of her daughter.