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November 11, 2022 14:03

• Chechen officials Alaudinov and Daudov get under Polish sanctions

  Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya, and Magomed Daudov, the Chairman (Speaker) of the Chechen Parliament, have been announced as undesirable persons in Poland because of their links with those who support the Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

November 11, 2022 03:30

• Ingush native subjected to pressure in penal colony, his mother complains

  Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, convicted in the case on participation in hostilities in Syria, is being unreasonably punished in a penal colony. Marzhan Albagachieva, a mother of the convict, complains that warders put pressure on her son. The woman asked human rights defenders to protect the rights of her son.

November 11, 2022 03:26

• ECtHR recognizes violation of activists’ rights in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to four activists from the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory for violating their rights to a fair trial in cases on detentions at protest actions.

November 11, 2022 03:23

• Activist detained in Krasnodar

  Andrei Rossiev, an activist, has been detained in Krasnodar after a search.

November 11, 2022 03:12

• Purchase of fences for rallies is reaction to protest potential of Northern Caucasus

  The purchase of fences intended to cordon rallies off by the North-Caucasian police has been made in view of possible actions against authorities, especially in Dagestan, where anti-mobilization protests were essential, journalists and human rights defenders have pointed out.

November 10, 2022 19:00

• "Memorial"* rights defenders respond with strategy to tactics of Russian authorities and courts

  The decision to liquidate the "Memorials"* in Russia was made by authorities; and the courts formally approached the issue and fulfilled the political order, human rights defenders have stated after the consideration of the complaint lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.

November 10, 2022 18:54

• Liberation of convicts for Tskaev's death is marker of tolerance for violence

  The conditional early relief (CER) of those convicted within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev after being tortured at the police will be appealed against, his widow has stated.

November 09, 2022 23:59

• Kadyrov and Alaudinov respond to reports about Chechen fighters killed near Lisichansk

  The information about the mass deaths of Chechen law enforcers near Lisichansk is false, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Earlier, the leader of Chechnya had to acknowledge the information about 23 fighters perished in the Kherson Region. Apti Alaudinov, an aide to the leader of Chechnya, also assures that “everything is fine” with the soldiers of the “Akhmat” special forces in Ukraine.

November 09, 2022 23:57

• Court of Cassation upholds decision to liquidate HRC “Memorial”*

  In a cassation appeal, lawyers of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”* emphasized the importance of its activities, but a court in Moscow upheld the decision to liquidate the Human Rights Centre.

November 09, 2022 23:49

• North Ossetia: release of those convicted for Tskaev's death outrages social network users

  Social networks users have treated the court judgement on the conditional early relief (CER) of two law enforcers convicted within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a Vladikavkaz citizen, as unfair.

November 09, 2022 17:39

• Case on massacres in Novye Aldy Chechen settlement returned to investigator

  For more than 22 years, law enforcement bodies cannot establish who killed about 60 local residents.

November 09, 2022 17:33

• Policemen sentenced for killing North Ossetian Tskaev released early

  Spartak Buzoev and Alan Bigaev has been released on conditional early relief (CER). This is reported by the human rights project “Axioma” on its Telegram channel.

November 09, 2022 17:14

• Death toll among natives of Southern Russia in Ukraine officially reaches 900

  The authorities have confirmed the information about at least 900 residents of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, including 570 natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District and 330 natives of the South Federal District.

November 08, 2022 19:19

• Chechen Ombudsperson demonstratively rejects UN remarks on human rights violations

  The authorities of Chechnya have disregarded the remarks of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) for a long time; the problems with human rights highlighted therein have been created artificially, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has stated.

November 08, 2022 19:14

• Criticism of Putin results in fine imposed on Kislovodsk woman

  A court in Kislovodsk has fined a local woman by 30,000 roubles, finding her post in the social network criticizing the actions of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, as discredited the Russian Army.

November 08, 2022 19:08

• Sochi townspeople treat deaths of three persons under collapsed balcony as result of authorities' inaction

  The five-storey house in Sochi, where three people died after a balcony collapsed, has long been in need of repairs, but tenants' appeals to authorities have yielded no results, locals assert.

November 08, 2022 18:56

• Participation in POWs' exchange is Kadyrov's publicity

  Ramzan Kadyrov's involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian exchange prisoner of war (POWs) looks like an action coordinated with the Kremlin; and the head of Chechnya is using his role for self-promotion, intended not only for the Chechen audience, analysts assert.

November 08, 2022 18:45

• Russian MIA for Northern Caucasus to purchase new fences for rallies

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Northern Caucasus plans to purchase 3000 mobile fences for mass events, and the initial price of the tender is 13.2 million roubles.

November 08, 2022 18:37

• Human rights defenders express their concern over detentions of Chechen natives in Croatia

  In Croatia, the police detained at least 15 natives of Chechnya who arrived from Russia and subjected them to violence with the demand to refuse asylum requests. This was reported on Telegram channel of the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond”, based in Sweden.

November 07, 2022 23:59

• Calls to fight against Satanism result in dispersal of rap concert in Volgograd

  After complaints made by the head of the centre for patriotic education, who has treated the performers' works as immoral and propaganda of Western values, law enforcers in Volgograd have broke up a concert of rap singers.