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October 13, 2022 23:54

• ECtHR awards compensation to six natives of Southern Russia for torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized six natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kuban, and Chechnya, as victims of torture by law enforcers and awarded the compensations totalling 208,300 euros.

October 13, 2022 23:50

• First hearing outside Chechnya in case against Magamadov and Isaev scheduled

  On October 25, in Pyatigorsk, a court will consider a complaint in a case against Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev brothers, convicted in Chechnya for aiding and abetting a militant. The court hearing will be the first to take place outside of Chechnya, the “NC (Northern Caucasus) SOS” Crisis Group points out.

October 13, 2022 16:29

• Interference of Chechen Ombudsperson man encourages Azmatgiriev's defence

  The office of the Chechen Ombudsperson has joined in solving the problem of violation of the rights of the convicted Khalid Azmatgiriev; and this gives hope that the abuse of the inmate will stop, said the advocate of the native of Chechnya.

October 13, 2022 16:25

• Woman from Rostov Region accused of discrediting militaries

  The case against Yulia Moiseenko, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, has arrived in the court. This was reported by the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project.

October 13, 2022 16:21

• Statement on continued mobilization alarms residents of Rostov Region

  Residents of the town of Krasny Sulin have expressed their fears in connection with the mobilization continuation. Some of the relatives who are entitled to receive summonses have left the city and the country, said local residents.

October 13, 2022 16:18

• Wives of mobilized Volgograd residents stunned by meagre payments

  The wives of mobilized residents of the Volgograd Region have sent complaints to the military prosecutor's office after their husbands were told the amount of payments for their time spent at the training centre.

October 12, 2022 23:57

• Human rights defender urges Prosecutor’s Office to intervene in detained Ingush native’s case

  In his appeal to the Russian General Prosecutor and the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov noted that Issa Gazdiev, a resident of the Maiskoye village in North Ossetia, was accused, like other Ingush natives had been accused earlier, of a murder committed 30 years ago.

October 12, 2022 23:55

• In Kuban, court justifies arrest of defendant by mobilization

  A resident of the Krasnodar Territory was arrested on the basis of “military amendments” to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which entered into force on September 24. This was reported by Pavel Chikov, the head of the “Agora” human rights group.

October 12, 2022 14:08

• Journalists dispute on impact of help promised to families of those mobilized on protest moods in Dagestan

  The opening of the headquarters aimed to help the families of the mobilized residents of Dagestan will not help reducing the protest moods in the republic, the journalists, Gadjimurad Sagitov and Magomed Magomedov, believe.

October 12, 2022 14:01

• Ingush Imam's pacifist statement results in call to military commissariat

  The Ingush Imam, whose statement about the military operation in Ukraine has attracted the attention of the republic's vice-premier, received a call to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office), but refused to accept the summons, a source has informed.

October 12, 2022 13:43

• Sochi prosecutor's office demands real prison term for fakes about army

  The prosecutor's office has filed an appeal against the verdict passed to Evgeny Zolotov, a Sochi doctor, who was sentenced to a fine for spreading fakes about the army. The supervisory authority (the office) has treated the sentence as inappropriate to the gravity of the crime.

October 12, 2022 13:24

• Verdict in torture case of Dagestani Kurashova disappoints social network users

  The sentence of 3.5 years in prison for the law enforcers-figurants in the case of using violence against Yulduz Kurashova, a resident of Khasavyurt, is too lenient, social media users believe.

October 12, 2022 13:13

• Ombudsperson asks not to disseminate video with request to help convicted Chechen native

  After calls for maximum reposting of the video asking the Chechen authorities to pay attention to the fate of Khalid Azmatgiriev, a convicted native of Chechnya, whose rights are violated in the penal colony, the Chechen ombudsperson asked not to disseminate the video.

October 12, 2022 12:54

• Court upholds request of mobilized Volgograd resident to wait for medical examination in military unit

  In Volgograd, a court granted a motion filed by mobilized Vitaly Kandalov, who asked to postpone the consideration of his claim to the military registration and enlistment office for lessening of the category in his military ID.

October 11, 2022 16:55

• Head of Adygea announces help to families of those mobilized

  The preschoolers from the families of mobilized residents of Adygea will attend kindergartens free of charge; and the schoolchildren from these families will receive free hot meals, Murat Kumpilov, the head of the republic, has promised.

October 11, 2022 16:48

• Analysts note decrease in protest level in Kuban amid mobilization

  Protests against the partial mobilization in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) have practically vanished, which is due both to the tightening of legislation and the outflow of protest masses, Andrei Gusij, a journalist, believes, commenting on an attempt to set fire to the commissariat (military enlistment office) in Goryachy Klyuch.

October 11, 2022 16:36

• Head of Dagestan announces payments to families of those mobilized

  Every family of the mobilized residents of Dagestan will receive 100,000 roubles as support, Sergey Melikov, the head of the republic, has promised.

October 11, 2022 15:51

• Experts dispute on Chechen "Rosgvardiya" fighters' fit for guarding Crimean Bridge

  The "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters from Chechnya are not competent enough to handle the equipment for guarding the Crimean Bridge, Gennady Gudkov, an FSB reserve colonel, believes.

October 11, 2022 00:13

• Kadyrov approves massive missile strikes on Ukraine

  After reports of massive missile strikes on the Ukrainian infrastructure, Ramzan Kadyrov said that he was now completely satisfied with the conduct of the special military operation.

October 11, 2022 00:08

• Kadyrov confirms predictions about sending medical workers from Chechnya to Donbass

  More than 500 medical volunteers are ready to go from Chechnya to Donbass, where doctors from Chechnya are already working, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.