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June 26, 2024 19:33

• During the week of June 17-23, 25 people perished during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 17 to June 23, 2024, 15 law enforcers and four civilians perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Six suspected militants were killed. Many received various wounds; the Dagestani Muftiate announced 25 victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 26, 2024 18:49

• Attack on synagogue was a surprise for Makhachkala Jews

  The Jews of Makhachkala have felt no obvious threats; the attack on the synagogue came as a complete surprise to them, said Valery Dibiyaev, the chairman of the Centralized Religious Organization of Jewish Communities of Dagestan.

June 26, 2024 18:13

• Anapa resident accused of secret cooperation with foreign organization

  Over the past six months, law enforcers arrested Dmitry Polunin, a resident of the city of Anapa, for ten times for criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, hooliganism and disobedience to the police; then, they opened a case against him for cooperation with a foreign organization.

June 25, 2024 23:34

• Death toll from militants’ attacks in Dagestan increases to 21

  In Dagestan, a policeman who participated in repelling a militants’ attack died in a hospital. So, the total number of perished law enforcers and civilians has reached 21.

June 25, 2024 22:47

• Court upholds Marshenkulova’s arrest in absentia

  The Moscow City Court refused to grant the complaint against an arrest in absentia filed by Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of justifying terrorism.

June 25, 2024 22:04

• Jehovah’s Witness* Scherbich recognized as political prisoner

  Alexei Scherbich, a Jehovah’s Witness* from the city of Neftekumsk, has been recognized as a political prisoner, since the charges brought against him are discriminatory and violate a number of his rights, the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project reports.

June 25, 2024 21:12

• Journalist Ruslan Totrov complains to UN Human Rights Committee

  Ruslan Totrov, a political journalist from Ossetia, lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee regarding two court’s decisions pronounced against him in Russia.

June 25, 2024 19:47

• Seda Suleimanova's friends demand to speed up the inquiry

  Three months after the initiation of the case on Seda Suleimanova's murder, investigators have failed to make any conclusions; the process is deliberately being sabotaged, the petition created by Lena Patyaeva, a Seda's friend, has stated.

June 25, 2024 18:51

• Kadyrov Fund and mother of Chechen leader get under EU sanctions

  The European Union (EU) has included Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, and the Kadyrov Fund into the sanctions list. Ramzan Kadyrov said that the sanctions only confirm his mother's merits.

June 25, 2024 18:10

• Special service veterans treat militants' attack in Dagestan as law enforcers' failure

  The militants' attacks in Dagestan were law enforcers' failure, who could not pay due attention to preventive work, veterans of special services have pointed out, adding that attackers' actions were similar to the tactics of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.

June 24, 2024 23:05

• Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reports 20 killed and 46 injured in militants’ attack

  During the militants’ attack, 20 people were killed and 46 others were injured, the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reported.

June 24, 2024 22:17

• Shootings in Makhachkala frighten city residents

  Shooting during a militant attack in Makhachkala frightened people, and it became difficult to move around the city because of the cordons arranged by law enforcers, local residents said.

June 24, 2024 21:50

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 17-June 23, 2024

  Shooting in Dagestan, drones in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, verdict against seven Ingush activists, and 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 June 17-June 23, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 24, 2024 21:06

• Lawyers exclude transferring 18-year-old Kevin Lik to German prison

  Kevin Lik, a resident Maykop, convicted for treason, will not be sent to a German prison as a German citizen, since only his Russian citizenship matters for Russian law enforcers, lawyers have explained.

June 24, 2024 19:52

• Religion experts explain motives for militants’ attacks on synagogue and temple in Dagestan

  Ayats (verses) of the Koran, references to which were left by attackers at a synagogue in Derbent, are interpreted by the extremists to justify their confrontation with Jews and Christians, Leonid Syukiyainen and Dmitry Mikulsky point out. The experts suggest that the date of the attack on the Orthodox temple was chosen by the militants because of the Christian holiday celebrated on that day.

June 24, 2024 18:24

• Three Elista Jehovah's Witnesses* sentenced conditionally

  The Elista City Court has convicted three female Jehovah's Witnesses*: Kishta Tutinova has been sentenced to three years, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova – to two years of conditional imprisonment each.

June 24, 2024 17:34

• Militants' attacks in Dagestan are first military incidents within more than a year

  The attacks committed by militants on churches and synagogues have interrupted a 13-month-long calm period in Dagestan. Earlier, the republic faced a number of attacks on religious figures and worship places.

June 24, 2024 15:17

• Sentence to Taganrog student continues trend of punishments for treason

  After the start of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Russian law enforcers are more actively initiating criminal cases of treason; and appellate courts are upholding the verdicts, lawyers have commented on the verdict passed to Vladislav Poruchikov, a student from Taganrog.

June 23, 2024 23:16

• Sentence to Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk upheld

  The Court of Appeal in Sochi has upheld the sentence of activist Vladimir Atamanchuk, who was found guilty of libel and sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory labour.

June 23, 2024 22:52

• Martin Kochesoko*, KBR activist, suspected of failing duties of foreign agent

  Law enforcers have opened a criminal case against Martin Kochesoko*, an activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), for evading the duties of a foreign agent.