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February 20, 2024 18:09

• Lawyers assess chances of returning rioters' case to Dagestan

  The transfer of the case of five Makhachkala rioters to Krasnodar Territory can be challenged, but success is unlikely, lawyers have indicated. Many residents of Dagestan sympathize with the defendants, but refrain from public support, Magomed Magomedov, a journalist, and Shamil Khadulaev, an activist, have informed.

February 20, 2024 17:49

• Court refuses to commute sentence of journalist Alexander Nozdrinov in fake case

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the sentence of Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist and blogger, sentenced to 8.5 years in jail for spreading fake news about the Russian Army, the human rights project "OVD Info"* has informed.

February 19, 2024 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 12-18, 2024

  Death of Alexei Navalny* and Caucasus, shooting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, reshuffles in government bodies and a shootout in Chechnya, 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 February 12-18, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 19, 2024 22:54

• Police detain resident of Astrakhan at monument to victims of repression

  In Astrakhan, the police detained Maria Poplavskaya, who laid flowers at the monument to the victims of political repression. After a conversation at a police station, the young woman was released with a warning.

February 19, 2024 22:09

• Resident of Rostov-on-Don fined for failure to obey law enforcers’ request

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Valentina Mrykhina, who was detained while laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny*, guilty of failure to obey a lawful request of law enforcers and fined her 2000 roubles.

February 19, 2024 19:58

• Contract soldier from Maikop sentenced for leaving his military unit without permission

  Contract soldier Vladimir Marchenko went twice absent from his military unit without leave, during one of which he acquired drugs. A court in Maikop sentenced Vladimir Marchenko to 7.5 years of imprisonment for the above offence. A court in Rostov-on-Don considered the appeal and upheld the verdict.

February 19, 2024 19:13

• Sochi residents continue bringing flowers to Navalny's* memorial

  Local residents and activists continue bringing flowers to the memorial to Alexei Navalny* in Sochi, which was spontaneously formed near the monument to victims of political repressions. Law enforcers are questioning those who bring flowers and check their documents.

February 19, 2024 18:17

• Relatives of rioters at Makhachkala Airport appeal to Putin

  Relatives of the rioters at the Makhachkala Airport have asked Russian President, Vladimir Putin, for leniency. According to their version, the detainees fell victims to provocation and made a mistake.

February 19, 2024 17:07

• Stavropol residents complain about mass detentions while laying flowers in Navalny's* memory

  Those detained at the monument to victims of political repressions in Stavropol while laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny* said that dozens of people were taken to police stations. Law enforcers demanded from detainees to provide access to their phones and sign warnings about the inadmissibility of taking part in mass rallies.

February 18, 2024 23:42

• Stavropol activist links search with statement in support of Lada-Rus*

  Stalina Erlenbach, an activist of the movement "Building Future Ourselves", has reported that during searching her home, law enforcers were looking for extremist materials; she has linked the search with her demand to nominate Svetlana Lada-Rus* as a candidate for Russia's presidency.

February 18, 2024 23:39

• Krasnodar activist arrested for banner at picket in memory of Navalny*

  A court in Krasnodar has arrested for 14 days Andrei Vyazov, an activist, having treated his use of a banner from Navalny's* presidential campaign during the picket as a demonstration of symbols of a banned organization.

February 18, 2024 21:35

• Chechnya: Akhmat Kadyrov appointed Minister of Youth Affairs

  The 18-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, has been appointed the republic's Minister of Youth Affairs. He was also awarded Chechnya's highest award, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has announced.

February 18, 2024 20:28

• Zarema Musaeva transferred to Grozny SIZO

  A decision was made to transfer Zarema Musaeva from the colony in Argun to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny so that she could take part via video link in a court hearing, at which an appeal against her verdict will be considered, human rights defenders have informed.

February 18, 2024 18:43

• Analysts treat authorities' version of shootout in Stary Achkhoi as unreliable

  The armed incident in the village of Stary Achkhoi, where law enforcers shot three people dead who had allegedly attacked them, could have been staged both by Chechen authorities in order to send fewer fighters to Ukraine, and by Chechen law enforcers to improve performance indicators, and then they gave it a new perspective, analysts have suggested.

February 18, 2024 17:13

• Law enforcers prevent Sochi residents and guests of from laying flowers to commemorate Alexei Navalny*

  Sochi townspeople and guests of the resort city wanted to lay flowers at the monument to victims of political repressions and honour the memory of Alexei Navalny*, but law enforcers interfered and removed flowers.

February 17, 2024 10:14

• In Krasnodar, activists pay tribute to Alexei Navalny* by laying flowers

  In Krasnodar, supporters of Alexei Navalny* laid flowers in memory of him at the memorial to the victims of fascism.

February 17, 2024 09:48

• Accomplices in murder of young man near Kayakent remain witnesses in criminal case

  An independent examination confirmed that more than one person participated in the murder of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov, but two accomplices in the crime are involved in the criminal case only as witnesses. That was claimed by a lawyer representing the victims’ interests.

February 17, 2024 08:45

• Social media users in Southern Russia condole over death of Navalny*

  The custody conditions in the colony led to the death of Alexei Navalny*, some social network users in Southern Russia have noted; others doubt the natural reasons of his death. Commentators have expressed condolences to Alexei's family.

February 17, 2024 06:41

• Native of Chechnya faces extradition from France to Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has refused to overturn the decision of French authorities to extradite a 55-year-old native of Chechnya to Russia. He himself insists that he faces torture in his homeland.

February 17, 2024 04:57

• Human rights defenders assess risks of imprisonment of their colleague Oleg Orlov*

  Tightening of the charges against Oleg Orlov* after a re-investigation into the case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces has increased the chances of the prosecutor’s office to achieve imprisonment for the defendant, a lawyer and human rights defenders note.