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January 01, 2024 21:45

• In Vienna, rally participants demand to investigate death of prisoner from Chechnya

  In Vienna, about 50 activists held a rally with the demand to conduct an investigation into the death of a native of Chechnya in an Austrian prison. The rally participants called on for stopping the deportation of natives of Chechnya to countries where torture and extrajudicial killings await them.

January 01, 2024 19:14

• Contract soldier from Kuban sentenced to imprisonment for leaving his military unit without permission

  A military court sentenced a contract soldier from Kuban to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of evading military service.

January 01, 2024 16:22

• Ingush native Leyla Gatagazheva accused of having connections with militants placed under house arrest

  The defence convinced a court in Malgobek to release from custody Leyla Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of having connections in Syria with militants of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”).

January 01, 2024 15:15

• Kadyrov voices threats to relatives of extremist suspects

  Relatives of people suspected of extremism are responsible for their actions. That has been announced by Ramzan Kadyrov. The authorities of Chechnya will get rid of their critics wherever they are, the Chechen leader notes.

December 31, 2023 23:17

• Palestinian refugees claim facing difficulties with integration in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Forced migrants from Palestine who arrived in Nalchik have faced a lack of job offers and a shortage of cash. The refugees express their hopes that after the New Year holidays, the authorities will resolve the issue of educating children in local schools.

December 31, 2023 22:58

• In Rostov-on-Don, court refuses compensation to relative of perished military man

  In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court refused to recover four million roubles in compensation from the Russian Ministry of Defence in favour of a female relative of a military man who was shot dead by his colleague from a submachine gun in the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

December 31, 2023 22:14

• Kadyrov’s daughter complains about violation of medical ethics

  Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya Aishat Kadyrova, a daughter of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, sent a complaint to the Chechen Ministry for Public Health about violation of medical ethics.

December 31, 2023 22:09

• Two residents of Dagestan apologize for dancing at party

  Two young men apologized for dancing at a party, admitting that their dance did not correspond to the mentality of people in Dagestan.

December 31, 2023 21:23

• Person with disability from Dagestan denied compensation for participation in SMO

  A court refused to award compensation to Nuradil Bagautdinov, a person with disability from Dagestan, for being mobilized and sent to the special military operation zone in Ukraine without a medical examination.

December 31, 2023 18:10

• Police version about suicide of Chechen villager causes mistrust among human rights defenders

  The police considered the death of Denis Aliev, a resident of the Chechen village of Mairtup, a suicide. However, the victim’s body had signs of torture, and fellow villagers reported his disappearance before his death, the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights stated.

December 31, 2023 17:54

• Priest Pivovarov associates criminal case against him with his message to believers

  Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, associates criminal proceedings against him with his Christmas message to believers.

December 30, 2023 21:58

• Sirazhudinova notes favourable attitude towards “honour killings” in Chechnya

  In Dagestan and Ingushetia, officials try to hide data on “honour killings” by removing the information about such cases from court’s official websites. In Chechnya, citing a woman’s immoral behaviour as a motive for murder helps to obtain a more lenient punishment, human rights defender Saida Sirazhudinova has noted.

December 30, 2023 21:16

• Human rights defender summarizes differences in “honour killings” in regions of Northern Caucasus

  In her report dedicated to the problem of domestic violence human rights defender Saida Sirazhudinova notes that the problem of killings of women by their relatives remains acute in Dagestan, Ingushetia, and Chechnya. The problem of bride kidnapping also remains relevant in the republics.

December 30, 2023 20:33

• Human rights defenders voice probable motives for Chechen boxer Salamov’s release

  The fame of World and European Boxing Champion Umar Salamov could be one of the reasons for his release by the Chechen law enforcement bodies, human rights defenders note. They emphasize that when relatives of the people kidnapped by law enforcers refuse to communicate with human rights defenders and journalists, they hope for leniency from the law enforcement bodies towards their family members.

December 30, 2023 19:09

• Kalmyk activists draw public attention to incomplete rehabilitation of repressed people

  Public events on the anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyk people are predominantly formal in their nature and do not attract residents of the republic, although the memory of their repressed relatives is extremely important for them, public figures note.

December 30, 2023 14:12

• Court recognizes check of activist Olga Begretova at airport as legal

  In Pyatigorsk, the Garrison Military Court recognized as legal the actions of state border guards at an airport in Mineralnye Vody, who forced Olga Begretova, an activist from Nalchik, to have her fingerprints and biological material taken. The police refusal to investigate the incident was also found legal.

December 29, 2023 18:48

• Human rights defenders draw UN’s attention to practice of police preventive registration in Dagestan

  The “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights has informed the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia about the ongoing persecution of residents of Dagestan on religious grounds under the lists of the police preventive registration.

December 29, 2023 17:44

• Mobilized man’s wife asks leader of Kabardino-Balkaria for help to their family

  In her complaint to Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, a spouse of mobilized Murat Tutov has claimed that their family with many children found itself in a difficult situation due to lack of payments, and the father of the family was diagnosed with serious illnesses after his participation in the special military operation and needs medical treatment.

December 29, 2023 15:40

• Residents of Kalmykia pay tribute to memory of victims of deportation

  Prayer services in memory of victims of the deportation were held throughout Kalmykia. In Elista, residents of the republic, among whom were survivors of the deportation, gathered for a rally.

December 28, 2023 23:13

• Resident of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced in case on extremism

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a court sentenced a local woman to 4.5 years of imprisonment, finding her guilty of encouraging participation in the “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”* organization, banned by the court, and recognized as extremist.