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August 24, 2023 23:11

• Court sends for reconsideration journalist Magomedov’s complaint about inaction of investigators

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan cancelled the court’s decision to refuse to recognize the inaction of investigators on a complaint filed by Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

August 24, 2023 21:59

• Makhachkala residents complain about aggravation of communal problems

  In Makhachkala, residents had problems with the supply of electricity and water earlier as well, but the problems have worsened this year, complain local residents. According to their stories, in order to ensure normal living conditions, people have to buy generators and water storage tanks, but they are not able to help under all circumstances.

August 24, 2023 20:47

• Abubakar Yangulbaev put on the federal wanted list

  The police have put Abubakar Yangulbaev, one of Zarema Musaeva's sons, on the federal wanted list.

August 24, 2023 20:13

• Acquaintances of Rostov activist Berezikov disbelieve suicide version

  Anatoly Berezikov, an activist, who has died at the special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don, was notable for his active life position; he was a volunteer at the Navalny's* office and a non-indifferent person, his acquaintances, who don’t believe that he could commit suicide, as law enforcers assert, have stated.

August 24, 2023 17:52

• In Nalchik, court recognizes participation in battles in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance in drug cases

  In cases on drug trafficking, military Ibragim Polonkoev was sentenced to a fine of 15,000 roubles, and contract soldier Elbek Makaev – to a suspended sentence. Among the extenuating circumstances, the court mentioned the participation in the special military operation in Ukraine and departmental awards.

August 23, 2023 15:12

• Rostov woman fined for posting pacifist leaflets

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court fined Yevgenia Ryabova 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces in the leaflets she distributed.

August 22, 2023 22:47

• Photo session of two girls in mountains angers residents of Dagestan

  Laurita Karpova, a participant in the reality show "Patsanki” (Tomboys), has posted a photo session, which depicts her engagement to another girl. The photos were taken in the Sulak Canyon of Dagestan. After a wave of indignation in social networks, she declared that there was no relationship with the girl in the pictures.

August 22, 2023 21:46

• Dagestani court refuses to consider Idris Yusupov’s lawsuit about unjustified detention

  The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has refused to consider a journalist Idris Yusupov's lawsuit against the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) about his unjustified detention in September 2022 during an anti-mobilization protest.

August 22, 2023 20:06

• Chechnya: video with Zakaev's nephew is propaganda element

  The nephew of Akhmed Zakaev, who had been sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone, has criticized his uncle, who supports Ukraine. 

August 22, 2023 19:32

• Chechen Ombudsperson evades answering rights defenders' questions

  At a meeting with Mansur Soltaev, the Ombudsperson for Chechnya, lawyers of the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* tried to find out how the security of the journalist, Elena Milashina, in Chechnya would be ensured, and how the inquiry into the beating of Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, committed at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) was progressing. They failed to receive any specific answers to their questions.

August 22, 2023 18:06

• Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev assess his chances for acquittal

  There are some chances for the acquittal of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, as well as of Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, accused of financing terrorism, although the share of acquittals under terrorist articles is extremely small, Gadjiev's colleagues have noted.

August 21, 2023 23:18

• Grozny woman detained for practicing witchcraft

  In Grozny, the police detained local resident Roza Tsaralieva, after which Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, reprimanded the woman for practicing the occult services, follows from a report released by the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company).

August 21, 2023 22:15

• Bagomedov brothers complain about torture in Dagestan

  Law enforcers tortured Mukhtar and Magomedrasul Bagomedov brothers, who were arrested in Makhachkala, to force them to confess to making explosives, their mother Gulnara Bagomedova complains.

August 21, 2023 19:49

• Imangazali Magomedov, native of Dagestan, manages to avoid deportation to Russia

  A year after his detention in Ukraine, Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, has left the country for the European Union.

August 21, 2023 18:16

• Resident of Chechnya detained in Bishkek after trying to escape from Russia

  At the Manas Airport, in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, law enforcers have detained Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, who was on the wanted list in Russia within in the case of financing extremism.

August 20, 2023 18:50

• Because of water and power outages, Makhachkala townspeople block the street

  Residents of the "Nauchny Gorodok" (Scientific Settlement) micro-district in Makhachkala have blocked motor traffic along Akushinsky Avenue, demanding from authorities and power engineers to solve the long-term problem with the supply of water and electricity to their homes.

August 20, 2023 15:46

• Igor Paskar, Volgograd resident, complains about beating at SIZO

  Igor Paskar from Volgograd, sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, has been transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novocherkassk. The SIZO staff has placed him into a cell with supporters of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who beat him up on the very first day, human rights defenders have informed.

August 19, 2023 23:51

• Native of Dagestan complains about torture at Mordovian colony

  Ramazan Gadjiev, a resident of Dagestan, has complained that employees of the colony in Mordovia, where he is serving his sentence, are poisoning him with bleach, dousing him with liquid from a fire extinguisher and spraying him with pepper spray.

August 19, 2023 22:07

• Kadyrov's associates approve beating up of Volgograd man arrested for burning Koran

  The Chechen officials close to Ramzan Kadyrov have praised his son after reports that he had beaten Nikita Zhuravel at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison); Nikita was arrested in connection with the burning down of the Koran.

August 19, 2023 20:55

• Witnesses in Orlov's case speak about importance of his work

  The witnesses interrogated at trial have recalled Oleg Orlov's human rights and legislative work, as well as the fact that in Budyonnovsk he voluntarily offered himself as a hostage to Basaev in order to free the prisoners.