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July 27, 2023 16:49

• Sources report sending Imam Valid Kuruev, missing in Chechnya, to Ukraine

  Imam Valid Kuruev, who disappeared in Chechnya in May this year, has been sent as part of a law enforcers' detachment for taking part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, sources have informed.

July 27, 2023 15:17

• Residents of Dagestan dispute about resonant museum photo session

  The photo session depicting a girl in the Makhachkala museum has unreasonably caused an angry reaction in Dagestan, some residents of the republic have pointed out. Meanwhile, others have objected that the indignation of the "fighters for morality" is justified.

July 26, 2023 23:56

• Chechen refugee placed in deportation centre in Switzerland

  Magomed Gelagaev, a 25-year-old native of Chechnya, who fled from mobilization, was placed in a deportation centre in Switzerland, where he had arrived to ask for asylum.

July 26, 2023 23:47

• Human rights defenders confirm Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev’s death

  Singer Zelimkhan Bakaev was in the field of view of the Chechen law enforcement bodies due to suspicions of homosexuality, and when the information was confirmed, he was killed, the “SK SOS Crisis Group”* reported. Human rights defenders note that the campaign to hunt for gays was initiated by Ramzan Kadyrov, while under his father’s ruling, homosexuals were not persecuted in Chechnya.

July 26, 2023 19:28

• Analysts point to the inadmissibility of forced reconciliation of blood feudists in Chechnya

  The authorities' and clergymen's efforts in Chechnya to reconcile the blood feudists can be assessed as positive, but the reconciliation should not be forced, analysts have noted.

July 26, 2023 18:42

• Friends of the Dagestani journalist Gadjiev declare that his guilt was not proven

  The demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev is supported by passers-by, the solo picketers in his support have stated. His friends treat the prison term demanded by the state prosecutor for Gadjiev as unfair.

July 26, 2023 18:16

• North-Caucasian Muftiates support Moscow action criticized by Kadyrov

  The provocative law enforcers' actions in the Moscow Region, which demonstrated disrespect for Islam, and the absence of response to demands to bring the participants and organizers of raids in mosques to justice, have caused understandable indignation among Muslims. This was stated by officials of the Muftiates of North Ossetia and Adygea.

July 25, 2023 23:26

• Photo session in Makhachkala museum sparks wrath of morality zealots

  A girl dressed in jeans and a tank top has starred in a photo made against the backdrop of the panorama "Storming the Village of Akhulgo" at the Makhachkala Museum. Social network commentators have treated her clothes as too open.

July 25, 2023 22:18

• Journalists hold pickets in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  Solo pickets in support of the tried Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, were held in Makhachkala by Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov.

July 25, 2023 20:25

• Experts argue about origins of practice of public apologies in Chechnya

  The practice of public repentance for misdeeds existed earlier in the Chechen society and is provided for by the Muslim law, Islamic experts Alexander Arutyunov and Igor Alekseev point out. Chechen traditions do not provide for compulsion to make public apologies to the authorities, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender from Chechnya, argues.

July 25, 2023 16:14

• Ten natives of Chechnya deported from Croatia

  Croatian authorities have deported to Bosnia ten natives of Chechnya who had asked for international protection; two others were the granted refugee status, the "Assembly of European Chechens" has informed.

July 25, 2023 14:18

• Krasnodar activist accused of discrediting Russian Army

  In Krasnodar, Alexei Gaivoronsky, an activist, has been brought to administrative responsibility.

July 25, 2023 13:52

• Court refuses to issue wound certificate to Astrakhan military who took part in SMO

  The Astrakhan Garrison Military Court has rejected the lawsuit lodged by the military serviceman, who demanded from hospital bosses a certificate about the wound received by him in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine in order to receive the due compensation. The Southern District Military Court upheld the decision of the Garrison Court.

July 24, 2023 21:51

• Mobilized person from Kuban sentenced to six years for service evasion

  In the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the mane of the main river), a military court has sentenced Alexander Shupletsov, a mobilized local resident, to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

July 24, 2023 16:12

• Adler resident arrested for disobeying police

  A court in the city of Adler has fined a local resident for discrediting the Russian Army and arrested him for 15 days. According to the police, he tried to destroy a metal structure bearing the letters "Z" and "V", and when law enforcers noticed him, he tried to escape and used foul language.

July 24, 2023 10:58

• Defence of human rights defender Orlov doubts expertise conclusions

  The defence of Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence, has doubted the quality of the expertise conducted by Alexander Tarasov, noting many errors and vague arguments.

July 24, 2023 10:53

• Chechen migrants in Europe protest against deportation of Ali Bataev

  Protest actions were held in front of the Embassies of Switzerland in Germany and Sweden with the demand to prevent the deportation of Ali Bataev, who arrived from Ukraine, to Russia, reports Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, a spokesperson for the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond”.

July 24, 2023 00:19

• Actions in support of Ali Bataev held in Europe

  The participants of the actions held in Switzerland, Austria and Germany came out to the streets against the deportation to Russia of Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya.

July 23, 2023 15:16

• Advocate Mikhail Benyash* treats ECtHR's decisions on his complaints as formality

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaints about beating by law enforcers and an administrative arrest won't affect Russian authorities and will never be executed, Mikhail Benyash* has pointed out.

July 22, 2023 22:37

• After mosques were raided, Moscow Muslims stand against law enforcers' lawlessness

  After the prayer held in the historic mosque in Moscow, believers held a march chanting "Allah Akbar"; in this way, they expressed their protest against law enforcers' raids on the mosques located near Moscow. Ramzan Kadyrov has condemned the marchers for their unsanctioned protest.