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October 01, 2024 23:47

• Authorities ignore 25th anniversary of start of Second Chechen War

  The 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Chechen War has been ignored by the authorities and state-run media of the republic. Participants of the war complain on social media that the state has still not paid some war veterans and does not provide them with assistance.

October 01, 2024 22:55

• Rights defenders treat checks in case of Suleimanova, who fled from domestic violence, as shams

  Human rights defenders are sure that the transfer of the complaint against law enforcers' actions filed by Lena Patyaeva, a Seda Suleimanova's friend, to Chechnya can only be a formal reply or an imitation of the inquiry. Meanwhile, in most cases, law enforcers are siding with the families of victims of domestic violence.

October 01, 2024 20:58

• Convicts in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case transferred to Grozny SIZO

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, who are waiting for consideration of their appeal complaints against verdicts, have been transferred from the Novocherkassk SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Grozny one, Gadjiev's wife has reported, while one of Gadjiev's colleagues has added that his solo picket in Gadjiev's support sparked interest among passers-by in Makhachkala.

October 01, 2024 20:47

• Astrakhan court fines soldier's mother for discrediting Russian Army

  Pacifist statements in the messenger have caused a fine imposed on an Astrakhan woman under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The court has imposed a minimum fine on her, by treating her son, a military serviceman, as a mitigating circumstance.

October 01, 2024 18:52

• Makhachkala resident accuses law enforcers of fabricating drug case

  Abdula Karimov, a resident of Makhachkala, has complained that law enforcers had allegedly planted narcotic drugs on him and fabricated a criminal case. Despite this, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years in jail.

September 30, 2024 23:14

• Member of Ingush National Council Albogachiev claims threats from Chechen MP Delimkhanov

  Delegations of Chechnya and Ingushetia met with the purpose to prevent the escalation of the conflict after the shooting near an office of the “Wildberries” Company. However, during the meeting, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma member from Chechnya, called for “cutting off heads.”

September 30, 2024 20:24

• Human rights defenders point out lack of FSIN’s interest in medical treatment of Zarema Musaeva

  The delay in hospitalizing Zarema Musaeva fits into the practice of treating prisoners accepted in institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). The FSIN is not interested in providing medical treatment for prisoners, human rights defenders emphasize.

September 30, 2024 18:21

• Makhachkala explosion questions quality of fuelling station inspections

  In Dagestan, the fuelling stations that were closed due to violations resume their operation by court orders, but the risk of explosions and loss of life remains, therefore, more thorough inspections are needed, Albert Esedov, a political analyst, and Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer, believe.

September 30, 2024 17:59

• Shootout with law enforcers was first in Ingushetia in six months

  The shootout, in which law enforcers killed a suspected militant, was preceded by a special operation conducted in Karabulak in March, in which six members of the Islamic State (IS)* were killed.

September 29, 2024 23:59

• Complaint of Seda Suleimanova's friend about police actions forwarded to Chechnya

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed Lena Patyaeva that her appeal demanding that law enforcers involved in the abduction of Seda Suleimanova be held accountable has been forwarded to Chechnya.

September 29, 2024 23:39

• Igor Paskar complains about censorship in prison

  Letters to Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, convicted of setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, are arriving intermittently; and the prison administration prohibits him from receiving newspapers and books, human rights defenders have complained.

September 29, 2024 23:08

• Explosion in Novy Khushet is 15th incident at fuelling stations in Dagestan in 10 years

  The explosion at the fuelling station near the village of Novy Khushet was preceded by at least 14 incidents with explosions or fires at fuelling stations in Dagestan since 2014, in which at least 54 people perished, the "Caucasian Knot" has calculated.

September 29, 2024 22:54

• After collecting signatures against construction on embankment, activist Antonova warned by police

  The police have issued a warning about the inadmissibility of violations to Yana Antonova, an activist, who was collecting signatures from Krasnodar residents to the petition against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment.

September 29, 2024 22:29

• Mikhail Balabanov reports his whereabouts

  Mikhail Balabanov, a native of the city of Kazan, convicted of preparing to set fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in the Stavropol Territory, has written to his parents that he had been taken to the Chelyabinsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), human rights defenders have informed.

September 29, 2024 21:56

• Court upholds verdict to three Jehovah's Witnesses* from Novocherkassk

  The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Eritsyan and Lyubov Galitsyna, who had been earlier found guilty within an extremism case.

September 29, 2024 21:08

• Astrakhan resident apologies publicly for pistol shooting

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a resident of Astrakhan made a public apology to townspeople for firing a traumatic pistol when leaving a cafe with his friends.

September 28, 2024 23:34

• Another case of Makhachkala riots reaches court in Stavropol Territory

  The Grachevsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory has begun considering the case of eight residents of Dagestan accused of involvement in the riots at the Makhachkala Airport.

September 28, 2024 21:58

• Officials in Novolaksky District of Dagestan suspected of land frauds for resettlers

  In the Novolaksky District, under forged documents, officials have transferred 40 land plots, intended for the resettlement of Lak nationals from the former Aukhov District, to strangers.

September 28, 2024 21:24

• Defence succeeds in seeking release of person arrested in “Wildberries” case

  The court of appeal has released Adam Vedzizhev from administrative punishment. The man was convicted of failure to obey the police after a conflict related to the attempted seizure of the “Wildberries” Company. In the complaint against the arrest, the defence mentioned the Adam Vedzizhev’s health state.

September 28, 2024 19:31

• Listeners outraged by closure of blogger Kharchenko*'s trial

  Despite the defence's protest, a court in Gelendjik has ruled, at the request of the suffered party and the prosecution, to conduct the trial of Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger, behind closed doors. Visitors to the court believe that this ruling is intended to conceal the absence of proofs for the presented charges and case falsifications.