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September 21, 2022 10:49

• Call for rally against mobilization spread in Chechnya

  An audio message by a mother urging women to gather for a rally in front of the Main Mosque in Grozny and oppose sending their sons to Ukraine has been circulated among Chechen WhatsApp users.

September 21, 2022 08:41

• Gadjiev's colleagues treat witnesses' refusal to testify as proof of case falsification

  At the latest court session on the case of the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Askhab Djarbaev, a theologian, refused from his testimonies against the defendants, stating that he had not given such testimonies. Also, Kemal Tambiev, one of the defendants, stated the refusal from his testimonies given under pressure.

September 21, 2022 08:27

• Damage to banners in Rostov Region turns into criminal cases

  Law enforcement bodies have opened criminal cases on discrediting the army after damaging banners with portraits of participants in the special operation in Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don and Novocherkassk.

September 20, 2022 23:33

• Activist finds slander in statements voiced by official at gathering in Poltavskaya

  Natalia Garyaeva reported to the police that at a gathering of residents in the village of Poltavskaya, an official accused activists of a commercial interest in closing the landfill. Natalia Garyaeva treated the official’s statement as defamation.

September 20, 2022 23:14

• Kadyrov hands out awards to relatives and friends on occasion of centenary of Chechnya

  The medal “100 years of the founding of the Chechen Republic” was awarded to the mother and three daughters of Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as his other relatives and officials holding top positions in the republic, follows from the decree issued by the leader of Chechnya.

September 20, 2022 18:49

• Social media users argue about demands of Paraul residents

  Residents of the village of Paraul in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan blocked a road with the demand to resolve the problem with the gas supply. Social media users noted that the local authorities should help the villagers. Their opponents argue that owners of greenhouses with their illegal connections to the gas pipelines are to blame.

September 20, 2022 18:35

• Oppositionist Aushev’s brother killed in Ingushetia

  Businessman Musa Aushev, a brother of oppositionist and human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, whose murder in 2009 remained unsolved, died after being attacked by unidentified people. Sources associated the killing with a conflict around a land plot.

September 20, 2022 18:21

• On Circassian Day, residents of Nalchik recall unresolved problems of preserving their native language and traditions

  The Circassian Day is a good occasion to recall the problems of the people, note residents of Nalchik interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”. Among the main problems of the Adygs, the people mentioned the preservation of their native language and national traditions, as well as the issue of repatriation of the Circassians.

September 20, 2022 14:08

• Military serviceman from Caspian Flotilla fired for refusing to go to Ukraine

  The garrison military court of Makhachkala has refused to find illegal the dismissal from the army of Firudin Gadjibekov, a serviceman of the Caspian Flotilla, who refused to go to the special operation zone in Ukraine.

September 20, 2022 13:54

• Volgograd Governor gives number of volunteers in Ukraine

  Since the start of the special operation a total of 1326 volunteers from the Volgograd Region have left for Ukraine, the Governor Andrei Bocharov has informed.

September 20, 2022 11:34

• Krasnodar activist accused of discrediting Russian Army

  Two protocols on discrediting the Russian Army have been drawn up against Marina Melikhova, a supporter of "Citizens of the USSR"*; she was recently released from custody, where she served her term for public calls for extremist activities.

September 20, 2022 11:05

• Long beards of Chechen males anger Kadyrov

  Some Chechen men wear too long beards without being fully immersed in religion, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, urging "the beefy guys in tight T-shirts and with long beards" to shave them down to the norm.

September 20, 2022 08:38

• ICRF ignores Askhabov's statement about torture at rehab

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has violated the deadline established by the law for responding to Magomed Askhabov's application about torture at the rehabilitation centre (rehab) in Khasavyurt, where he was forcibly held and "treated" for homosexuality, human rights defenders have stated.

September 20, 2022 08:23

• Woman from Dagestan tells about her victory over domestic violence

  The girl from Dagestan named Mika has managed to escape from her family, where she was subjected to violence, freedom restriction and was forcibly married at the age of 17; it follows from the podcast "Freedom (not) just around the corner."

September 19, 2022 23:28

• Court refuses to replace Anastasia Shevchenko’s suspended sentence with a real imprisonment

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court closed a case on replacing the suspended sentence with the real imprisonment for activist Anastasia Shevchenko, who left Russia. The issue of replacing a suspended sentence with a real imprisonment can be decided in court only with the participation of a defendant, an advocate explains.

September 19, 2022 23:09

• In Chechnya, police and National Guard announce more than 2400 vacancies after sending law enforcers to Ukraine

  There are 414 vacant places in the departments and divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Chechnya, follows from the published list of vacancies. The local department of the National Guard of Russia is recruiting 2000 people, the authorities of the republic report amid the mass sending of fighters to Ukraine.

September 19, 2022 19:12

• Kremlin responds to Kadyrov’s initiative on self-mobilization in regions

  The Ramzan Kadyrov’s idea concerning the self-mobilization of people in the regions to be sent to Ukraine should be assessed by professionals, including the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov announces today.

September 19, 2022 18:51

• Menyailo announces formation of a combined detachment of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine

  Today, Sergey Menyailo, the leader of North Ossetia, has announced that volunteer battalions formed in the republic have already included 700 people, and by the end of September, it is planned to create a combined detachment to be sent to Ukraine.

September 19, 2022 18:39

• PMC advertised on city streets in Rostov Region

  In Novocherkassk, leaflets calling for joining a private military company (PMC) were found near higher education institutions, the local branch of the “Yabloko” Party reported. According to local residents, similar advertisement is placed on the streets of Rostov-on-Don and Bataysk.

September 19, 2022 14:17

• Property of Said Amirov and his associates seized in favour of the state

  The court has satisfied the claim of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) about the confiscation in favour of the state of the property of Said Amirov, a former Mayor of Makhachkala, his relatives and people associated with him convicted of organizing murders, banditry and preparing a terror act; the property is worth more than five billion roubles.