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September 05, 2023 21:36

• Court suspends case on beating of Volgograd schoolboy by law enforcer

  In Volgograd, a court has suspended proceedings in a case against a policeman accused of beating a 14-year-old teenager. The court’s decision has been explained by the impossibility of the policeman’s participation in the trial.

September 05, 2023 20:09

• North-Caucasian woman complains about being attacked in New Moscow because of wearing hijab

  The police received a complaint about an attack on a native of Northern Caucasus, who was walking with her children on a playground. The woman was seriously injured and reported insults on religious and national grounds.

September 04, 2023 23:15

• In North Ossetia, people united by memory of terror act in Beslan

  Mourning events dedicated to the 19th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan ended in North Ossetia. People who came to the school No. 1 in Beslan lit candles, carried flowers in memory of the dead, brought bottles of water, opened them and left them in a school gym.

September 04, 2023 22:57

• Residents of Northern Caucasus consume more antidepressants

  The sale volumes of antidepressants have increased in Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. Residents of these republics have become more nervous about the pandemic; and people have also become more anxious amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, a psychologist believes.

September 04, 2023 21:10

• Abramov, resident of Krasnodar, refuses to return to SMO

  Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who received an order from the command of his military unit in Dagestan to return to the special military operation zone (SMO) in Ukraine, has refused to take part in hostilities. He explained this by his state of health caused by a grave backbone disease.

September 04, 2023 19:11

• "Beslan Mothers" call on to speed up inquiry into terror act

  The investigation of the criminal case on the terror act committed in Beslan has not yet been completed, activists of the "Beslan Mothers" have stated on the 19th anniversary of the school seizure. They called for speeding up the investigation and announced an appeal to the court to lift the ban on criminal prosecution of the members of the hostage rescue operative headquarters.

September 03, 2023 18:54

• Chechen historian, Mairbek Vachagaev*, put on list of foreign agents

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia has entered Mairbek Vachagaev*, a Chechen historian and journalist, into the register of foreign agents.

September 03, 2023 16:13

• Krasnodar resident Abramov receives order to return to SMO zone

  Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who was mobilized despite his backbone hernia, has received a travel certificate from the command of his military unit in Dagestan to return to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, his wife has informed.

September 02, 2023 21:57

• Relatives of victims of Beslan terror act find creating new museum important

  The director of the school museum dedicated to the Beslan tragedy is ready to share the exhibits with the new museum, which is being created directly on the site of the terror act. The victims and victims' relatives hope that the new museum will help preserve the memory of what happened.

September 02, 2023 18:09

• In Ingushetia, investigators refuse to check prisoner Albagachiev’s complaint

  A complaint about insufficient medical care in a penal colony to Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, and about the beating of another prisoner, was redirected to the prosecutor’s office. The convict’s defence decided to appeal against the refusal to conduct an inspection.

September 01, 2023 23:36

• Kadyrov reacts to US sanctions against his mother

  The head of Chechnya said that he would not forgive the US sanctions imposed on his mother, Aimani Kadyrova, and demanded that they be lifted, while treating the sanctions as "painless."

September 01, 2023 22:57

• Home of Volgograd painter Philippenzo searched

  Law enforcers have searched the apartment and studio of the Volgograd street painter, Philip Kozlov, known under the pseudonym of Philippenzo.

September 01, 2023 22:15

• Rights defenders point to impunity of those responsible for enforced disappearances in Northern Caucasus

  During the second Chechen campaign alone, up to 5000 people fell victim of enforced disappearances, and over the past 30 years, about 8000 people have disappeared in Northern Caucasus.

September 01, 2023 20:38

• Two KBR law enforcers detained on suspicion of violence

  Two employees of the road-and-patrol service of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) (known as DPS) have been detained within the case of abuse of power. They demanded that a resident of Nalchik confess to drug dealing, and when he refused, they used force against him, investigators have suggested.

September 01, 2023 19:30

• Appeals in support of Dagestani coach Arslanbekov left without response

  Officials and law enforcement bodies did not respond to requests to close the criminal case against Timur Arslanbekov, a coach from Buynaksk, for attacking a law enforcer. The defence has repeatedly filed appeals against the refusals to investigate the beating of Timur Arslanbekov by the police, but has not succeeded in seeking an institution of a criminal case.

August 31, 2023 23:08

• Gamid Dataev, native of Dagestan, goes on hunger strike at SIZO

  Gamid Dataev, who was recognized by human rights defenders as a political prisoner, has gone on a hunger strike at the Yekaterinburg SIZO (pre-trial prison). He insists that the case of the terrorist community has been fabricated.

August 31, 2023 22:09

• Resident of Saint Petersburg fined for picketing in support of Zarema Musaeva

  In Saint Petersburg, law enforcers have detained and then fined Dmitry Kuzmin, a local resident, for violating the anti-COVID restrictions, when he went out to the city administration building with a picket in support of Zarema Musaeva.

August 31, 2023 19:51

• Court stops case against KBR resident on discrediting Russian Army

  The Elbrus District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has terminated the proceedings on the case of an administrative offense against Vladimir Kryachko due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

August 31, 2023 18:50

• Woman from Maykop arrested for protest against military operation

  A Maykop court has arrested Tatiana Moskalenko, a local resident, within the case of calls for protests against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

August 31, 2023 16:47

• Volgograd court denies pacifist's right to alternative service

  The appellate instance has upheld the decision of the district court to refuse to recognize the right of Bogdan Letunov, a zoo activist and pacifist from Volgograd, to an alternative army service. The instance has failed to take into account the violation by the conscription commission of the requirements of the law on the alternative service, a human rights defender has pointed out.