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June 27, 2024 23:14

• Resident of North Ossetia treats compensation for beating up by law enforcer as insufficient

  Soslan Dzidakhanov disagrees with the amount of compensation for his suffered moral harm that the Ardonsky Court awarded him for being beaten up by a law enforcer. In the Russian judicial practice, it is customary to decrease the compensation amount; and the resonance from Tskaev's case has partially contributed to a decrease in the number of tortures in the republic, Vladimir Tskaev's widow and his advocate have stressed.

June 27, 2024 21:42

• Analysts: European sanctions seem to be formality for Kadyrov Foundation

  Fundraising for the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation is carried out mainly in Russia and mainly in cash, so sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) are not able to significantly affect the activities of the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, analysts note.

June 27, 2024 19:54

• Omarov brothers apologize for militants’ attack

  In their video message, five Omarov brothers asked for forgiveness from the families of the people who fell victim to the militants’ attack in Dagestan.

June 27, 2024 17:37

• Court approves sentence for employees of Rostov prison hospital

  The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the verdict against doctors of the prison hospital in a case on abuse of power with the use of violence, the “Kommersant” reports.

June 26, 2024 23:37

• Court leaves journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova under arrest

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has refused to satisfy the defence's protest against the arrest of the journalist, Nadezhda Kevorkova, the court's press service has informed.

June 26, 2024 21:46

• Militants' attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent scare tourists away

  After militants have committed their attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent, the number of tour bookings to Dagestan has decreased, the Russian Union of Tourist Industry (RUTI) has informed. In their turn, tourist operators suggest that tour sales will gradually normalize.

June 26, 2024 21:26

• Rights defender Igor Nagavkin sentenced conditionally

  A court in the Volgograd Region has sentenced Igor Nagavkin to two years probation, finding him guilty of disorganizing the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison). He intends to seek recognition of his innocence.

June 26, 2024 19:33

• During the week of June 17-23, 25 people perished during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 17 to June 23, 2024, 15 law enforcers and four civilians perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Six suspected militants were killed. Many received various wounds; the Dagestani Muftiate announced 25 victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 26, 2024 18:49

• Attack on synagogue was a surprise for Makhachkala Jews

  The Jews of Makhachkala have felt no obvious threats; the attack on the synagogue came as a complete surprise to them, said Valery Dibiyaev, the chairman of the Centralized Religious Organization of Jewish Communities of Dagestan.

June 26, 2024 18:13

• Anapa resident accused of secret cooperation with foreign organization

  Over the past six months, law enforcers arrested Dmitry Polunin, a resident of the city of Anapa, for ten times for criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, hooliganism and disobedience to the police; then, they opened a case against him for cooperation with a foreign organization.

June 25, 2024 23:34

• Death toll from militants’ attacks in Dagestan increases to 21

  In Dagestan, a policeman who participated in repelling a militants’ attack died in a hospital. So, the total number of perished law enforcers and civilians has reached 21.

June 25, 2024 22:47

• Court upholds Marshenkulova’s arrest in absentia

  The Moscow City Court refused to grant the complaint against an arrest in absentia filed by Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of justifying terrorism.

June 25, 2024 22:04

• Jehovah’s Witness* Scherbich recognized as political prisoner

  Alexei Scherbich, a Jehovah’s Witness* from the city of Neftekumsk, has been recognized as a political prisoner, since the charges brought against him are discriminatory and violate a number of his rights, the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project reports.

June 25, 2024 21:12

• Journalist Ruslan Totrov complains to UN Human Rights Committee

  Ruslan Totrov, a political journalist from Ossetia, lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee regarding two court’s decisions pronounced against him in Russia.

June 25, 2024 19:47

• Seda Suleimanova's friends demand to speed up the inquiry

  Three months after the initiation of the case on Seda Suleimanova's murder, investigators have failed to make any conclusions; the process is deliberately being sabotaged, the petition created by Lena Patyaeva, a Seda's friend, has stated.

June 25, 2024 18:51

• Kadyrov Fund and mother of Chechen leader get under EU sanctions

  The European Union (EU) has included Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, and the Kadyrov Fund into the sanctions list. Ramzan Kadyrov said that the sanctions only confirm his mother's merits.

June 25, 2024 18:10

• Special service veterans treat militants' attack in Dagestan as law enforcers' failure

  The militants' attacks in Dagestan were law enforcers' failure, who could not pay due attention to preventive work, veterans of special services have pointed out, adding that attackers' actions were similar to the tactics of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.

June 24, 2024 23:05

• Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reports 20 killed and 46 injured in militants’ attack

  During the militants’ attack, 20 people were killed and 46 others were injured, the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reported.

June 24, 2024 22:17

• Shootings in Makhachkala frighten city residents

  Shooting during a militant attack in Makhachkala frightened people, and it became difficult to move around the city because of the cordons arranged by law enforcers, local residents said.

June 24, 2024 21:06

• Lawyers exclude transferring 18-year-old Kevin Lik to German prison

  Kevin Lik, a resident Maykop, convicted for treason, will not be sent to a German prison as a German citizen, since only his Russian citizenship matters for Russian law enforcers, lawyers have explained.