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March 07, 2024 15:46

• Ingush elders address Balkars on eve of anniversary of deportation

  In 1944, the Stalin’s regime deported the peoples of the Caucasus, groundlessly declaring them enemies, although at the same time their representatives were fighting at the war front. That was emphasized by Ingush elders in their address to the Balkar people on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of their deportation to Central Asia.

March 06, 2024 23:26

• On February 26-March 3, six people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 26 to March 3, 2024, six suspected militants were killed during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations of the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 06, 2024 20:22

• Chechen SC agrees with Milashina's and Dubrovina's complaints

  The Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny unlawfully legalized the suspension of the preliminary investigation into the beatings of Elena Milashina, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, Marina Dubrovina, an advocate, and denied their access to the case files; this was ruled by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya that has sent their complaints for a new consideration.

March 06, 2024 19:54

• Court commutes Zarema Musaeva's verdict

  The Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk has satisfying the prosecutor's request and reduced Zarema Musaeva's custody term by three months, down to four years and nine months. The defence's arguments that there are no proofs of Musaeva's guilt in the case were ignored.

March 06, 2024 17:19

• Advocate claims protraction in reconsidering case of Dagestan journalist Gadjiev

  The appeal against the sentence of Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, was lodged back in September 2023, but the case hearing has not yet been scheduled, although the law prescribes to do it within two months, his advocate has stated.

March 06, 2024 16:50

• Residents of Southern Russia report pressure during detentions on the day of Navalny's funeral

  Activists from the cities of Sochi, Astrakhan and Vladikavkaz have informed that after they were detained while trying to lay flowers in memory of Navalny, they received warnings.

March 05, 2024 23:58

• Pensioner from Taganrog tells detention for flowers in Navalny's memory

  In the city of Taganrog, policemen detained Valentin Padalko, a pensioner and Category II disabled person, when he brought flowers to the memorial plaque for victims of political repressions. According to Valentin's story, law enforcers behaved rudely, but released him with a warning.

March 05, 2024 22:47

• Sources report losses among law enforcers during CTO in Karabulak

  During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Karabulak, five FSB officers were injured. A battle with suspected militants appeared to be long because the suspects turned an apartment into a fortress located on two floors, sources reported.

March 05, 2024 22:09

• Blogger Alibekov arrested for attacking law enforcer

  A court in Kazan has ruled to arrest for two months Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan and a blogger, who was detained on suspicion of using violence against a policeman. Before being sent to the SIZO (pre-trial prison), he stated that he had no money for an advocate.

March 05, 2024 21:36

• Relatives of contract soldier from Volgograd call to investigate his death

  Relatives of a Volgograd resident who perished in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine have received conflicting certificates about the cause of his death and demand an inquiry.

March 05, 2024 20:18

• POC checks Orlov's* custody conditions at SIZO

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for discrediting the Russian Army, has no complaints about his custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison, the Moscow Public Oversight Commission (POC) has stated.

March 05, 2024 15:10

• In Sochi, lawyers comment on ban on laying flowers at monument to victims of repression

  When commenting on the actions of the police who forbade a resident of Sochi from laying flowers at the monument to the victims of repression, lawyers have noted that laying flowers at monuments cannot be compared with throwing out household garbage in a wrong place, and the ban on holding such commemorative events violates the law.

March 04, 2024 21:55

• Film about helping victims of domestic violence in Caucasus included in “Artdocfest” programme

  The “Runaways” film by journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky is included in the programme of the “Artdocfest Online” documentary film festival.

March 04, 2024 18:59

• At least seven persons detained in cities of Southern Russia at rallies in memory of Alexei Navalny

  The police detained at least 105 people in Russian regions at rallies in memory of Alexei Navalny, including four in Astrakhan, two in Sochi, and one person in Vladikavkaz. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

March 04, 2024 18:31

• Deletions from Putin's speech stress Kadyrov's desire to please Muslims

  Ramzan Kadyrov has removed the approval of Judaists from Putin's speech so as not to cause discontent among Muslims amid the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, analysts have pointed out.

March 04, 2024 16:56

• Law enforcers prevent Sochi woman from laying flowers at monument to repressed people

  After Navalny's funeral, Sochi policemen did not allow a local woman to lay flowers at the monument to repression victims, stating that this was only allowed on the Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Repressions; and on other days it is treated as an administrative offence.

March 04, 2024 16:11

• Six people killed in shootout with law enforcers in Karabulak

  During a shootout in Karabulak, law enforcers have killed six militants, the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has reported. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been cancelled; the operative headquarters of Ingushetia has informed.

March 03, 2024 21:48

• Orlov's* advocate and wife tell about his custody conditions and health status at SIZO

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, has been placed under quarantine at the "Kapotnya" Moscow SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the custody conditions there can be treated as satisfactory, Oleg's wife and advocate have informed.

March 03, 2024 19:55

• Kadyrov censors Putin's address regarding Judaists

  While quoting President Putin's address to the Federal Assembly in his Telegram channel, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has censored the fragment, in which the Russian President mentioned in a positive way the militaries from among the followers of Judaism.

March 02, 2024 19:46

• Lawyers assess violations of Dagestani journalists’ rights by law enforcers

  Journalists from Dagestan Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov* request the authorities to bring law enforcers to responsibility for violating their rights during protest actions. Although the situations of Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov* are different, the law enforcers acted unlawfully in both cases, lawyers point out.