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March 08, 2024 20:30

• Kadyrov: law enforcers check relatives of militants killed in Ingushetia

  Chechen law enforcers have checked in the republic the relatives of the militants killed during the counterterrorist operation in Karabulak, Ramzan Kadyrov announces.

March 08, 2024 19:37

• Unofficial events become tradition to commemorate victims of deportation of Balkars

  Balkar activists applied to hold a rally in memory of the victims of deportation, but the authorities invited them to join and take part in events of the official Remembrance Day.

March 08, 2024 18:45

• Woman from Maykop accused of collaborating with Ukraine

  The court has arrested a Maykop woman for cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). She promised to collect information and discussed the transfer of her relative to the side of Ukraine, the press service of the Department for Adygea of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) has reported.

March 08, 2024 16:22

• Relatives of those missing in North Ossetia don't let society forget about disappearances

  The mother of Anna Tsomartova, an athlete from North Ossetia, who disappeared in Kaspiysk, has achieved a law enforcers' response to demands to check the actions of the press secretary of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

March 07, 2024 23:19

• Court approves refusal of claim against Makhachkala police filed by journalist Idris Yusupov*

  The court of appeal upheld the decision of the Makhachkala court, which dismissed a complaint filed by journalist Idris Yusupov* about his detention by the police during protests against mobilization.

March 07, 2024 22:31

• Human rights defenders recognize Oleg Orlov* as political prisoner

  Oleg Orlov* has been sentenced in a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Army because of his human rights activities, suggests the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”. The human rights defenders demanded from the authorities to release Oleg Orlov*.

March 07, 2024 20:24

• Human rights defenders claim no evidence of guilt in Musaeva’s case

  In Pyatigorsk, the cassation court commuted the sentence of Zarema Musaeva, although the verdict should have been cancelled, as her guilt had not been proven, human rights defenders point out. The sentence was imposed by adding the sentences under two criminal articles, an advocate noted.

March 07, 2024 18:05

• Twenty-two teenagers get registered after riots at Makhachkala Airport

  After the anti-Semitic action and riots that occurred at the "Uitash" Airport, 22 teenagers were registered with the juvenile affairs division, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

March 07, 2024 17:34

• Prisoner achieves compensation for conditions in Volgograd colony

  The Volgograd Regional Court has upheld the decision to pay compensation to prisoner, Evgeny Ulanov, who had complained about violation of custody conditions in the colony.

March 07, 2024 17:12

• Experts assess chances of cancelling Zhuravel's sentence due version of burning Koran's interpretation

  The appellate instance may review Nikita Zhuravel's sentence if it is confirmed that he had burned down not the Koran, but a translation of Koran's ideas; however, if he had intentionally insulted believers' feelings, no verdict is likely, experts have pointed out.

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.