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The reasons behind the denial of entry into Georgia relate to specific individuals, and reports of mass denials of entry to people from Chechnya and other regions of the North Caucasus are exaggerated, participants in discussions on Facebook* suggested.

Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist from Chechnya, has noted that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had found only one obvious violation in his case. If the ECtHR had considered the case before Russia in 2022 refused to enforce its decisions, the judges might have considered the materials in more detail, he has added.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the treatment of Zhalaudi Geriev during the trial at the Shali District Court to be degrading and awarded him compensation of EUR 7500, his advocate Nadezhda Ermolaeva has informed.

Zhalaudi Geriev, a former "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, intends to appeal against the decision of Georgian border guards, who refused to let him into the country.

According to a complaint sent to the European Court, the threats that Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, and his colleagues received in 2019, resulted from the Ramzan Kadyrov’s call to punish authors of gossips about Chechnya.

Experts have confirmed the version of Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, that she had not taken narcotic drugs. The girl's arrest in Chechnya was extended until mid-August.

Russia witnesses a growth of the number of political prisoners, including from the regions of Northern Caucasus, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has noted in its report. Among those recognized as political prisoners are the Chechen human rights defender, Oyub Titiev, the journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", Zhalaudi Geriev, and the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

The Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation made a decision to allocate 100,000 roubles to relatives of 22 journalists, who were killed during combat actions in Chechnya, announced the leader of the republic on the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty. The Ramzan Kadyrov's statement was voiced amid the persecution of people who made public cases of human rights violations in Chechnya.

The Prosecutor's Office found no violations in the eighth investigator's refusal to investigate the kidnapping of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in Chechnya. The journalist himself doubts that any checks were carried out at all on the complaint about his kidnapping.

Only 18% of respondents consider falsification of drug possession cases to be rare incidents, the "Levada Centre" releases the results of its survey after criminal prosecutions of Moscow journalist Ivan Golunov and activists in Northern Caucasus.

Colleagues of Ivan Golunov, a "Meduza" journalist, detained in Moscow on suspicion of drug dealing, associate his persecution with his professional activities.

On September 5, 2016, Chechen journalist Zhalaudi Geriev, working for the 'Caucasian Knot', was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony on charges of drug possession. Prior to his arrest, on April 16, 2016, Geriev was kidnapped by armed men on his way to the airport after he had already bought an airline ticket and registered online. After kidnapping law enforcers confiscated his phones and backpack, which allegedly contained drugs. The armed men then took the journalist to the forest and questioned him, tying his hands and putting a plastic bag over his head.

Zhalaudi Geriev is a Chechen journalist and a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot". On September 5, 2016, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment on the charge of drug possession. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" recognized Zhalaudi Geriev as a political prisoner.