UN subjected Russia to sharp criticism, for it took forced measures to return Chechen refugees home

May 01, 2024 23:41

• Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia

  At a request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the “Roskomnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Communications) has blocked access in Russia to the website of the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project.

May 01, 2024 22:47

• Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia

  A video has been posted on the Internet with an apology voiced by Olga Kasyanenko, a resident of Krasnodar, for speaking live about residents of Russia.

May 01, 2024 21:46

• Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case

  In Grozny, an investigator has interrogated Lena Patyaeva within the case of the murder of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by her relatives from Saint Petersburg and stopped communicating.

May 01, 2024 21:06

• Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary

  The apologies by Abu Banov, a member of the Board of Elders of Circassian People, for his words about Karachais were unlikely to be the result of coercion, as it happens in Chechnya, since forced apologies are not practiced in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), analysts have pointed out.

May 01, 2024 18:54

• On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 22 to 28, 2024, two policemen were killed and another was wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.