North-Caucasian Federal District

July 01, 2020 23:55

• Observers claim non-transparency of voting in Southern Russia

  Observers are not provided with access to the information concerning the voting, and people assigned to polling stations vote more than once or without presenting a passport, report activists from in the Krasnodar Territory, the Rostov Region, and Dagestan.

July 01, 2020 23:52

• Social network users criticize official data on voter turnout in Chechnya

  Instagram users post ironic comments concerning the information released by the Election Commission for Chechnya, according to which the republic registered the highest turnout in the Russian Federation during the voting on amendments to the Constitution. The Election Commission for Chechnya explained the active voting of local people by large-scale agitation campaign.

July 01, 2020 23:49

• Chechen public sector employees report coercion to voting

  In Chechnya, public sector employees claim that their chiefs require them to report with photos about the participation in the voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia.

July 01, 2020 23:46

• Residents of Chechnya criticize mass cut-off of gas for debtors

  In Chechnya, gas services conduct raids and cut off supply of gas for bad debtors. Instagram users explained large debts for gas by the poor situation after self-isolation.

July 01, 2020 16:40

• Dagestan: law enforcers accused of violence left under house arrest

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the decision of the first-instance court, which sent the two law enforcers detained for extorting and forcing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, to self-incriminate, under house arrest. After the decision of the first-instance about the house arrest of the law enforcers, the woman had to move to another residence, her advocate has stated.

July 01, 2020 11:02

• Law enforcers report four detainees after scuffle in Magas

  In the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, forced migrants from Chechnya recorded a video appeal to Russian President asking him to solve their housing problems.

July 01, 2020 10:59

• ECtHR appoints compensation to relatives of Dagestani who died after torture by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 98,000 euros of compensation to the relatives of Marat Satybalov, a resident of Dagestan, who died after being beaten up at some power body.

July 01, 2020 10:55

• Kadyrov's idea of Putin's lifelong presidency sparks disputes on Instagram

  The lifelong presidential term for Vladimir Putin proposed by the head of Chechnya is beneficial to Ramzan Kadyrov himself, some Instagram users believe. Their opponents have supported Kadyrov's idea claiming that Putin has no worthy alternative.

July 01, 2020 08:41

• "Mediazona" reports on deaths registration problem during pandemic in Northern Caucasus

  In the spring of 2020, the mortality in Southern Russia increased, but the official statistics on COVID-19 victims fails to explain this increase. Such statistics for Northern Caucasus during this period shows that some of the deaths were not registered, the "Mediazona" writes.

July 01, 2020 08:33

• Gay Lapunov treats HBO film about torturing homosexuals in Chechnya as realistic

  The documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" premiered in the USA shows precisely the persecution of people for their sexual orientation in this republic, Maxim Lapunov, the film hero, has stated.

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