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March 20, 2024 19:17

• Kadyrov's son orders to search for violators of Chechen traditions in social networks

  By the order of the son of the head of Chechnya, the servants of republic's the Ministry for Youth Matters are instructed to look for the social network users, whose actions are against the Chechens' culture and mentality in order to properly educate them.

March 20, 2024 18:25

• Krasnodar resident, convicted for fakes about Russian Army, deprived of Russian citizenship

  The police has sent to Alexander Somryakov, a Krasnodar resident, sentenced to six years of freedom deprivation for spreading fakes about the Russian Army, a notification about the termination of his Russian citizenship, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

March 20, 2024 17:59

• Prosecutor demands three years for Taganrog woman for discrediting Russian Army

  The prosecutor has demanded to sentence Irina Skorovarova, a resident of the city of Taganrog, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, to three years in a colony-settlement. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"* with reference to Sergey Kovalevich, an advocate.

March 20, 2024 17:30

• Activists treat situation with voting irregularities in Southern Russia as catastrophic

  There was practically no independent monitoring at the polling stations, but it appeared to be possible to record more than 160 violations in Southern Russia, noted activists of the “Golos” (Vote) movement*. They questioned both the final numbers of the votes gained by presidential candidates and the turnout data.

March 19, 2024 23:56

• Law enforcers detain Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk

  The police detained activist Vladimir Atamanchuk in Sochi and demanded from him to follow them to a police department.

March 19, 2024 22:51

• Sochi woman placed under house arrest for damaging ballot papers

  A court in Sochi has placed a 62-year-old woman under house arrest until May 15, accusing her of an attempt to spoil ballots with some dye.

March 19, 2024 21:58

• Family of Khavazh Derbichev, resident of Ingushetia, treats his verdict of financing terrorism as reprisal

  The guilt of Khavazh Derbichev, a Malgobek resident, sentenced to 15.5 years within the case of financing terrorism, has not been proven; Khavazh himself and the case witness gave the testimonies obtained by law enforcers under torture, Derbichev's father and his advocate have stated.

March 19, 2024 21:56

• Analysts comment on involvement of Palestinian refugees in election in Northern Caucasus

  The emphasis on the participation of Palestinian refugees in the Russian presidential election in Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia was made by decision of the Kremlin, a human rights defender and an expert on the Caucasus are sure.

March 19, 2024 19:17

• Ingush activists treat enforcers' warnings as form of pressure

  The activists who have served their sentences within the case of the rally in Magas have linked the law enforcers' increased attention with the anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation and the presidential election. However, the pressure continues all the time after release, and former convicts are unable to get a job in state bodies, the activist assert.

March 19, 2024 17:57

• Election commissions report more than 85% for Vladimir Putin in Southern Russia amid complaints of violations

  In the regions of Southern Russia, Vladimir Putin gets the most votes – 99.28% – in Chechnya. The least number of votes was recorded in the Astrakhan Region, where, according to election commissions, 86.67% voted for the current head of state, reports the information released by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC).

March 18, 2024 23:20

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 11-17, 2024

  Presidential election voting in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan continue, new drone attacks, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 11-17, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

March 18, 2024 22:38

• Dagestani native Murtazaliev’s defence alarmed by his transfer to SIZO

  Omar Murtazaliev, a native of Dagestan, was transferred from a penal colony in the Kurgan Region to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Shadrinsk without any explanations. His defender suggests that law enforcers likely intend to question Omar Murtazaliev as a witness or incriminate him with a new crime.

March 18, 2024 21:15

• Sochi resident fined for discrediting Russian Army after his post in memory of Navalny

  Jean-Michel Otelli was fined 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The Adler District Court of Sochi found an offense in reposting a publication about the Alexei Navalny’s death with a call to come to the polling stations on March 17.

March 18, 2024 20:32

• Pressure on observers and ballot stuffing fixed in Southern Russia

  In the Southern Federal District (SFD), on the third day of voting at presidential election, complaints were recorded about ballot stuffing, violation of voting secrecy, and an attack on an observer. According to the "Map of Election Violations" project, a total of 142 violations were reported.

March 18, 2024 19:28

• Document released on punishment of SIZO employees after beating up Nikita Zhuravel for burning Koran

  Employees of the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison), where Adam Kadyrov had beaten Nikita Zhuravel up, were punished after a check, the document posted in the "Baza" Telegram channel has informed.

March 18, 2024 17:43

• Voters in NCFD complain about being forced to vote

  In Chechnya, a state servant has told about forced participation in the so-called "carousels," and a voter from the Stavropol Territory complained about the demand of his company bosses to vote for a specific candidate.

March 17, 2024 22:49

• 123 election violations recorded in Southern Russia

  In Southern Russia, the number of violations fixed at the presidential election has reached at least 123, including 114 in the Southern Federal District (SFD) and nine in the North- Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the "Caucasian Knot" has calculated based on the data from the "Map of Election Violations" project.

March 17, 2024 21:54

• Observers claim obstacles to election monitoring in Krasnodar Territory

  At least three cases of obstructing the work of observers and one case of pressure on a member of the election commission were recorded on the second day of voting in the Krasnodar Territory.

March 17, 2024 21:14

• Makhachkala resident fears for his safety after arrest

  Mukhammed Djambulatov, a resident of Dagestan, who was arrested after laying flowers at the memorial to Alexei Navalny, intends to appeal against his arrest, but fears further persecution after law enforcers' threats.

March 17, 2024 19:09

• Voters report violations of campaigning rules in regions of North-Caucasian Federal District

  A portrait of a presidential candidate at a polling station and publications in his support were spotted in Chechnya after voting began at presidential election. In the Stavropol Territory, a senior official urged residents to vote for a specific candidate, voters have informed.