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22:50, 28 March 2024

Policeman from Krasnodar Territory fined for beating detainee

A court in the Krasnodar Territory has fined Evgeny Volkov, a policeman, by 50,000 roubles under the case of torturing Andrei Popov, who was detained on suspicion of theft.

Alyona Agafonova's arrest. Screenshot of a video by the "United Press", March 27, 2024 https://t.me/vlgsud/2010

22:19, 28 March 2024

Court extends arrest of blogger Alyona Agafonova

Alyona Agafonova, a blogger from Samara, accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory because of her video filmed near the monument "The Motherland is Calling!" has been left in custody until June 19.

Alisher Kasimov. Photo by the Moscow City Court

22:16, 28 March 2024

Court arrests eighth suspect accused in case on terror act at Crocus City Hall

A court in Moscow arrested Alisher Kasimov, a native of Kyrgyzstan, on the charge of involvement in organizing the terror act at the Crocus City Hall.

Askhabali Alibekov's detention. Photo by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Krasnodar Territory

22:13, 28 March 2024

Blogger Alibekov remains under arrest in Kazan

In Tatarstan, the court of appeal upheld the decision to arrest Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, suspected of using violence against a policeman.

Removal of debris at the Crocus City Hall. Photo: Mchs.gov.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org

22:03, 28 March 2024

Attack on Crocus City Hall highlights issue of state assistance to victims of terror acts

In Russia, the status of victims of terror acts should be legislated and state assistance should be guaranteed to them, human rights defenders claim after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. According to the human rights defenders, the authorities still do not provide full-scale assistance to the victims of the terror act in Beslan and the militant attack on Nalchik.

Screenshot of a video of the awarding of “Akhmat” fighters, published on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel t.me/RKadyrov_95/4615

23:47, 27 March 2024

Awards for capture of terrorists brighten image of “Akhmat” regiment

A report on the awarding of “Akhmat” fighters for the detention of the suspects accused of committing the terror act at the Crocus City Hall looks like an attempt to artificially increase the importance of the Chechen military unit. That has been noted by military experts interviewed.

Flowers laid to the monument to the victims of political repressions. Volgograd, October 28, 2023. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:35, 27 March 2024

Volgograd TV channel organizes persecution of Alexei Navalny’s supporters

In Volgograd, a local TV channel has disclosed the names of people who brought flowers to the monument to the victims of political repressions in memory of Alexei Navalny, calling them potential “saboteurs.”

Igor Nagavkin. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:49, 27 March 2024

Rights defender Nagavkin claims contradictions in testimonies of prosecution witnesses

Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, has asked the court to pay attention to contradictions in witnesses' testimonies about the time of the incident in the cell. The judge refused to add his motion to the case files.

16:51, 27 March 2024

Analysts treat Akhmat Kadyrov's idea of Chechen censorship in social networks as absurd

Officials cannot define behaviour norms for the Chechen society, since they are formed by the society itself; and the search for social network users, whose actions and statements contradict the Chechens' mentality, will lead to mass repressions with forced apologies, analysts are sure.

The Crocus City Hall after the fire. Moscow, March 24, 2024. Photo: Mosreg.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org

14:49, 27 March 2024

Schoolchildren in Southern Russia frightened by offers to commit terror acts

Teenagers from different country regions, including from Southern Russia, are massively receiving offers in instant messengers from unknown persons to commit terror acts, Ekaterina Mizulina, the director of the Safe Internet League, has reported.

Law enforcers enter the Church of Archangel Mikhail in Grozny after it was attacked by the terrorists on May 19, 2018. Screenshot of the video published on the YouTube channel "Akhtuba" on May 19, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSpvypvCes

23:13, 26 March 2024

Analysts dispute on risks of IS'* intensifying in Northern Caucasus

After the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, in Northern Caucasus, there is a risk of intensification of militants of the IS*, although no terror acts on civilians have not been observed there since 2018. This was noted by Sergey Goncharov, a veteran of special services, and Andrei Koshkin, a military expert.

Flowers and candles lit in memory of the victims of the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. Photo: rostov-gorod.ru. https://www.dg-yug.ru/news/20132389.html

20:26, 26 March 2024

Residents of Southern Russia commemorate victims of terror act at Crocus City Hall

Cities of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) have hosted actions in memory of the victims of the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, involving thousands of people.

The Crocus City Hall after the terror act. Screenshot of the video published on the Baza Telegram channel https://t.me/bazabazon/26287

19:40, 26 March 2024

Attack on Crocus City Hall surpasses Dubrovka terror act in death toll

More people perished in the terror act at the Crocus City Hall than in the one committed in 2002 at the Dubrovka Theatre Centre; it follows from the official data on the death toll.

Igor Nagavkin at the Leninsky City Court of the Volgograd Region. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:27, 26 March 2024

Human rights defender Nagavkin stops his hunger strike, SIZO reports

Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin has stopped his hunger strike, reports a spokesperson for the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Leninsk.

The European Court of Human Rights building. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-88hSwHudE

17:17, 26 March 2024

ECtHR finds violations of protesters' rights in Ingushetia and Krasnodar Territory

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensations to a Magas protester in March 2019, and to seven activists from the Krasnodar Territory.

Jens Stoltenberg. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:18, 25 March 2024

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 18-24, 2024

Villages of discord, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, mourning in the Caucasus for those killed in Moscow, NATO Secretary General’s visit to Southern Caucasus, 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 18-24, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Shooting at the Crocus City Hall. Screenshot of the video taken by an eyewitness and posted on the Baza Telegram channel https://t.me/bazabazon/26275

21:48, 25 March 2024

Version about involvement of IS* in terror act at Crocus City Hall gets more grounds

Statements about the responsibility of the “ISIS-Khorasan”* for the terror act committed at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region seem to be proved by the FSB report released two weeks before the above-mentioned terror act concerning the prevention of an attack on a Moscow synagogue that was being prepared by militants of the same armed grouping.

Vladimir Atamanchuk. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:17, 25 March 2024

Activist Atamanchuk complains about law enforcer's actions in Sochi

Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi activist, has sent an application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in which he accused the head of the Lazarevskoye ROVD (District Interior Division), who had ordered to detain him, of exceeding his official duties.

17:59, 25 March 2024

Dagestani resident fined 5000 roubles for kidnapping a girl

In Makhachkala, a court closed a criminal case instituted against local resident Gadjimurad Gadjimuradov, accused of kidnapping his acquaintance.

17:16, 25 March 2024

Kadyrov claims attempts to kindle national enmity

In his comment on the terror act committed at the Crocus City Hall, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has accused false patriots and Western special agencies of trying to incite national hatred.

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