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Nikita Zhuravel at a court. Photo: SOTAvision included into the register of foreign agents

19:28, 18 March 2024

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.

17:43, 18 March 2024

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.

A bundle of ballots in a ballot box at a polling station in Krasnodar. Screenshot of the video published on the website of the "Map of Election Violations" project on March 16, 2024 https://www.kartanarusheniy.org/messages

22:49, 17 March 2024

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.

A polling station in the Krasnodar Territory. Screenshot of a video published by the "Krasnodar" TV channel on March 15, 2024 https://tvkrasnodar.ru/tv/

21:54, 17 March 2024

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.

A portrait of Alexei Navalny. Screenshot of a video https://www.bbc.com/russian/media-68326019

21:14, 17 March 2024

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.

Voting at a polling station. Screenshot of a video posted by the election committee of the North Ossetia https://t.me/ikrso15

19:09, 17 March 2024

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.

Voting in the Stavropol Territory. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the election committee in the Stavropol Territory on March 15, 2024 https://t.me/stavkray_izbirkom/2713

14:16, 17 March 2024

In Stavropol Territory, law enforcers' actions disrupt monitoring on election eve

After reports about searches of the homes of the Stavropol activists who had collected signatures in support of Boris Nadezhdin, some observers failed to find themselves on the lists; and a number of activists refused due to fear of persecution. Voters often entered the polling station in Stavropol where the exit poll was held in groups, activists have informed.

Election voting. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:57, 16 March 2024

Observers in Krasnodar report serious pressure

In Krasnodar, election observers have faced pressure exerted on them via their families or employers; therefore they were forced to reduce their presence time at polling stations.

Portrait of Putin hang near the ballot box in the Nekhaevskaya village. Screenshot of the photo posted on Galina Bratashova's page on the VKontakte on March 15, 2024 https://vk.com/id414606567?z=photo414606567_457239111%2Fphoto_feed414606567

23:16, 16 March 2024

Obstacles to observers and violations of campaigning rules fixed in Southern Federal District

In the Krasnodar Territory, election observers complained of violations during mobile voting and obstacles with their work at polling stations. In the Volgograd Region, portraits of the incumbent president hang at five polling stations.

The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

21:15, 16 March 2024

In Kabardino-Balkaria, court refuses to cancel fine imposed on Tamerlan Ivanov for pacifist inscription on his backpack

Tamerlan Ivanov, a resident of Nalchik, who was found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces with a pacifist inscription on his backpack, challenged the fine, but the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has refused to cancel the punishment.

18:49, 16 March 2024

In Rostov Region, Telegram channel administrator fined for discrediting Russian Army

In the Rostov Region, a court sentenced Vladislav Kovalyov to a fine, recognizing posts on his Telegram channel as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

A rally in memory of Alexei Navalny. Screenshot of a video https://ru.euronews.com/2024/02/16/nalany-death-people-reax

17:17, 16 March 2024

Makhachkala resident claims being beaten by police and arrested after action in memory of Navalny

After the detention, law enforcers beat Makhachkala resident Mukhammed Djambulatov, who laid flowers at a spontaneous memorial to Alexei Navalny, and forced him to refuse a medical examination, which resulted in his arrest for 11 days.

A polling station in Volgograd. Photo https://volgograd-trv.ru

23:42, 15 March 2024

Volgograd activists call presidential election a democracy game

The local offices of presidential candidates actually did not work; and the candidates themselves, who visited Volgograd, conducted extremely careful campaigning, without criticizing authorities and without raising sensitive topics, a journalist has noted, also telling about obstacles when visiting polling stations.

Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru/monitorings/oleg-orlov-v-sovete-pri-prezidente-sidyat-te-samye-inostrannye-agenty-kotoryh included into the register of foreign agents

23:13, 15 March 2024

Rights defender Oleg Orlov* received offer to go to Ukraine

The 70-year-old human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, sentenced to freedom deprivation for his pacifist position, has received an offer at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept, to take part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

A meeting of the leader of North Ossetia with the teenagers who recorded the video and their parents. Screenshot of the video posted on the Instagram page "chp_beslan" (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia)

22:47, 15 March 2024

Leader of North Ossetia prevents public outcry after teenagers’ jokes about SMO

The authorities of North Ossetia publicly reprimanded parents of the teenagers, who recorded a comic video about the special military operation (SMO), in order to defuse the situation and prevent attacks by SMO supporters on their children or on the parents themselves, bloggers believe.

Law enforcers, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

19:17, 15 March 2024

In Stavropol Territory, law enforcers come to search apartments of Nadezhdin’s supporters

Officers of the Centre to Combat Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre “E”) in the Stavropol Territory have been conducting searches for several days now at the apartments of the activists who were collecting signatures in support of the nomination of Boris Nadezhdin as a presidential candidate.

Banner on a house in the village of Kabardinka. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxTAf-fwcZ4&t=44s

17:47, 15 March 2024

Lawsuits to declare housing illegal become tool of political pressure in Gelendzhik

Residents of the village of Kabardinka Anna Gubanova and Anna Charochidi request investigators to check the actions of the local officials who are trying to recognize their houses as illegal buildings. The women and their families are at risk of being left on the streets after participating in the elections.

15:55, 15 March 2024

Pyatigorsk resident detained for post in support of Navalny

Policemen have been holding Roman Mirkin, a Pyatigorsk resident, for the second day, accusing him of displaying prohibited symbols in his personal correspondence on the Telegram. Mirkin had also placed posts in support of Alexei Navalny in social networks, human rights defenders have informed.

23:35, 14 March 2024

SIZO bosses ignore seven-day hunger strike of human rights defender Nagavkin

The prosecutor's office and the court were notified by his sister about the hunger strike of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, who has been rejecting food at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk for a week already, although the law obliges SIZO bosses to report about detainees' refusal to take meals.

Arsen Abdulkadirov. Screenshot https://chernovik.net/news/vas-zakroyut-v-ivs-maksimum-na-dva-dnya-potom-otpustyat

22:56, 14 March 2024

Dagestan: court rules to arrest a law enforcer within torture case

Arsen Abdulkadirov, a former deputy head of the criminal investigation division of the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, has been arrested until April 21 within the case of torture and causing death by negligence, the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has informed.

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