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Screenshot of a video about the release of a Belarusian resident from labour slavery near the city of Kaspiysk https://t.me/Rodnoy_05/6482

17:48, 27 January 2024

Dagestani authorities get interested in case of labour slavery

The head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has ordered to conduct a check after a video appeared in social networks about the release of a Belarusian resident from labour slavery near the city of Kaspiysk.

A Chechen family. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

06:35, 27 January 2024

Report of Chechnya's Muftiate on families' reunification sparks local residents' scepticism

The data on the reunification of 6000 families, announced by the Muftiate of Chechnya, looks inflated; and the clergy's role in this process is exaggerated, local residents believe.

A meeting of the state Duma. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

22:53, 26 January 2024

State Duma adopts Kadyrov's amendments to law on extremist materials

The Russian State Duma MPs have approved the amendments to the law on countering extremism, suggested by the Chechen Parliament at Ramzan Kadyrov's initiative. The bill, the alleged aim thereof is to protect religious literature from unjustified bans, was adopted despite the initial critical conclusion of the State Duma legal department.

Boris Nadezhdin. Photo: twitter.com/borbornad

21:15, 26 January 2024

Activists link low number of signatures for presidential candidate Nadezhdin in Northern Caucasus with fear of persecution

Law enforcers have summoned the head of Boris Nadezhdin's electoral office in Ingushetia for a conversation; the signature collectors from Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have stated that there was no pressure on them.

Chechen militaries in a combined military detachment. Screenshot of a video posted by the Grozny TV channel on January 22, 2024, https://t.me/groznytv/21343

18:49, 26 January 2024

Policemen from Chechnya forcibly sent to SMO zone, human rights defenders believe

Employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) sent to the special military operation zone in a combined military detachment have hardly left for Ukraine by their own will, but their refusal could lead to persecution of them and their relatives, human rights defenders believe.

Marina Yandieva. Screenshot from the Telegram channel of the “SK SOS Crisis Group” (included into the register of foreign agents)

16:47, 26 January 2024

Marina Yandieva leaves Russia after fleeing domestic violence in Ingushetia

Marina Yandieva, a native of Ingushetia, who fled domestic violence, is safe outside Russia, human rights defenders report.

Police officers. Photo: Nikolay Khizhnyak / Yugopolis

14:21, 26 January 2024

In Krasnodar and Volgograd, supporters of presidential candidate Nadezhdin face law enforcers' opposition

In Krasnodar, a signature collector for the presidential candidate, Boris Nadezhdin, has spent several hours in police custody. In Volgograd, a café director called the police when several activists came to his café to have lunch.

Vyacheslav Yaschenko, screenshot of a video by the “Radio KP Volgograd” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISACHkyE6c&t=585s

23:38, 25 January 2024

Masked men intimidate family of "Caucasian Knot" journalist

Unknown persons in masks, introducing themselves as "veterans", tried to break down the door to the apartment of Vyacheslav Yaschenko, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, after which they turned off electricity on the entire house floor. When they arrived, only the journalist's wife was at home; and she called the police.

A school building in the village of Shinaz. Screenshot of a TV report by Murad Magomedov https://t.me/muradreporter/582

22:17, 25 January 2024

Melikov angered by critical report on federal TV channel about Dagestani school

Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan, has claimed that the report of a Dagestani journalist about a dilapidated school building in the village of Shinaz, released on the federal TV channel, is biased. The leader of the republic has emphasized that he has been monitoring the situation with the school for two years already.

Elena Menchikova at the court. Screenshot of the website containing information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* in Russia (Russian organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses are recognized as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court's decision)

21:14, 25 January 2024

Court in Cherkessk refuses to sentence Jehovah's Witnesses* to real prison term

By the outcomes of cassation and retrial of her case by the first-instance court, Elena Menchikova, a Jehovah's Witness* from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), was sentenced to 4.5 years of (conditional imprisonment (probation), contrary to the prosecutor's demand for five years of real imprisonment.

A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis

17:31, 25 January 2024

Kizilyurt resident with many children sentenced to suspended imprisonment for connections with militants

In Kizilyurt, a court found local resident Zulfiya Dengalova guilty of participating in an illegal armed formation (IAF) in Syria. Taking into account her repentance and the fact that the woman is raising four children alone, the court sentenced her to suspended imprisonment for five years.

The Armavir SIZO (pre-trial prison). Photo: http://prezident.org/

15:25, 25 January 2024

SIZO bosses reject Melikhova's statement about custody conditions

The administration of the Armavir SIZO (pre-trial prison) has denied the problem with heating in the cells, which Marina Melikhova complained about, her defence has reported.

Irina Skorovarova. Screenshot https://www.memopzk.org/figurant/skorovarova-irina-anatolevna recognized as a foreign agent

23:58, 24 January 2024

Rights defenders recognize Irina Skorovarova as political prisoner

For her pacifist position, Irina Skorovarova, a resident of the city of Taganrog, is accused of discrediting the Russian Army, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has informed demanding to stop her criminal case.

Mikhail Matveev. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/matveevkomment/6713

22:19, 24 January 2024

State Duma MP apologizes after Kadyrov's anger

Ramzan Kadyrov has proposed to "kick out" Mikhail Matveev, an MP, from the State Duma after his statement that authorities were bending "before the Islamic factor," and warned about the threat of intra-Russian conflicts with Muslims. After this, the above MP recorded a video with an apology, explaining that he had meant supporters of the radical Islam and the "shaitans" already defeated in Chechnya.

Natalia Dorozhnova. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:59, 24 January 2024

Court fines Volgograd pensioner again for discrediting Russian Army

For the second time this year, Natalia Dorozhnova, a pensioner and a Volgograd activist, has been found guilty of discrediting the Russian Army. The court has obliged her to pay a fine of 30,000 roubles.

Elena Menchikova at the court. Screenshot of the website containing information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* in Russia

18:18, 24 January 2024

Prosecutor demands five years in colony for believer from Cherkessk

Following the retrial of her case by the court, Elena Menchikova, a Jehovah's Witness*, should be sentenced to five years in penal colony, the prosecutor has demanded. The woman has rejected the accusations of extremism and called on the court to be impartial, the human rights project "OVD-Info"** has informed.

Idris Yusupov (included into the register of foreign agents) at a picket in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft) on January 23, 2024 https://t.me/chernovik/66709

16:13, 24 January 2024

Journalist Idris Yusupov* claims attempted provocation at picket in Makhachkala

An unidentified man with a sheet of paper in his hands tried to stand next to Idris Yusupov*, who was holding a solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and the journalist had to stop his protest action.

Ingush activists in the courtroom. Photo: https://fortanga.org

23:17, 23 January 2024

Defence of Ingush activists challenges verdict in court of cassation

In their cassation appeal, advocates of convicts claimed that the court of appeal had committed serious violations when considering the case against the Ingush oppositionists and that should become the basis for cancellation of the verdict.

Vladimir Atamanchuk, 2018. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

22:56, 23 January 2024

Activist Atamanchuk treats case on defamation as fabricated

At a court hearing in a case on defamation instituted against Vladimir Atamanchuk, the judge dismissed all the motions filed by the defence; and the activist called the case a politically motivated falsification.

Marina Melikhova. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfX7E6Lt4Zo

22:11, 23 January 2024

Activist Marina Melikhova complains about custody conditions at SIZO

Marina Melikhova, an activist, convicted of discrediting Russian militaries, has complained about the problems with heating at the SIZO-2 (pre-trial prison) in Armavir.

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