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19:26, 16 April 2023

Volgograd contract serviceman denied hospitalization again

Alexei, a participant in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who was diagnosed with a number of serious illnesses, was again denied hospitalization.

Amir Bokov. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Zvezda" (Star) TV channel https://t.me/zvezdanews/115680

19:21, 16 April 2023

Remorseful video released of Amir Bokov, suspected of attacking law enforcers in Ingushetia

Amir Bokov, a resident of Ingushetia, who surrendered to law enforcers after a shootout in Zyazikov-Yurt, has explained in the video that after realizing the fallacy of his actions, he voluntarily came to the police so that there would be no new killings of law enforcers.

Law enforcers. Photo: https://gazetaingush.ru/news/odin-chelovek-ubit-v-hode-kto-v-ingushetii

19:12, 16 April 2023

Head of Ingushetia reports about four persons killed by law enforcers in CTO

Four people were killed and two more were detained during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Malgobek District, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Ingushetia, has announced.

A still of the video about the burning of the Koran in Moscow. Screenshot of the video from the account rusfoines9v on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@rusfoines9v/video/7221832947689606405

15:15, 16 April 2023

Kadyrov reports on check of video of burning Koran in Moscow

Chechen experts, jointly with the FSB and the Moscow Mayoralty, are establishing the author of the video about the burning of the Koran near the White Lake, Ramzan Kadyrov has reported, emphasizing his personal participation in this check.

Tatiana Zakharova. Screenshot of the video https://vk.com/video-166763856_456239127

23:57, 15 April 2023

Activist from Krasnodar complains about rights restriction due to absence of passport

Tatiana Zakharova, an activist from Krasnodar, has complained that, due to the absence of a passport, which she has not had for almost two years, her rights are seriously limited, in particular, she cannot get registered at a hospital and fill out a report from the NGO she leads.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru

23:18, 15 April 2023

Kadyrov's words failed to stop price rise on the eve of Eid al-Fitr

The prices for a number of imported foodstuffs are rising on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, despite the statements of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who compared the entrepreneurs, who had inflated prices, with drug dealers, local residents have stated.

A law enforcer. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru

23:14, 15 April 2023

Law enforcers seize laptop and flash drive from the employees of TaT*

At the Pyatigorsk office of the Team against Torture (TaT)*, law enforcers have taken away a laptop and a USB flash drive. They explained the need for the search by a case initiated in North Ossetia.

Abubakar Rizvanov, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev (from left to right) in the courtroom, June 1, 2012. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:09, 15 April 2023

Court extends arrest of defendants in case of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

The term of arrest of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, and Kemal Tambiev, who have been in custody for about four years on the charges of financing terrorism, has been extended by other three months.

The house in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt where alleged militants were hiding. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Izvestiya" on April 8, 2023, https://t.me/izvestia/127602

22:15, 15 April 2023

Officials ignore complaints from residents of Ingush village of Zyazikov-Yurt about damage caused by CTO

None of the officials examined the houses of residents of the Zyazikov-Yurt village, which were damaged during a shootout between law enforcers and suspected militants on April 5. The villagers were hiding in cellars of their houses during all night, an owner of one of the damaged houses said.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX via Wikimedia Commons

18:15, 15 April 2023

ECtHR awards compensation to Krasnodar activist for his detention

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered the authorities of Russia to pay 4000 euros to Krasnodar activist Stanislav Chepachenko, who was detained in 2018, despite the Russia’s refusal to comply with the decisions pronounced by the ECtHR.

22:47, 14 April 2023

Resident of Buynaksk fined under article about discrediting Russian Army

The Buynaksk City Court has imposed a fine on Magomed Saidbekov, a local resident, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

22:22, 14 April 2023

Court awards compensations to two Nalchik townspeople for torture at police

The Nalchik City Court has obliged three convicted policemen to pay 150,000 and 300,000 roubles, to Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik, respectively, who claimed that they had been tortured. The victims disagree with the amount of compensations, Mr Knyazev has stated.

The United Nations Office. Photo: https://www.un.org

22:14, 14 April 2023

Rights defenders send report on human rights violations in Chechnya and Dagestan to UN

Human rights organizations have sent a report to the UN on the deteriorating of the human rights situation in Northern Caucasus and described cases of persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya and Dagestan.

The house where the suspected militants were hiding. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Izvestiya" on April 8, 2023, https://t.me/izvestia/127602

18:58, 14 April 2023

Lawyers confirm Ingush woman’s right to compensation after CTO

The authorities are required by law to compensate for damages to a woman from the village of Zyazikov-Yurt, whose house was damaged during a counterterrorist operation, but to assess the damage, the woman needs to go to court, lawyers note.

Alan Khasiev. Screenshot of the video on his Telegram channel https://t.me/vizovvremeni/2612

18:41, 14 April 2023

Blogger from North Ossetia fined for discrediting Russian army

Alan Khasiev, a blogger from North Ossetia, was fined for a video posted on the social media.

Nikolai Bogoslavsky. Photo: https://cdn-anapach.storage.yandexcloud.net/uploads/2023/04/222.jpg

19:37, 13 April 2023

Pastor from Anapa convicted under article about undesirable organization

The court sentenced Nikolai Bogoslavsky, the Pastor of the Evangelical Church of Christ the Saviour in Anapa, to a year in colony under the article on cooperation with an undesirable organization.

A rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ * included in the list of Russian foreign agents

19:24, 13 April 2023

ECtHR awards compensations to nine detainees at rally in Magas

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found violations in considering the cases of nine residents of Ingushetia detained at the venue of a rally in Magas in 2019.

Rinat Kiramov and Sergey Korolyov. Screenshot from a website containing information about criminal cases against Russian Jehovah's Witnesses*

19:16, 13 April 2023

Astrakhan Region: prosecutor demands eight years in colony for three Jehovah's Witnesses*

Rinat Kiramov, Sergey Korolyov, and Sergey Kosyanenko, the Jehovah's Witnesses*, whose case is being considered by the Akhtubinsky District Court, are under threat of long freedom deprivation terms under the charges of extremism. The prosecutor has demanded eight years in colony for each of them.

The police detains Timur Idalov. Screenshot of the video by the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow, https://t.me/skmoscowgsu/1803

19:01, 13 April 2023

Advocate Timur Idalov detained in Moscow

The police reported about the detention of a Moscow advocate in a case on a threat of violence to a public officer during a court session. Timur Idalov, representing the interests of the Belkharoev family in the case on the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre “E”), was detained, and a search was conducted in the Timur Idalov’s house.

A law enforcer. Photo: https://chechnyatoday.com/

18:51, 13 April 2023

Human rights defenders warn against hasty conclusions about detainee in Chechnya

The statement of Ramzan Kadyrov concerning connections of a detainee in Chechnya with Ingush militants is not enough to consider a person a member of the armed underground, human rights defender point out.

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