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18:53, 31 March 2023

Astrakhan citizen sentenced in case on incitement to extremism

In the Astrakhan Region, a court has pronounced a real sentence to a man whose posts on the social media were considered by the law enforcement bodies to be calls for violence against public officers.

16:42, 31 March 2023

Blogger Adam Khamchiev, who criticized officials, beaten up in Ingushetia

Adam Khamchiev, a blogger, who criticized officials, was hospitalized after several unidentified men attacked and beat him in Malgobek.

A correctional colony. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

15:18, 31 March 2023

Resident of Stavropol Territory achieves compensation for illegal stay in colony

The Stavropol Territorial Court has partially satisfied the lawsuit lodged by Sergey Kalashnikov, who demanded a million roubles from the state for being kept in a colony with a serious illness for more than a year. Kalashnikov was awarded 30,000 roubles.

The Fifth Court of Cassation in the city of Pyatigorsk. Photo: https://pyatigorsk.org

16:48, 30 March 2023

Court mitigates punishment of Nalchik resident for attacking law enforcers

The court has reduced the prison term for Andrei Baryshev, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a figurant in the case of an attack on law enforcers. He had claimed that law enforcers themselves had beaten up and slandered him.

Said-Khusein Magomadov. Screenshot of the video Telegram/sayd_khuseyn_magamadov

15:43, 30 March 2023

Analysts doubt importance of blogger Magomadov’s move to Kadyrov’s side

The move of blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov from opponents of the Chechen authorities to the camp of Ramzan Kadyrov’s supporters does not matter for the leader of Chechnya, since the blogger’s authority is not high, analysts point out.

Mikail Moshkhoev, Ramazan Eldiev, Amir Bokov, and Amirkhan Gurazhev, residents of Ingushetia put on a wanted list. Screenshot https://t.me/fortangaorg/15233

15:39, 30 March 2023

One of four residents of Ingushetia put on wanted list found dead

The FSB Department for Ingushetia announced the search for four residents of Ingushetia, including Mikail Moshkhoev, Ramazan Eldiev, Amir Bokov, and Amirkhan Gurazhev, in a case on the preparation of terror acts.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/129899/

15:30, 30 March 2023

Kadyrov voices out his version of incident in Gudermes

Chechen law enforcers blocked two militants and offered them to surrender, but they threw a grenade, and both were killed by return fire, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

05:27, 30 March 2023

Attack on law enforcers committed in Gudermes

Two unidentified men have attacked the police post located near the cemetery in the city of Gudermes (one of Chechen district centres). Both attackers were shot dead in the shootout, sources report.

Law enforcers and security forces officers. Photo by the press service of the NAC http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-respublike-kalmykiya-4.html

18:21, 29 March 2023

In North Ossetia, law enforcers first attacked within nine months

An incident at a checkpoint of the post-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) became the first attack on law enforcers in North Ossetia within almost nine months. The previous attack on law enforcers took place in the Alagirsky District in July 2022.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://www.dw.com

17:53, 29 March 2023

ECtHR communicates complaints about torture from residents of Southern Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) communicated 14 complaints from citizens of Russia who were subjected to torture in the regions of the Southern Federal Districts (SFD) and North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

The Supreme Court of Chechnya, photo: grozny-inform.ru

15:50, 29 March 2023

Compensation to Salakh Vakhaev is unique for Chechnya

Although the compensation awarded to Salakh Vakhaev for unlawful prosecution has been halved, the very fact thereof is a precedent for Chechnya, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, has noted.

A law enforcer. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru

14:13, 29 March 2023

Attack on DPS post in Ingushetia is first in more than three years

The attack on a road-and-patrol police post (known as DPS) committed in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, where one policeman was wounded, was the first such armed incident in the republic in 39 months. The previous similar incident occurred in Magas in December 2019.

The Slavyansk-on-Kuban City Court. Photo: http://pravo-krasnodar.ru/2020/08/15/славянский-городской-суд-краснодар/

08:12, 29 March 2023

Priest from Krasnodar Territory fined for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

The archbishop from the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban was fined for his statements in a church, which a court recognized as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

20:05, 28 March 2023

ECtHR communicates complaints of lawyer Mikhail Benyash* about being beaten and arrested by law enforcers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer the questions concerning the complaints submitted by the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, about being beaten by law enforcers after detention and for arrest.

Magomed Magomedov standing in a solo picket. Makhachkala, March 2023. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

19:52, 28 March 2023

Makhachkala: townspeople's interest in pickets in Gadjiev's support inspires his colleagues

During another series of solo pickets regularly held by Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues, residents of Makhachkala were very actively interested in the journalist's case, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, has informed.

Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. Photo https://zona.media/article/2018/05/31/e-ingushetia-2

23:56, 27 March 2023

Relatives of Ingush native Albagachiev alarmed by his health state in penal colony

The administration of the penal colony, in which native of Ingushetia Abdul-Malik Albagachiev is being kept, refuses to let him have surgery for a metal plate to be removed from his collarbone, advocate Irina Biryukova reports.

The Fifth Court of Cassation in Pyatigorsk. Photo: https://stv24.tv

23:12, 27 March 2023

Life-sentenced Chechen native Mansur Razhaev awarded compensation for violation of his rights

In Pyatigorsk, the Fifth Court of Cassation sided with Mansur Razhaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment in a case on involvement in militant groupings, in his dispute with a penal colony and awarded him compensation for violation of the conditions of his detention.

Blockade of the Lachin Corridor. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:14, 27 March 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 20-26, 2023

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, sentence of General Muzraev, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, case on Inal Djabiev’s death, 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 20-26, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

18:17, 27 March 2023

Kalmyk colony warden accused of torturing Dagestani prisoners arrested

A court in Kalmykia has taken into custody the sixth colony employee, accused of abuse of authority and using violence against colony inmates from Dagestan.

A law enforcer. Photo: epp.genproc.gov.ru

18:13, 27 March 2023

Woman from Krasnodar fined for discrediting militaries

A court in Krasnodar has fined a local female resident, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

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