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Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/144284/

03:52, 9 February 2023

Kadyrov reports about 300 people employed by Chechen law enforcement bodies

Over the past two months, about 300 people have begun their service at the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya. This was announced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov amid the massive dispatch of fighters to Ukraine.

03:48, 9 February 2023

Nalchik woman limited in rights to her son at lawsuit of her own mother

The Nalchik City Court restricted a local woman’s rights to her one-year-old son, considering that it would be better for the child. A lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of the child’s mother was filed to the court by the boy’s grandmother, who reported the antisocial behaviour of her daughter.

Leyla Gireeva. Screenshot of the photo posted on Svetlana Anokhina's Instagram *On March 21, 2022, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities

19:25, 8 February 2023

Rights defenders treat Gireeva's return home as voluntary

Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from home due to domestic violence, has returned to Ingushetia voluntarily, human rights defenders have confirmed.

A support group of the "Memorial"* at the court. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

19:16, 8 February 2023

Muscovites come to support Memorial* at trial

Residents of the Russian capital came to the Moscow City Court (MCC) to support the "International Memorial"* in a dispute over the legality of transferring its office to the Research and Education Centre.

19:10, 8 February 2023

Rights defenders treat practice of non-issuance passports to Chechen women as widespread

The intensified control over women in Chechnya has led to refusals to issue foreign passports to local women without guarantees of other family members. This practice grossly violates the law and human rights, human rights defenders assert.

Alexander Valov in the courtroom. Sochi, November 23, 2018. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

19:07, 8 February 2023

Advocate reports beating up blogger Valov at Sochi colony

Alexander Valov, a former editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was beaten up in the colony. According to the colony administration, he "has left for treatment," his advocate has informed.

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

15:16, 8 February 2023

Human rights defenders claim violation of rights of a convict from Ingushetia

Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his sentence in the Astrakhan Region, is not provided with proper medical care, and he is also regularly placed in a ShIZO (punishment cell), the “Public Verdict Foundation”* reports.

A solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Makhachkala, December 5, 2022. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

19:01, 7 February 2023

Journalist Gadjiev's colleagues satisfied with Makhachkala people's reaction to pickets

Drivers and passers-by have expressed their approval and support for Salim Khalitov and Idris Yusupov during their solo pickets demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.

Marat Abdulgalimov, Arsen Abdullaev and Anton Dergalev (from left to right). Screenshot from a website containing information about criminal cases against Russian Jehovah's Witnesses* THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT

18:50, 7 February 2023

Dagestani Jehovah's Witnesses* treat verdict as their victory

In Dagestan, the Jehovah's Witnesses* sentenced to conditional imprisonment have decided to recall their appeals against the verdict. Under the current conditions, such sentence can be treated as a victory, said Suat Abdullaeva, the wife of one of the convicts.

Vitaly Votanovsky. Screenshot of the video by the Alpha News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrGP1uJlbKA&t=7s

17:28, 7 February 2023

Blogger Vitaly Votanovsky reports threats after posting photos from military cemeteries

Vitaly Votanovsky, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has stated that after he made and posted in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar" photos of the graves of the militaries who perished in Ukraine, he began receiving threats.

Anastasia Shevchenko in the courtroom. December 17, 2019. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:01, 7 February 2023

Court of appeal commutes sentence to activist Anastasia Shevchenko

The Rostov Regional Court has reduced the prison term for activist Anastasia Shevchenko, who has left Russia, by a year.

A banner in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=41268

03:55, 7 February 2023

Two pickets in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev held in Makhachkala

On February 6, activist Salim Khalitov and journalist Idris Yusupov held solo pickets with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

03:50, 7 February 2023

Advocate of Kuban blogger Alexander Nozdrinov claims being under pressure

A public prosecutor announced that the materials concerning advocates of blogger Alexander Nozdrinov, who was accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Armed Forces, would be transferred to the Chamber of Advocates to take action against the defenders.

Soldiers. Photo by Eduard Kornienko, Yuga.ru

20:45, 6 February 2023

In KChR, two conscripts fined for rejecting summonses

A court in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has imposed fines on two conscripts, treating their refusals to take summonses to the military commissariats as evasion from service.

Ramzan Kadyrov and his nephew. Screenshot of the post on Instagram* account "Kadyrov's Crew" https://www.instagram.com/kadyrov.team/?hl=tr"

19:52, 6 February 2023

Kadyrov responds to criticism about relatives in power

The appointment of relatives to key positions in Chechnya is explained by trust in them, and not by kinship, Ramzan Kadyrov said in response to criticism about the appointment of his nephew as a minister.

Residents of a house no. 50 in the Vesyolaya Balka Settlement st. in Volgograd. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1koMnJgxc

18:53, 6 February 2023

Volgograd residents complain about authorities’ indifference to violation of people’s housing rights

Residents of a house in Volgograd complained to Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), that officials did not relocate them from a failing building, the state of which threatens the people’s safety.

Khamzat Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/politic/147848/

16:00, 6 February 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 30-February 5, 2023

Scandals with Ramzan Kadyrov, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, official data on the natives of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, struggle of Azerbaijani oppositionists, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 30-February 5, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

05:58, 5 February 2023

Spouses from Rostov-on-Don sentenced for setting fire to a car with Z sign

Oleg Denisov and Irina Kuznetsova from Rostov-on-Don were sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for setting fire to a car with symbols of the special military operation in Ukraine.

23:58, 4 February 2023

Court refuses to remove Dagestani resident from police preventive registration

A resident of Dagestan did not succeed in seeking in court a removal from the police preventive registration list under the category of “extremist”. The court based its decision on the police’s assertion that no such police preventive registration lists were run.

23:42, 4 February 2023

Social media users criticize idea of making Kadyrov the “father of the country”

The idea to supplement the position of the leader of Chechnya with the title of “father of the country” is inappropriate and causes irony with its excessive pathos, Telegram users point out.

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