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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.

Ingush opposition leaders in the courtroom. September 2021. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

17:02, 4 February 2023

Ingush natives express their hope for commutation of punishment for protest leaders

Partial access to the case file violates the right of Ingush opposition leaders to defence and is recognized as a legal basis for annulment of the decision, advocate Magomed Bekov states.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: www.checheninfo.ru

15:18, 4 February 2023

Kadyrov’s title “Mekhkan Da” reminds of personality cult of Stalin

The term of “Mekhkan Da”, literally translated from the Chechen language as “father of the people,” was not earlier used in the Chechen society. An attempt to introduce it is connected with the Ramzan Kadyrov’s leadership style, which inherits the Stalinist model, analysts point out.

An illustration in a print publication of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.* Photo by M. Kuznetsova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:01, 4 February 2023

Dagestani Jehovah’s Witnesses* refuse to appeal against suspended sentences

Four Jehovah’s Witnesses* who received suspended sentences withdrew their appeals against the verdict, and it came into force, the Supreme Court of Dagestan reported.

A gavel. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

16:50, 3 February 2023

Fine imposed on Sochi woman for status in Korean on WhatsApp surprises social media users

A court in Sochi has fined a local resident who, the day before, posted a translation of a pro-Ukrainian slogan into the Korean language as her WhatsApp status.

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

16:46, 3 February 2023

Rights defenders link Gireeva’s return with psychological breakdown

The decision of Leyla Gireeva to return to her family in Ingushetia was caused by the severe stress that the girl faced. Fear of the uncertainty in the future and longing for relatives used to encourage other fugitives to return home, human rights defenders have pointed out.

Zarema Musaeva. Photo: https://pytkam.net/zarema-musaeva-ostaetsya-v-sizo-eshhe-na-26-dnej/

16:38, 3 February 2023

Zarema Musaeva’s arrest extended by three months

A court in Grozny has extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva until May 12, 2923, human rights defenders have informed.

An action with the mass participation of children speaking out in defence of the Koran held in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3312

16:35, 3 February 2023

Chechnya: children involved in activities in defence of Koran

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has posted a video with the mass participation of children speaking out in defence of the Koran in response to the actions with the burning of this book held in Denmark and Sweden.

16:28, 3 February 2023

Female students expelled because of hijabs are allowed to return to NMC

Five girls-students of the Novocherkassk Medical College (NMC), including the natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, earlier expelled for wearing hijabs, can resume their studies, their advocate has informed.

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

16:19, 3 February 2023

Chechen MPs propose to supplement title of Kadyrov’s position with title “father of country”

A draft law proposing to supplement the position of the leader of Chechnya with the title “Mekhkan Da” has been published on the official website of the republic’s parliament.

Salman Tepsurkaev. Photo: https://memohrc.org * included by the Russian Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents

15:43, 3 February 2023

Chechen SC cancels refusal to recognize wife of killed Tepsurkaev as victim

The decision of the court, which refused to recognize a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping, was cancelled by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. The Court of Appeal pointed to significant violations of the law by the first instance court.

Yana Antonova. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:29, 2 February 2023

Court extends arrest of accounts of activist Antonova and her mother

The arrest of bank accounts of the Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova and her mother has been extended until May. The court ruling named the pensioner as an employee of an extremist organization, the activist herself has informed.

Oyub Titiev, photo by the press service of the Human Rights Protection Centre "Memorial"; Akhmet Yarlykapov, photo: mgimo.ru. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:24, 2 February 2023

Caucasian scholars point to changes in blood feud practices

Chechen authorities are unable to eradicate the practice of blood feud; this custom has adapted itself to the Sharia Law and remains relevant, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, and Akhmet Yarlykapov, a Caucasian scholar, believe.

19:09, 2 February 2023

Female rights defenders are sceptical about Mezhiev’s words about mothers’ chances to see their kids

The call of Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, not to prohibit mothers from seeing their children in the event of a divorce, if authorities and the society stay inactive, will hardly affect men in the republics of Northern Caucasus, female human rights defenders have noted.

Leyla Gireeva. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the NGO "Marem"

19:06, 2 February 2023

Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from domestic violence, returns to her family in Ingushetia

Leyla Gireeva, an 18-year-old resident of Nazran, who ran away from home, has returned to her family and wants to settle her conflict with family members. The girl is under the recognizance not to leave, human rights defenders have informed.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: https://ostwest.tv/news/espch-rassmatrivaet-isku-ukrainy-k-rossii/

18:20, 2 February 2023

ECtHR awards compensation to Jehovah’s Witnesses* from two regions of Southern Russia for their disrupted meetings

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the disruption of meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses* by law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria and the Rostov Region as a violation of the right to freedom of religion and awarded compensation to the complainants in the amount of 7500 euros.

Installation of the busts of Joseph Stalin in Volgograd. Screenshot of the photo posted on the “Novosti Volgograda” (Volgograd News) Telegram channel on February 1, 2023 https://t.me/NovostiVLG/16496

05:55, 2 February 2023

Volgograd installs bust of Stalin amid dispute over city renaming

Today, in Volgograd, busts of Joseph Stalin and Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky have been installed on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.

23:32, 1 February 2023

After homophobic complaint, Novorossiysk store removes rainbow from ads

The bosses of a store in Novorossiysk have replaced the image on the signboard after a visitor saw attributes of the LGBT propaganda therein it and contacted the police.

Mikhal Mzhyglud. Screenshot of the video posted on the channel Catholic Surgut, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CrOnSiFnMI

23:31, 1 February 2023

Rostov court obliges Catholic priest to leave Russia

In Rostov-on-Don, the court of appellate instance has rejected the complaint lodged against the decision to expel Mikhal Mzhyglud, the rector of the Catholic Church in Novocherkassk, out of Russia. The Polish priest has violated the immigration legislation, which could pose a threat to the security of the state and people's lives, the court has ruled.

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