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The Timashevsky District Court. Photo: http://pravo-krasnodar.ru/

17:49, 12 January 2023

Female refugee from Kherson fined in Kuban for discrediting army

The Timashevsky District Court has fined Karina Terebetskaya, a refugee from Kherson, for discrediting the Russian Army.

Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed brothers. A still of the film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NnchFADmeY

17:38, 12 January 2023

Authors of film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture” recall murder of Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan

In the film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture”, the “Team Against Torture”* recalled the murder of the Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan, which has remained unsolved for more than five years already.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*. Photo https://theins.ru/news/255798 *the organization was included by the Russian Ministry of Justice in the register of NCOs, performing the functions of a foreign agent, and was liquidated by a court’s decision

17:15, 12 January 2023

Lawyers request courts to reconsider decisions on liquidation of “Memorials”*

Lawyers from the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “Memorial International”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) filed complaints to courts requesting them to examine for legality the liquidation of the above organizations and their inclusion in the register of foreign agents.

Volunteers at the Grozny airport. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on December 10, 2022 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3185

19:19, 11 January 2023

Kadyrov announces number of Chechen fighters involved in SMO

More than 21,000 Chechen fighters have taken part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine; and over 9000 are currently on the frontlines there, the head of Chechnya has stated.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:46, 11 January 2023

Examination finds no extremism in Abdulmumin Gadjiev's articles

At the court session on the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, the outcomes of the examination of the articles written by Gadjiev a Dagestani journalist, for the "Chernovik" outlet were announced.

Igor Paskar. Photo from the Telegram channel of Ivan Astashin, human rights defender https://t.me/bolshaya_zona/1587

16:40, 11 January 2023

Volgograd resident claims torture after setting fire to rug at FSB door in Krasnodar

After detention, law enforcers tortured, including with the use of electric current, Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, accused of committing a terror act attack and vandalism: he set fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar; he claimed torture at the trial at the Southern District Court.

Relatives of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov, who was killed in a fight, at a gathering. November 2022. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "Tut.dagestan"

16:25, 11 January 2023

Lawyers treat as reasonable period for investigation into young man’s murder near Kayakent in Dagestan

The case on the murder of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov is at the stage of preliminary investigation, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://roseurosud.org

05:46, 11 January 2023

ECtHR awards compensation to relatives of Dagestani natives killed in Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the law enforcers’ responsibility for the deaths of eight residents of Dagestan in Chechnya in October 2016 and awarded 27 complainants 609,000 euros in compensation.

The Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar. Photo https://yandex.ru/

23:56, 10 January 2023

Court denies alternative service for Kuban resident instead of mobilization

The Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar has dismissed the claim lodged by Roman Volik, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), who tried to obtain alternative military service instead of mobilization, referring to his anti-war convictions.

Code of Administrative Offences. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:50, 10 January 2023

Dagestan: pensioner fined for discrediting Russian militaries

The court has fined Khadis Gazimagomedov, a 63-year-old pensioner from Dagestan, by 15,000 roubles for posting pacifist photos in a social network.

A pressure gauge on a gas pipeline. Photo: https://itgaz.ru/

23:46, 10 January 2023

Dagestani villagers rally to discuss gas supply problems

In the village of Avadan, Dokuzparin District, local residents tried to block the highway, demanding to solve their problem with gas supply. Heating boilers turn off because of low pressure in the gas system; the problem affects different villages of Dagestan, Telegram users have informed.

Residents of Azerbaijan at a protest action in the Lachin Corridor. Screenshot of the video https://apa.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/nesmotrya-na-sneznuyu-pogodu-protesty-na-doroge-lacin-xankendi-prodolzayutsya-uze-28-dnei-foto-video-506129

23:29, 10 January 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 2-8, 2023

Hunger strike declared by prisoner of conscience Tofig Yagublu, critical consequences of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, sharp deterioration in the Mikhail Saakashvili’s health, and persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 2-8, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

From left to right: Andrei (nickname), Djashar Khubiev, and Vladimir Maraktaev
at the departure lounge of the Seoul Incheon International Airport, January 3, 2023. Photo: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/01/281_343205.html

15:57, 10 January 2023

Resident of Nalchik challenges South Korea's refusal to grant asylum

The South Korean Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has denied asylum to Djashar Khubiev, a football player from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who had left Russia due to the threat of being sent to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

A picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo: Ruslan Isaev https://doshdu.com

15:48, 10 January 2023

Makhachkala: law enforcers increase pressure on picketers

Under absurd pretexts, law enforcers prevent pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly outlet, by detaining picketers; and even an occasional female passer-by was taken to the police station, Dagestani journalists have informed.

Djambulat Zauraev (on the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photos: https://www.grozny-inform.ru https://24tv.ua"

23:40, 9 January 2023

Kadyrov ignores reports about death in Ukraine of his representative’s son

Ramzan Kadyrov, six days after the funeral of a son of the representative of the leader of Chechnya in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, has not commented on his death in Ukraine.

Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" about a victim of domestic violence

23:30, 9 January 2023

Dagestani resident complains about torture in rehabilitation centre

Elina Umakhanova, who was placed in a rehabilitation centre in Makhachkala at the request of her relatives, complained to the police about the illegal restriction of freedom and torture she was subjected to in the rehabilitation centre.

A banner of the picketer holding a protest action in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pwh968l-xI

21:16, 9 January 2023

For the second time in a row, policemen disrupt pickets of Gadjiev's colleagues in Makhachkala

Law enforcers have detained Magdi Kamalov and Magomed Magomedov, journalists, who were on their way to the site of weekly solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

Ksenia and Alexei Abramov. Photo by Ksenia Abramova

21:10, 9 January 2023

Wife of mobilized man with traumas achieves his return to Krasnodar

Alexei Abramov, who had been mobilized to participate in the special military operation (SMO) conducted in Ukraine despite his spinal traumas, has returned to Krasnodar. This is entirely the achievement of his wife, the advocate has stated.

21:08, 9 January 2023

Volgograd oppositional activist fined for discrediting army

Ruslan Nurushev has been fined by 40,000 roubles for posting a leaflet criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. For similar leaflets he was already been fined by 85,000 roubles.

Adam Delimkhanov and Rustam Aguev. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on January 7, 2023 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3253

21:01, 9 January 2023

After reports about Aguev's death, Kadyrov shows him in video

Two days after Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, denied reports about the death of Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Aguev and other Chechen commanders were "in perfect health" and showed them in a video.

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