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Screenshot of the video with beating of Nikita Zhuravel https://t.me/RKadyrov_05/3924

17:20, 26 September 2023

Kadyrov praises his son for beating in SIZO a young man who burned Koran

Ramzan Kadyrov posted a video with beating of Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in Grozny in a case on burning of Koran. Nikita Zhuravel was beaten by Adam Kadyrov, wrote the leader of Chechnya and approved his son’s action.

Repressed people doing hard physical work. 1943-1944. Photo http://www.riakchr.ru/ko-dnyu-deportatsii-karachaevskogo-naroda-shkolnikov-urupskogo-rajona-poznakomili-s-istoriej-repressirovannykh-narodov/

23:56, 25 September 2023

Social network users support demand of Caucasian activists to confiscate history textbooks

The Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations and the Council of Ingush Elders have criticized the school textbook on Russian history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations was explained by their collaboration with German fascists, while the Congress of the Karachay People has demanded to confiscate all the copies of the textbook.

Peacekeepers helping to evacuate residents of Karabakh. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense from 09/21/23, https://t.me/mod_russia/30697

23:12, 25 September 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 18-24, 2023

One-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh, death of Russian peacekeepers, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, elections and unrest in Yerevan, Kadyrov’s health state and school textbooks, and 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 September 18-24, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Dmitry Tyulenev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxf0_5cI-7k/

23:06, 25 September 2023

Adoptive father of singer Dani Milokhin complains of pressure from Anapa authorities

The city administration of Anapa has demanded to demolish two houses and to close the store, while local advocates are afraid to take on this case, Dmitry Tyulenev, the adoptive father of Danya Milokhin, a singer, has complained. In their turn, Anapa authorities assert that their demands are justified by the results of the conducted check.

17:55, 25 September 2023

Canada imposes sanctions against Children's Ombudspersons of two regions in Southern Russia

Marina Yezhova, the Commissioner for Children's Rights (Ombudsperson) in Dagestan, as well as Svetlana Adamenko, her colleague from the Stavropol Territory, have got under Canadian sanctions.

The deportation of the Karachays. Photo http://karachai.ucoz.ru

12:45, 25 September 2023

Kadyrov demands to rewrite chapter on nations' deportation in school textbook

Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to rewrite the chapter of the new school textbook on Russia's history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations is explained by their collaboration with German fascists.

Alexander Nozdrinov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_ILUe1YRY

12:40, 25 September 2023

Journalist Nozdrinov accuses law enforcers of trying to exert pressure

Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist, has reported in a letter to his wife that at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), he was not allowed to see his advocate and was searched. Nozdrinov is sure that in this way they wanted to put pressure on him, since he did not admit his guilt.

Oleg Orlov. Photo: Anna Artemyeva https://uk.wikipedia.org

19:39, 24 September 2023

Rights defenders assess progress of Orlov's trial

Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, considered it important to add the documents of the UN General Assembly to the case files. Yan Rachinsky is confident that the prosecution's arguments are based only on a poorly conducted expertise.

Oleg Orlov. Screenshot of the video by the Human Rights Advocates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5oeo-6Nc5I

19:10, 24 September 2023

Orlov tells court about his work in Northern Caucasus

Oleg Orlov, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, was questioned in a Moscow court. He explained that human rights defenders are not enemies of the state, but are obliged to criticize it if it violates human rights, recalling his human rights activities in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

17:16, 24 September 2023

Court in Elista fines activist for failed rally

The Elista City Court has obliged Tseren Basangov to pay a fine of 10,000 roubles for calling for participation in an unauthorized rally. At the same time, the court has ignored the fact that the rally never took place, Valery Badmaev, a journalist, has noted pointing out that this issue should be considered by the Constitutional Court.

Zara Murtazalieva. Screenshot of the video "Russian Immigrants in France" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=nLIoQDopvzE

18:15, 23 September 2023

Chechen Zara Murtazalieva removed from list of terrorists

Zara Murtazalieva, a native of Chechnya, who has served 8.5 years in a Mordovian colony on charges of terrorism, has been removed from the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) list of terrorists and extremists.

A mobilized resident, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

18:10, 23 September 2023

Father with many children from Rostov Region fails to achieve dismissal from SMO zone

For three months already, Maxim Krivko, who was mobilized from the Rostov Region, cannot achieve dismissal from military service. Instead, he has been sent to the frontline.

The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow. Photo: https://sudyvmoskve.ru

23:15, 22 September 2023

Rights defenders' opinions included into Oleg Orlov's case files

At the request of Oleg Orlov's defence, the court has added his characteristics compiled by his colleagues, including those from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, to the case materials.

Yegor Zorin. Photo courtesy of Yegor Zorin

22:10, 22 September 2023

Volgograd court denies conscript a right to alternative civilian service

Conscript Yegor Zorin was seeking the right to alternative civilian service in connection with his religious beliefs, but the military registration and enlistment office considered that the young man had failed to prove his beliefs.

Nikolai Voischev. Screenshot from a website covering the persecution of the Jehovah’s Witnesses* in Russia

19:59, 22 September 2023

68-year-old Jehovah’s Witness* from Maikop sentenced to three years of imprisonment

In Maikop, a court sentenced Nikolai Voischev, a 68-year-old member of the Jehovah’s Witness* religious community, to three years of imprisonment, recognizing him an organizer of the activities of an extremist organization.

19:54, 22 September 2023

Trial of three Novocherkassk Jehovah’s Witnesses* declared to be held behind closed doors

In Novocherkassk, a court declared the trial in a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Yeritsyan, and Lyubov Galitsyna, accused of extremism, to be held behind closed doors. The period of their detention in custody has been extended by six months.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrp9akmBNI

18:17, 21 September 2023

Judge's dissenting opinion encourages Gadjiev's relatives

The dissenting opinion issued by Judge Rizvan Zubairov, in which he criticized the sentence passed to the "Chernovik" journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, may become the basis for their acquittal.

18:02, 21 September 2023

Kuban resident fined for his post in social network

The Khosta District Court of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has fined Evgeny Salnikov by 2000 roubles for his post placed in the "VKontakte" social network about a Ukrainian organization banned in Russia.

Ramzan Kadyrov (on the right) near his uncle at a hospital. Adam Delimkhanov is on the left. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3911

13:45, 21 September 2023

Kadyrov explains his visit to Moscow hospital as a visit to his uncle

Ramzan Kadyrov has released a video of his visit to a Moscow hospital. The leader of Chechnya has explained that his uncle is being treated there, while he himself “is alive and healthy.”

23:15, 20 September 2023

Nalchik resident convicted of discrediting Russian Army

Batyr Zhaboev from Nalchik, charged under the criminal article on discrediting the Russian Army after his posts in a social network, has been sentenced to a year of conditional imprisonment.

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