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Reconciliation of the blood feudists in Chechnya. July 2019. Photo: https://chechnyatoday.com/news/327684

19:28, 26 July 2023

Analysts point to the inadmissibility of forced reconciliation of blood feudists in Chechnya

The authorities' and clergymen's efforts in Chechnya to reconcile the blood feudists can be assessed as positive, but the reconciliation should not be forced, analysts have noted.

Idris Yusupov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, July 17, 2023. Photo from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet

18:42, 26 July 2023

Friends of the Dagestani journalist Gadjiev declare that his guilt was not proven

The demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev is supported by passers-by, the solo picketers in his support have stated. His friends treat the prison term demanded by the state prosecutor for Gadjiev as unfair.

Khadjimurad Gatsalov (on the left), Asfar Myss, protesters. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photos: https://activatica.org, press service of the Public Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation https://paralymp.ru

18:16, 26 July 2023

North-Caucasian Muftiates support Moscow action criticized by Kadyrov

The provocative law enforcers' actions in the Moscow Region, which demonstrated disrespect for Islam, and the absence of response to demands to bring the participants and organizers of raids in mosques to justice, have caused understandable indignation among Muslims. This was stated by officials of the Muftiates of North Ossetia and Adygea.

Screenshot of the video of a photo session in the Makhachkala museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b28-2-PZmk

23:26, 25 July 2023

Photo session in Makhachkala museum sparks wrath of morality zealots

A girl dressed in jeans and a tank top has starred in a photo made against the backdrop of the panorama "Storming the Village of Akhulgo" at the Makhachkala Museum. Social network commentators have treated her clothes as too open.

Idris Yusupov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, July 24, 2023. Photo from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet

22:18, 25 July 2023

Journalists hold pickets in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

Solo pickets in support of the tried Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, were held in Makhachkala by Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov.

Barakh Chemurziev, Musa Malsagov, Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Barakhoev, Zarifa Sautieva, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev at the court. Photo by Kaloy Akhilgov, https://twitter.com/akaloy/status/1359464677521170432

22:00, 25 July 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 17-23, 2023

Chechen agenda, Ingush activists’ case, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, military aircraft crash in Yeysk, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, persecution of the opposition in Azerbaijan, 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 July 17-23, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Grozny. Photo AlexTref871 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Montage-of-Grozny-(2016).png

20:25, 25 July 2023

Experts argue about origins of practice of public apologies in Chechnya

The practice of public repentance for misdeeds existed earlier in the Chechen society and is provided for by the Muslim law, Islamic experts Alexander Arutyunov and Igor Alekseev point out. Chechen traditions do not provide for compulsion to make public apologies to the authorities, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender from Chechnya, argues.

16:14, 25 July 2023

Ten natives of Chechnya deported from Croatia

Croatian authorities have deported to Bosnia ten natives of Chechnya who had asked for international protection; two others were the granted refugee status, the "Assembly of European Chechens" has informed.

14:18, 25 July 2023

Krasnodar activist accused of discrediting Russian Army

In Krasnodar, Alexei Gaivoronsky, an activist, has been brought to administrative responsibility.

The Astrakhan Garrison Military Court, photo: http://astrahanskygvs.ast.sudrf.ru

13:52, 25 July 2023

Court refuses to issue wound certificate to Astrakhan military who took part in SMO

The Astrakhan Garrison Military Court has rejected the lawsuit lodged by the military serviceman, who demanded from hospital bosses a certificate about the wound received by him in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine in order to receive the due compensation. The Southern District Military Court upheld the decision of the Garrison Court.

21:51, 24 July 2023

Mobilized person from Kuban sentenced to six years for service evasion

In the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the mane of the main river), a military court has sentenced Alexander Shupletsov, a mobilized local resident, to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

16:12, 24 July 2023

Adler resident arrested for disobeying police

A court in the city of Adler has fined a local resident for discrediting the Russian Army and arrested him for 15 days. According to the police, he tried to destroy a metal structure bearing the letters "Z" and "V", and when law enforcers noticed him, he tried to escape and used foul language.

Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru/specials/oleg-orlov * the organization is included by the Russian Ministry of Justice into the register of foreign agents

10:58, 24 July 2023

Defence of human rights defender Orlov doubts expertise conclusions

The defence of Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence, has doubted the quality of the expertise conducted by Alexander Tarasov, noting many errors and vague arguments.

A rally against the deportation of natives of Chechnya to Russia. Switzerland, Bern, July 21, 2023. Photo: https://www.kavkazr.com/a/aktsii-protiv-deportatsii-chechentsev-proshli-v-shveytsarii-avstrii-i-germanii/32513380.html

10:53, 24 July 2023

Chechen migrants in Europe protest against deportation of Ali Bataev

Protest actions were held in front of the Embassies of Switzerland in Germany and Sweden with the demand to prevent the deportation of Ali Bataev, who arrived from Ukraine, to Russia, reports Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, a spokesperson for the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond”.

00:19, 24 July 2023

Actions in support of Ali Bataev held in Europe

The participants of the actions held in Switzerland, Austria and Germany came out to the streets against the deportation to Russia of Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya.

Mikhail Benyash (included into the register of foreign agents). Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

15:16, 23 July 2023

Advocate Mikhail Benyash* treats ECtHR's decisions on his complaints as formality

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaints about beating by law enforcers and an administrative arrest won't affect Russian authorities and will never be executed, Mikhail Benyash* has pointed out.

22:37, 22 July 2023

After mosques were raided, Moscow Muslims stand against law enforcers' lawlessness

After the prayer held in the historic mosque in Moscow, believers held a march chanting "Allah Akbar"; in this way, they expressed their protest against law enforcers' raids on the mosques located near Moscow. Ramzan Kadyrov has condemned the marchers for their unsanctioned protest.

Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org/ the organization is included by the Russian Ministry of Justice into the register of foreign agents and is liquidated by the court's decision

21:56, 22 July 2023

Court refuses to exclude experts' conclusions from Orlov's case

The defence of Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, has declared the linguistic experts' incompetence and bias and demanded to exclude their expertise from the case files. The court in Moscow refused to grant this petition.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

12:03, 22 July 2023

Krasnodar law enforcers acquitted in case on beating of person with disabilities

The Krasnodar Territorial Court cancelled the conviction of two former law enforcers in a case on beating Yevgeny Manchenko, a person with disabilities. The defence plans to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

A plate at the entrance to the Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:02, 22 July 2023

For killing his wife, corporal from North Ossetia sentenced to restriction in service

The Southern District Military Court has upheld the non-custodial punishment imposed on Corporal Eduard Bitarov, who murdered his wife in the affective state; his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine was treated as a mitigating circumstance.

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