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Servicemen. Photo by Eduard Kornienko, Yuga.ru

14:35, 6 October 2022

Makhachkala Mayor's promise to support families of those mobilized sparks distrust on Internet

In Makhachkala, a headquarters has been set up to support the families of those mobilized, which will take upon itself the solution of their problems, Mayor, Salman Dadaev, has announced.

Vladimir Sevrinovsky. Photo: Vladsevr https://ru.wikipedia.org

14:30, 6 October 2022

Journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky released in Dagestan

Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist, arrested for five days in Makhachkala, is back at large. According to his story, he was detained with the use of force; policemen ignored the fact that he was performing his journalistic assignment.

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

23:59, 5 October 2022

Kadyrov boasts of his rank of Colonel General

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the leader of Chechnya the rank of Colonel General. This has been reported by Ramzan Kadyrov himself on his Telegram channel. At the same time, the leader of Chechnya promised to justify “the trust given in advance.”

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: euroclaim.ru

23:57, 5 October 2022

ECtHR awards compensation of 122,000 euros to sister of men killed in Nazran

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded compensation of 122,000 euros to a sister of Salman and Zhuneid Gardanov, who were killed in 2012 during a special operation in Ingushetia, although Russia has adopted a law on non-execution of ECtHR decisions made after March 15, 2022.

Chechen fighters. Photo: www.grozny-inform.ru

19:30, 5 October 2022

Kadyrov's statement about sending his sons to Ukraine surprises lawyers

Russian laws do not allow sending minors to the war zone, even if they receive a military education, the lawyers, Natalia Sekretaryova and Tamilla Imanova, have noted in their comments to the statement of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, about his intention to send his minor sons to Ukraine.

In the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic during the hearing on the case of the attack on Nalchik, 2009. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:25, 5 October 2022

ECtHR awards compensation to those convicted of attack on Nalchik

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has acknowledged that law enforcers had tortured 29 convicts in the case of the militant attack on Nalchik, and has decided that they should be paid from 26,000 to 52,000 euros in compensation for their received moral harm.

Russian armored personnel carrier, March 2000. Photo: Svm-1977 https://ru.wikipedia.org

15:23, 5 October 2022

Court denies the right of resident of Rostov Region to be paid for wound in Chechnya

Alexander Putilin, a former contract soldier from the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky is not entitled to receive allowance for his wound received in the second Chechen, which made him unfit for further service, since the relevant law was not yet in force then, the court has ruled.

15:17, 5 October 2022

Kadyrov's intent to send his sons to frontline spark bewilderment among social media users

The statement of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, about his readiness to send his underage sons Akhmat, Eli and Adam to Ukraine has caused bewilderment among social media users.

Murat Karabashev. Photo courtesy of Tamilla Karabasheva

15:14, 5 October 2022

Kislovodsk doctor's sister tells about his captivity in Ukraine

Murat Karabashev, a military doctor, was sent to the special operation after graduating from university and was captured when he tried to take patients out, his sister has reported.

The dispersal of protesters in Makhachkala, September 26, 2022. Screenshot of the video posted on the Protest Live Telegram channel t.me/protest_da/17685

15:09, 5 October 2022

Reaction to dispersal of protest actions in Makhachkala highlights weakness of society

The desire to get estimates of the violent dispersal of the anti-mobilization protests in Makhachkala from well-known athletes, including Khabib Nurmagomedov, highlighted the absence of political and social leaders in Dagestan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://dic.academic.ru

15:02, 5 October 2022

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation in cases on domestic violence in Dagestan and Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered the investigation by the Russian law enforcement bodies of cases on domestic violence ineffective.

Adam Muradov. Photo from the Niyso Telegram channel

14:44, 4 October 2022

Grozny protester's husband dies after sending their son to Ukraine

Adam Muradov, the husband of a participant in an anti-war rally in Grozny, died after law enforcers forced him to beat up his wife as punishment for participating in the protest; and their 18-year-old son was sent to Ukraine.

Protesters against the partial mobilization, Nalchik. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"

14:40, 4 October 2022

After anti-mobilization actions in Nalchik, law enforcers draw up 20 protocols

In Nalchik, protesters against the partial mobilization were charged under the articles of discrediting the army, violating the procedure for holding public events and disobeying the police. The activists' have arrived in the court; some figurants have been fined.

Anti-mobilization actions in Makhachkala. September 25, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://www.bbc.com/russian/63029167

14:32, 4 October 2022

Over hundred people convicted after protests in Makhachkala

After the protests in Makhachkala, at least 104 people have been found guilty of violating the procedure for holding public events; 99 cases were returned to the police.

Sergey Shoigu. Screenshot of the video appeal posted on September 21, 2022 on the "Realnoe Vremya" (Real Time) YouTube channel / Ramzan Kadyrov, screenshot of the video posted on his page on the VK on October 3, 2022. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"

14:23, 4 October 2022

Experts see Kremlin's hand in Kadyrov's attacks on Shoigu's ministry

Another portion of Kadyrov's criticism of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for defeats suffered in Ukraine has appeared with the Kremlin's approval; and it's not by occasion that it was so rapidly spread in the media space, military experts believe.

23:00, 3 October 2022

Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov’s criticism of Russian military commanders

When commenting on the sharp criticism of Russian military commanders by the leader of Chechnya, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has noted that emotions are inappropriate in assessing the actions of the Russian Ministry of Defence, although Ramzan Kadyrov, being the head of the region, has the right to express his own opinion.

Training of one of Kadyrov's sons. Screenshot of the video https://grozny-inform.ru/news/society/144195/

20:00, 3 October 2022

Kadyrov promises to send his children to Ukraine

Three minor sons of Ramzan Kadyrov are preparing to be sent to Ukraine, where they will stay in the most difficult regions of the combat actions, the leader of Chechnya reports.

Viktor Krasnoborodko told about being tortured. Screenshot of the video by the “Team Against Torture” https://pytkam.net/

19:53, 3 October 2022

Kuban villager complains about torture

In Tikhoretsk, law enforcers tortured a resident of the village of Novorozhdestvenskaya to force him to confess that he was beating his stepson.

Yulia Vishnevetskaya. Photo from Vitaly Leibin's Telegram channel https://t.me/vleibin/68

17:02, 3 October 2022

After arrest, journalist Vishnevetskaya leaves Dagestan

Yulia Vishnevetskaya, a Radio Liberty* correspondent, who was detained in Makhachkala at the venue of anti-mobilization protests, has served her five-day arrest and left the republic.

Sergey Shoigu and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from Kadyrov's Telegram channel published on August 6, 2022 t.me/RKadyrov_95/2660

16:54, 3 October 2022

Kadyrov's statement accents his role in anti-Shoigu campaign

Ramzan Kadyrov's harsh criticism of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the withdrawal of troops from Krasny Liman was coordinated with Moscow and became an episode of the campaign against the Defence Minister, Sergey Shoigu, Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist, and Andrei Gusij, a political analyst, have suggested.

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