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At a polling station. Photo by Eduard Kornienko, Yuga.ru

18:56, 13 September 2022

CPRF refuses to recognize outcome of elections in Krasnodar Territory

During the elections in the Krasnodar Territory, numerous violations were recorded, but the election commissions actually ignored them. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) will seek to bring violators to justice, the regional branch of the party announces.

18:35, 13 September 2022

Dagestani resident perishes in Ukraine

A resident of the Kazbek District perished during the special military operation, the head of the district reports. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 219 natives of Dagestan perished there has been officially confirmed.

Shareholders of the "Clarissa" residential complex. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwpGkmocxY

13:18, 13 September 2022

Deceived shareholders hold rally in Krasnodar

The shareholders, who for almost 20 years are unable to achieve the completion of the construction of the "Clarissa" residential complex, have held a series of solo pickets near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. The officials who came out to picketers promised to meet them in late September.

Anatoly Rykov. Photo: press service of the Federal Agency on Communications, https://www.rossvyaz.ru/press/news/news3565.htm

13:03, 13 September 2022

Prosecutor demands 15 years in colony for Anatoly Rykov

The state prosecutor has demanded 15 years in a high security colony and a fine of 120 million roubles for Anatoly Rykov, a former Vice-Mayor of Sochi, who is accused of receiving a multi-million rouble bribe.

10:28, 13 September 2022

Ingush resident blames doctors for his son's death

After falling from the horizontal bar, a son of Alikhan Kharsiev, a resident of the Malgobek District, felt unwell. Several doctors examined him, but for several days they failed to diagnose him correctly. The boy died on the surgery. Kharsiev seeks punishment for the doctors, whom he accuses of negligence and non-professionalism.

‘Katyshevo-1’ sand quarry. Photo: http://www.magas.ru/content/komitetom-ri-po-ekologii-prirodnym-resursam-provedeny-kontrolnye-meropriyatiya

10:16, 13 September 2022

Owner claims presence of all permits to operate quarry in Ardon District

The allocation of a site in the outskirt of the city of Ardon for the development of a sand and gravel quarry was coordinated with all the ministries, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of North Ossetia has announced. In his turn, the owner of the quarry has confirmed that all the necessary permits to operate the quarry had been obtained.

The deputy chairman of the election commission hides ballot papers already filled out for one of the parties under her on a chair. Screenshot: t.me/kprf_gel

08:45, 13 September 2022

Lawyers assess chances of legally punishing election commission employee in Gelendjik

The law provides for up to four years in prison for electoral frauds, but the female employee of the election commission in Gelendjik, who had hid the completed ballots, is unlikely to be punished, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

Andrei Fokin. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2872852506118095&set=a.877961962273836&type=3theater

08:32, 13 September 2022

Candidate for deputy links arrest of Stavropol activist Fokin with elections

The reason for the administrative arrest of the eco-activist, Andrei Fokin, was his meeting with residents of the village of Ostrogorka, but his arrest has to do with the elections of deputies to the Lermontov council, Marina Kardash, a candidate, whose confidant at elections was Fokin, has stated.

The defendants at a session of the Nalchik City Court, November 2020. Photo courtesy of Alexander Knyazhev

22:43, 12 September 2022

Lawyers of Knyazev and Levdik appeal against verdict to law enforcers in case on torture

Advocate Vitaly Zubenko filed an appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria against the verdict of the Nalchik City Court in a case on the use of violence against Nalchik residents Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik. The advocate called the punishment imposed on the law enforcers to be too lenient.

Idris Yusupov holds a picket in support of political prisoners. Makhachkala, September 12, 2022. Photo: https://chernovik.net/news/neskolko-zhurnalistov-proveli-odinochnye-pikety-v-makhachkale

22:30, 12 September 2022

During his solo picket, Gadjiev’s colleague tells passers-by about political prisoners

During his solo picket in Makhachkala, journalist Idris Yusupov told passers-by about political prisoners on the example of the case against his colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism.

Adam Delimkhanov and Chechen fighters in Ukraine. Photo: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2813

19:40, 12 September 2022

Kadyrov announces return of Delimkhanov to Ukraine

Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov returned to Ukraine and led Chechen fighters there. The Chechen military units are ready to carry out any order, Adam Delimkhanov reports.

18:08, 12 September 2022

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 5-11, 2022

Elections in Southern Russia; persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; an attack on a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent in Elista, – see the review of these events in the Caucasus during the week of September 5-11, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

A wedding ring. Photo: https://ru.freepik.com/free-photo/close-up-female-pulling-out-wedding-ring_8145517.htm#query=%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4&position=47&from_view=search&>Freepik</a>

14:22, 12 September 2022

Social network users link growth in divorces in Dagestan with receiving benefits

Dagestan has faced a sharp increase in the number of divorces – it almost doubled within a year, the republic's government has announced. Many residents of Dagestan divorce fictitiously in order to apply for child benefits, commentators on the Telegram channel have suggested.

Konstantin Gudimov (right). Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot

13:58, 12 September 2022

Sochi pensioner Gudimov fined for discrediting army

Konstantin Gudimov was fined by 30,000 roubles for jogging with a white-blue-white flag. According to law enforcers, his actions are discrediting the Russian Army. Gudimov disagrees with the imposed fine and intends to challenge it.

Yaragi Kurbanov comments on a conflict in Tyumen school. Screenshot: https://t.me/operativnyishtabtyumen/9558

11:15, 12 September 2022

Telegram users outraged by Dagestani official's words about hijab scandal in Tyumen

The official representative of Dagestan in the Tyumen Region should have defended not the teachers who hadn't let a schoolgirl in a hijab to enter the school, but the girl who, according to religious beliefs, was wearing a headscarf, the commentators to the statement of the community member have pointed out.

An exhibition of food products organized in Nalchik as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot

11:02, 12 September 2022

Pompous celebration of KBR's 100th anniversary sparks local residents' criticism

The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) spend money on mass celebrations, although the problems with industry decline and bad roads have not been solved, local residents have noted.

Polling station № 0921 in Gelenjik. Screenshot: https://www.kartanarusheniy.org/messages/73743

10:44, 12 September 2022

Observers report violations at polling stations in Anapa and Gelendjik

At a polling station in Anapa, commission members did not allow making photos; and ballot stuffing is not ruled out there, observers assert.

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

10:32, 12 September 2022

Kadyrov demands to change strategy of special operation in Ukraine

Mistakes were made in the Kharkov direction, and if the strategy of the special military operation is not changed in the near future, it will be necessary to contact the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the country, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

An employee of a polling station in Gelendzhik, who hid the completed ballots. Image made form video posted by Vybory 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdXYAJq0JOg

00:00, 12 September 2022

Parliamentary candidate from Gelendzhik complains to Pamfilova about pressure on observer

Ilona Grachevskaya, a candidate to the Legislative Assembly in Gelendzhik, appealed to Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), with a request to intervene in the situation in Gelendzhik. According to Ilona Grachevskaya, observer Tatiana Mamentieva was subjected to pressure after she discovered that an employee of the precinct election commission was hiding filled-in ballots.

Pupils. Screenshot from the website of the "Zvezda Gukovo" (The Gukovo Star) https://zvezdagukovo.ru/uchenikov-iz-dnr-i-dnr-zachislyat-v-uchebnye-zavedeniya-dona/

04:15, 11 September 2022

Dagestani representative in Tyumen supports school's refusal to cancel ban on wearing hijabs

The school management in the city Tyumen would not change the internal regulations after a scandal with a Dagestan schoolgirl, who was not allowed to attend classes in a hijab.

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