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The checks conducted by law enforcers in Urus-Martan. December 12, 2022. Screenshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fS4TEu4oc

17:10, 21 December 2022

Residents of Urus-Martan tell about law enforcers' checks

The checks conducted in the roads of Urus-Martan and nearby settlements by masked armed law enforcers are intended to intimidate local residents after the conflict involving a GIBDD (traffic police) inspector, locals believe.

Fighters from Chechnya, photo: chechnyatoday.com

23:55, 20 December 2022

Authorities announce dispatch of a new group of Chechen militaries to Ukraine

Another group of volunteers left the Grozny airport for the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:17, 20 December 2022

Ingush law enforcer’s wife complains of being regularly beaten

A woman from Ufa complains that her former husband, an employee of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), regularly beat her and her two sons, one of whom was about a year old.

The Code of Administrative offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

22:58, 20 December 2022

Krasnodar woman fined for her comment in Telegram

A court has fined a resident of Krasnodar by 30,000 roubles for an approving comment in the Telegram to the post about setting fire to a banner with the letter Z.

Female employees of law enforcement bodies, screenshot of the video https://t.me/akhmeddudaev/1297

22:41, 20 December 2022

Video about Chechen women's readiness to defend homeland sparks commentators' bewilderment

Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Information, has posted a video in social networks with female employees of law enforcement bodies. The video states that Chechen women are ready to support men in defending the interests of their homeland.

Idris Yusupov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

10:28, 20 December 2022

Dagestan: Gadjiev's colleagues tell about law enforcers' attempts to disrupt pickets

Policemen tried to hide the posters from passers-by and distracted the picketers, said Idris Yusupov, a journalist with the "Novoye Delo" outlet.

A law enforcer. Photo https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

10:16, 20 December 2022

Police report continuation of raids in Urus-Martan

Armed law enforcers continue examining cars in the roads of the Urus-Martan District. The information about sending violators to the military operation zone is not true, the head of the district police has stated.

Magdi Kamalov held a solo picket in Makhachkala. December 19, 2022. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents

23:59, 19 December 2022

In Dagestan, journalists support Gadjiev and Donogo with solo pickets

In Makhachkala, Dagestani journalists held solo pickets with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik”, (Rough Draft), and historian Khadjimurad Donogo.

Anatoly Zyakin, the chairman of the church council of the Lutheran community of the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, at the monument to the victims of the deportation. December 17, 2022. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:57, 19 December 2022

Descendants of Volga Germans share memories of victims of Stalinist repressions

Some of the Germans who had lived near the Volga River, and who suffered from deportation during Stalin's time, after returning to Russia found their houses occupied and settled in other territories, the members of the German community in the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, Volgograd Region, have reported.

20:16, 19 December 2022

Astrakhan resident fined for discrediting Russian militaries

A court in Astrakhan has fined Sergey Bataev, a local resident, by 35,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Army.

Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:20, 19 December 2022

Week in the Caucasus: overview of main events on December 12-18, 2022

How the unrecognized republic lives through a gas and transport blockade; ongoing protests in defence of Saakashvili in Georgia; and Kadyrov's conflicts with the Urus-Martan and Batal-Khadji people, – read about these events in the review of the main events in the Caucasus during the week on from December 12-18, 2022, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

02:20, 19 December 2022

Kuban authorities report resettlement of 62 people from emergency housing

The Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) administration has announced that in the Tikhoretsky District, 62 persons were resettled from apartment buildings that are in the state of emergency.

Anastasia Khodosevich. Screenshot of the post in the page of the "Association for the Protection of Orphans' Rights" on the "VKontakte" social network

23:59, 18 December 2022

In the Volgograd Region, orphan complains about provided housing

Anastasia Khodosevich, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Rudnya, has complained that officials provided her, as an orphan, with an apartment with a broken roof and without hot water and heating.

23:57, 18 December 2022

Kadyrov's daughters and cousin fall under EU sanctions

The ninth package of sanctions of the European Union (EU) included 49 organizations and 141 individuals, including the daughters of the head of Chechnya, Aishat and Khadizhat Kadyrovas, and his cousin Turpal-Ali Ibragimov.

Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the post by mansur_solltaev/Instagram (Meta, the owner of Facebook, is recognized as an extremist organization)

23:52, 18 December 2022

Chechnya: prosecutor demands questioning victim in Musaeva's case

The representative of the prosecutor's office has demanded to take into account the opinion of the victim before adding to Zarema Musaeva's case files the expert's conclusions, which contradict the prosecution's version. The court agreed to interrogate the law enforcer, of attacking whom Musaeva is accused.

A gathering in Urus-Martan, photo: https://grozny-inform.ru/news/society/146673/

23:50, 18 December 2022

Chechnya: to calm Urus-Martan residents down, authorities resort to elders' reputation

After a brawl of law enforcers in Urus-Martan, police raids, a search for eyewitnesses and threats to send local residents to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, authorities gathered the elders, urging them to educate the youth.

A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis

20:53, 17 December 2022

In Krasnodar, court obliges MoD to pay 1.5 million roubles to mother of deceased soldier

The Prikubansky District Court partially granted the claim filed by a mother of Stepan Tsymbal, deceased in the Voronezh Region, to recover compensation from the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Mikhail Benyash*. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru *Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the register of individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent

20:46, 17 December 2022

Advocate Mikhail Benyash* removed from defence of “Rosgvardiya” fighters dismissed in Kuban

In Sochi, a court has removed Krasnodar advocate Mikhail Benyash from participation in the case of dismissed fighters of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia), declaring that being recognized as a foreign agent, Mikhail Benyash does not have access to state secrets.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan, photo: https://chernovik.net

23:55, 16 December 2022

Dagestani court overturns sentence to law enforcers on Kurashova's torture case

The appellate instance has overturned the sentence of the former policemen convicted of torturing Yulduz Kurashova in Khasavyurt, and sent the case back for a new trial.

Minor children, who threatened to jump off the fourth level of the building, with their grandfather and the local Imam. Kaliningrad Region. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/chp_kavkaz/11707

23:53, 16 December 2022

Incident with Dagestani woman's children turns into relatives' demand for guardianship

After their refusal to live with their mother, the children of a Dagestani woman are in safety at the rehabilitation centre, the father of the children has stated, voicing out the plans to appoint his relatives as guardians.

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