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February 24, 2024 21:13

• Chechen Minister Dudaev reacts to US sanctions

  The US Treasury has included Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Ministry of Nationalities of Chechnya, into the sanctions list. The Minister has stated that he fears only sanctions from Ramzan Kadyrov and the Almighty.

February 24, 2024 20:23

• "Memory Project" recalls problem of unpunished kidnappings in Chechnya

  On the anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Vainakhs, the human rights "Memory Project" has issued a documentary about the people who fell victim to kidnappings and forced disappearances in Chechnya in the 2000s.

February 24, 2024 18:57

• ECtHR awards compensations to three activists from Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has awarded compensations to two Rostov and one Volgograd residents detained at protest actions in 2021 and 2022.

February 24, 2024 16:46

• 80 years since Vainakhs' deportation

  February 23 marked the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The head of Chechnya and republic's state-owned media have passed over this date in silence.

February 24, 2024 15:31

• Mothers of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya treat their struggle for justice as principle

  The decision of the Russia's Supreme Court (SC), which has refused to acquit the eight residents of Dagestan killed in Chechnya in 2016, was expected for the casualties' mothers, but they have declared their commitment to continue their fight for justice.

February 23, 2024 20:21

• Defence appeals against arrest of Krasnodar activist Vyazov

  The advocates of Andrei Vyazov, an activist, arrested in Krasnodar on February 17, after a rally in memory of Alexei Navalny, have filed a complaint against the arrest decision. Because of Vyazov's arrest, his elderly relatives were left without help, his girlfriend has informed.

February 23, 2024 19:57

• Activists outraged by Astrakhan Regional Duma member’s initiative to recognize animal rights defenders as foreign agents

  Political analysts and activists spoke out against an initiative to recognize animal rights defenders as foreign agents voiced by Yevgeny Dunaev, a member of the Astrakhan Regional Duma.

February 23, 2024 19:10

• Tradition of opening gates becomes way for residents of Chechnya to remember victims of deportation

  The initiative of residents of Chechen-Aul to open gates on the anniversary of the deportation, as is done on days of mourning, has become a way for the people to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of deportation in the absence of the opportunity to organize mass events, human rights defenders note.

February 23, 2024 18:43

• Party in North Ossetia turns into harassment and public apologies

  Video of the party on the Fiagdon River has given rise to an offer to ban the rental of houses and apartments by unmarried couples, as well as public apologies and harassment of alleged participants in social networks. According to Telegram channels, one party participant was beaten up.

February 23, 2024 17:53

• Chechens from Aukh warned about inadmissibility of unsanctioned actions

  On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation during the Great Patriotic War (WW II), Muslim commemoration rites will be held in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan, the public organization "Aukh" has informed. It its turn, the local prosecutor's office has warned the organizers that it is inadmissible to hold any unsanctioned actions, including rallies and pickets.

February 22, 2024 23:17

• Student from Adygea fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in Maykop has fined a student by 30,000 roubles for her comments in a social network "about the negative nature of using the Russian Armed Forces" during the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

February 22, 2024 21:06

• Human rights defenders in Northern Caucasus call Oleg Orlov* “hope of Russia”

  The court agreed to include in the case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces instituted against Oleg Orlov*, the co-chair of the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights, the character reference letters in which human rights defenders from Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria pointed out the importance of his activities to respect human rights in Northern Caucasus.

February 22, 2024 20:20

• Lawyers dispute on proportionality of punishment requested for Zhuravel for burning Koran

  The punishment of 3.5 years in a penal colony, requested by the prosecutor for Nikita Zhuravel, a native of Volgograd, accused of burning the Koran, is severe by the standards of the Russian law enforcement practice; and the prosecution has incorrectly qualified the defendant's actions, Alexander Verkhovsky believes.

February 22, 2024 18:57

• Law enforcers warn Ingush activists against taking part in unsanctioned actions

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers have invited local activists for prophylactic talks and served them warnings against taking part in extremist and unsanctioned actions, a source has informed.

February 22, 2024 15:42

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident’s case on discrediting Russian Army brought to court again

  In Chegem, a court returned to the police an administrative protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces drawn up against Murat Kyagov due to violations.

February 21, 2024 23:21

• On February 12-18, 2024, three people were killed and policeman wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 12 to 18, 2024, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, four persons were shot dead: three alleged militants were killed and a policeman was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 21, 2024 22:16

• Blogger Nozdrinov's advocate claims ignoring defence's arguments by court

  The arguments that the defence of Alexander Nozdrinov, a Krasnodar blogger, brought in the appeal were ignored, said Alexei Avanesyan, his advocate.

February 21, 2024 21:57

• Human rights defender Nagavkin accuses SIZO administration of illegal detention in solitary confinement

  At a court hearing in a case on disorganization of the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender from Volgograd, complained being illegally kept in solitary confinement for more than 40 days.

February 21, 2024 21:09

• Sochi residents outraged by law enforcers’ behaviour near memorial to Alexei Navalny*

  Residents of Sochi brought flowers to the spontaneous memorial to Alexei Navalny* at the monument to the victims of political repression to express their grief, but the police regularly cleared the monument of flowers, a local activist has expressed his indignation.

February 21, 2024 19:54

• Political analysts voice meaning of actions in memory of Alexei Navalny* for Southern Russia and countries of Caucasus

  In Southern Russia, law enforcers are suppressing the laying of flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny* and persecuting activists, although the law does not prohibit such citizens’ actions, lawyers point out.