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The Supreme Court of Russia. Photo: the "President" newspaper https://presidentmedia.ru
21:48, 4 April 2024
Kuban authorities reach Russia's SC in dispute with repression victims over housing right
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court (SC), asking that the demand of Ivan Panaetidi's family to receive free housing be declared unjustified.
Askhab Uspanov. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel criticizing the Chechen authorities
21:39, 4 April 2024
Human rights defenders doubt official version about death of Chechen natives detained after terror act at Crocus City Hall
The version of suicide at a police department of Askhab Uspanov, a native of Chechnya, after his detention for an administrative offense looks absurd, human rights defenders emphasize. They point out that Moscow law enforcers repeatedly demonstrated their bias and unlawful actions against people from Chechnya.
Yuval Lanzman. Photo by the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service)
21:03, 4 April 2024
Israeli citizen detained in Kuban for plans to defect to Ukraine
Law enforcers have detained and expelled from Russia Yuval Lanzman, a former Israeli Defence Force soldier, who had planned to go to Ukraine and fight against the Russian Armed Forces.
Zakhar Zaripov. Photo: "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Current Time) https://www.currenttime.tv/a/prigovor-zaripovu/32886229.html included into the register of foreign agents
20:51, 4 April 2024
Verdict for appealing to Kadyrov surprises rights defenders
The court made a strange ruling by qualifying the appeal to the head of Chechnya by a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, Zakhar Zaripov, as justification of terrorism, human rights defenders have stated.
Roman Melnichenko. Photo courtesy of Roman Melnichenko
19:50, 4 April 2024
Volgograd activist complains about disclosure of his personal data
Roman Melnichenko, who was fired from the Volgograd State University for his oppositional statements, has filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office against a local TV channel, which had disclosed his personal data and accused him of sabotage due to an action in memory of Alexei Navalny.
Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_9ELTpvmQ
18:43, 4 April 2024
Blogger Alibekov’s case on discrediting Russian Army sent for reconsideration
In Krasnodar, the Court of Cassation cancelled the verdict to Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and sent his case for reconsideration, although the blogger had already served his sentence.
Oleg Orlov* at a court. Photo: SOTAvision // Antonina Favorskaya is included into the register of foreign agents
17:09, 4 April 2024
Human rights defenders call to support Oleg Orlov*
Colleagues of human rights defender Oleg Orlov* called on to write letters to him to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) on the occasion of his birthday, but noted that uncoordinated actions of solidarity and excessive creativity could harm the convict.
Askhab Uspanov. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel criticizing the Chechen authorities
23:17, 3 April 2024
Police treat the death of Askhab Uspanov, detained after the terror act at Crocus City Hall, as suicide
The detention of Askhab Uspanov had nothing to do with the terror act at Crocus City Hall; and law enforcers treat his death at the police station as suicide, the Chechen Ombudsperson has stated.
Kevin Lik. Photo from Kevin Lik's personal archive https://sotavision.world/18-letnij-zhitel-majkopa-stal-samym-yunym-rossiyaninom-osuzhdennym-po-delu-o-gosizmene/ (Sotavision is included into the register of foreign agents)
23:09, 3 April 2024
Verdict to teenager from Adygea in case on high treason changed
The court of appeal changed the verdict to Kevin Lik, an 18-year-old teenager from Maykop, sentenced in a case on high treason. The court excluded the term of restriction of freedom from the verdict, leaving in force the sentence of four years of imprisonment.
Seda Suleimanova. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the human rights project "Marem" on March 16, 2024 https://t.me/marem_group/666
22:49, 3 April 2024
Inquiry launched into disappearance of Chechen Seda Suleimanova
In response to requests demanding to investigate the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has announced the start of a criminal investigation, the SK SOS Crisis Group* has informed.
Magomed-Ali Sultanov. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co5o3KUH0RU
22:27, 3 April 2024
Advocate criticized expertise outcomes in murder of 19-year-old teen in Dagestan
The expert had based her conclusions about the nature of the wounds inflicted on Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of the Dagestani city of Kayakent, on the data of her colleague, who had left Dagestan and could not be questioned, Ilyas Saidov, an advocate, has informed.
Oleg Orlov*. Photo by Alexander Astakhov / Mediazona
22:17, 3 April 2024
Rights defender Orlov* has time for studying case files restricted
A doctor has prescribed treatment for Oleg Orlov*, convicted in the case of discrediting the Russian Army, but the judge demanded that he complete his review of the case materials by April 5 inclusive; she has accused him of "protracting" the process, human rights defenders have informed.
20:45, 3 April 2024
Pyatigorsk resident fined for pro-Ukrainian name of Wi-Fi network
Artyom Galidi from Pyatigorsk used a Ukrainian slogan, recognized as extremist in Russia, as the name of his Wi-Fi network. The court fined him 4000 roubles for displaying in public the symbols of extremist organizations.
The detention. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:44, 3 April 2024
Chechen native, detained after terror act at Crocus City Hall, dies at regional police station in Moscow
Askhab Uspanov, a native of Chechnya, was detained in Moscow after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall concert hall and died several hours after the detention, his mother said. The woman claims that her son was tortured before his death.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
16:53, 3 April 2024
Astrakhan resident fined for LGBT* symbols
A court in Astrakhan fined local resident Oksana Savich 1000 roubles for photographs posted on social networks that were recognized as LGBT* symbols.
The blogger Nelly Shtefan. Screenshot of a video https://mash.ru/md/news/188806
23:48, 2 April 2024
Blogger from Bataysk fined for statements against SMO fighters
The court in Bataysk has treated the statements posted in a social network by Nelly Shtefan about the participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army and fined her by 30,000 roubles. The girl has apologized, linking her statements to medical drug effects, but then said that she had recorded the apology under pressure.
Igor Nagavkin at the court. Photo courtesy of Natalia Shishlina
22:58, 2 April 2024
Complaint of rights defender Nagavkin against verdict in theft case sent for revision
The Court of Cassation in the Krasnodar Territory has overturned the ruling of the Volgograd Regional Court, which upheld the verdict of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin in the theft case. It was again sent for consideration to the appellate instance.
Evgenia Maiboroda. Photo from the page on Vkontakte St. Petersburg Live https://vk.com/wall-49684148_4922306
21:58, 2 April 2024
Rights defenders declare Evgenia Maiboroda, an activist, a political prisoner
Evgenia Maiboroda, a pensioner from the city of Shakhty, has been sentenced to imprisonment for her pacifist position; her persecution is politically motivated and must be stopped, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated.
21:18, 2 April 2024
Rights defenders complaint to the ECtHR about Tepsurkaev's murder
The "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanding that Russian authorities be held responsible for the murder of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and for the inefficient inquiry into his death.
Draft commission. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Tuapsinsky District on April 1, 2024 https://t.me/tuapseregionadm/10769
19:29, 2 April 2024
Lawyers treat the spring draft as creeping mobilization
The introduction of electronic summonses and associated restrictions on person's rights have become the main features of the new draft; however, in Northern Caucasus, it will only result in an increase of the upper conscription age, lawyers have noted.
News
Official losses in the southern part of Russia in the North-Eastern Military District zone exceeded 8,300

A lesson at a Chechen school. Screenshot from https://chesu.ru/. A teacher shortage in Chechnya has raised questions about the quality of education

Kadyrov. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Analysts have named the recipients of Kadyrov's statement about a new prison term

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.