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A wedding in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on the YouTube channel "Chechen Weddings". Sharkhan Video Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-OQMRN2Mo

18:31, 5 March 2023

Social network users criticize generous payments from Kadyrov Fund to newlyweds

Ten million roubles that the Kadyrov Fund has promised to distribute among 100 newlywed couples should be better spent to help the needy people in Chechnya, Instagram* users have noted. Some of them have linked the Fund's action with the marriage of Ramzan Kadyrov's son.

A gavel. Photo by Mikhail Stupin, Yuga.ru

16:28, 5 March 2023

Court sides with Chechen police in dispute with perished law enforcer's mother

The court of appeal in Chechnya has upheld the refusal to satisfy the lawsuit of Bahumesedo Khamidova, who asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to award the order to her son, a policeman, who perished in 2002.

Akhmat Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin. Photo from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3410

16:25, 5 March 2023

Kadyrov boasts of his son's personal meeting with Putin

The President of Russia had a personal meeting with Akhmat Kadyrov, a son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, and congratulated him on his upcoming marriage, the father has boasted.

Plaque on the house in Karetny Ryad Street in Moscow, where the office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" was located. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:52, 5 March 2023

Law enforcers announce criminal case against "Memorial"*

A criminal case has been opened against employees of the "Memorial" Society under the article on rehabilitation of Nazism, law enforcement sources have reported. There was no notification about the case; and investigators failed to voice out the claims, human rights defenders from the "Memorial" have informed.

The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala. Photo by the press service of the court http://lenynskiy.dag.sudrf.ru/

15:14, 5 March 2023

Case details of Zaur Radjabov, Makhachkala resident, announced

The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has fined Zaur Radjabov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his posts in the Instagram* social network had discredited Russian militaries.

Kemal Tambiev, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Abubakar Rizvanov in the courtroom. 2021. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:02, 4 March 2023

Defence completes presenting proofs in Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case

The advocates for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov have completed the presentation of evidence, but Tambiev is demanding that the protocol of his first interrogation be excluded from the case files, while Rizvanov is seeking to summon new witnesses to the trial.

Ramzan Kadyrov (on the left), Dmitry Peskov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photos: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru, kremlin.ru

15:49, 4 March 2023

Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov's call for martial law

The decision to introduce the martial law is made by the president, Dmitry Peskov, President Putin's press secretary, has recalled in his comment on the proposal of the head of Chechnya to tighten the regime in some Russian regions after the attack committed in the Bryansk Region.

The Volgograd Garrison Military Court, photo: riac34.ru

15:45, 4 March 2023

Volgograd contract soldier’s wife seeks his treatment through court

A spouse of a participant in the special military operation appealed to the Volgograd Garrison Military Court, demanding that her husband be dismissed from service and provided with psychiatric treatment. Military doctors who examined the contract soldier declared him fit for service, while civilian doctors insist that he needs medical treatment.

Administrative Court of Paris. Photo by the press service of the court http://paris.tribunal-administratif.fr/Le-tribunal-administratif/Histoire-du-tribunal

23:37, 3 March 2023

Native of Chechnya achieves cancellation of his deportation from France

A court in Paris has satisfied the complaint of a native of Chechnya against the decision of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to deport him to Russia, admitting that the man was in danger of being tortured in Russia.

Denis Nochevka. Screenshot of the video https://protokol.band/2021/09/24/sud-oshtrafoval-aktivista/

23:30, 3 March 2023

ECtHR awards compensation to Krasnodar activist

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that Denis Nochevka had been illegally kept after being detained at a rally against the pension reform held in Krasnodar; and his trial was not impartial.

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

23:27, 3 March 2023

Kadyrov urges to punish families of those who committed terror act in Bryansk Region

Relatives of the attackers should be called to account for the armed incident in the Bryansk Region and, despite the presence of civilian facilities nearby, "bomb down all the sites" that may be associated with the preparation of the terror act, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

Law enforcers chastising a group of local residents for drinking alcohol. Screenshot of the video on Instagram (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are banned in Russia) of the Urus-Martan District Interior Ministry office, posted on March 2, 2023 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpR0sNNjjIj/?igshid=NmE0MzVhZDY=

23:16, 3 March 2023

Residents of Chechnya reprimanded publicly by law enforcers for drinking alcohol

A video of law enforcers chastising a group of residents of the Urus-Martan District for drinking alcohol in public places and driving while intoxicated has been posted in social media.

Natalia Bushueva at a solo protest action held near the monument to St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Krasnodar. Screenshot https://t.me/ovdinfolive/18921

18:42, 3 March 2023

Activist detained at pacifist picket in Krasnodar

Natalia Bushueva was taken to a police department after a solo protest action held near the monument to St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Krasnodar.

The remains of people found in Grozny. Screenshot of the video posted on the YouTube channel Live Kavkaz News on March 1, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBUVLuvGfdU

16:25, 3 March 2023

Human rights defenders associate mass grave in Grozny with extrajudicial executions

During the two Chechen military campaigns, extrajudicial executions took place throughout Grozny, so the remains found on the outskirts of the city might belong to the victims of those executions, human rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Alexander Cherkasov suggested.

Alexander Sokurov, screenshot of the video posted on the YouTube channel "Biznes Istorii: kompanii, trendy, rynki" ("Business Stories: Companies, Trends & Markets") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_THnQYqDk

18:52, 2 March 2023

Chechen theatre official claims apology from Sokurov

Khava Akhmadova, the head of the Chechen State Drama Theatre, has treated the statement of film director Alexander Sokurov about the cultural interests of residents of Northern Caucasus as a reason for his apology.

Batyr Boromangnaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klv_Mlv_LJE

18:50, 2 March 2023

After detention in Mongolia, activist Batyr Boromangnaev flies to USA

Mongolian authorities have abandoned their initial plans to deport the Kalmyk activist, Batyr Boromangnaev. After negotiations with the participation of Mongolian politicians and human rights defenders, he was allowed to fly to the United States.

A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis

18:32, 2 March 2023

Court in Chechnya explains refusal to dismiss contract soldier by continued mobilization

The Grozny Military Court has referred to the decree on the partial mobilization and refused to satisfy the claim of Movsar Arsanov, a contract soldier, on dismissal from military service.

18:30, 2 March 2023

Mass burial found in Grozny outskirt

Remains of at least 10 persons have been found near a summer cottage settlement in an outskirt of Grozny, a caption to the video posted on the Internet informs.

Idris Arsamikov. Screenshot of the video from his page on the "VKontakte"

05:38, 2 March 2023

Human rights defenders call Arsamikov’s case typical for Chechnya

The realities of Chechnya do not allow anyone to consider the video with Idris Arsamikov as proof that he is safe, and his case is typical for dissidents who left Chechnya, but then decided to arrive in the republic on personal matters, human rights defenders point out.

Murad Ragimov and Firuddin Ragimov. Photo: https://pytkam.net/otecz-i-syn-zayavivshie-o-pytkah-sotrudnikami-sobr-obratilis-v-evropejskij-sud/ (*The “Team Against Torture” (formerly the “Committee Against Torture”) was created by lawyers who previously worked for the “Committee Against Torture” (CaT), which was included in the register of NCOs performing the functions of a foreign agent)

05:34, 2 March 2023

Lawyers promise to continue fighting for compensation to Ragimovs in case on torture

The decision of the Moscow court, which recognized as legal the refusal to pay compensation for torture to natives of Dagestan Murad Ragimov and Firuddin Ragimov, will be challenged despite the low chances of obtaining payments, a lawyer from the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

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