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Ramzan Kadyrov is a Chechen politician, the son of Akhmat Kadyrov, the first president of the Chechen Republic. He has been the head of Chechnya since 2011. He has held the rank of major general of the police since 2009, and major general of the Russian National Guard since 2020. In 2021, he won the second direct election for the head of Chechnya with 99.7% of the vote.

The criminal prosecution of Eduard Baltykov from Kalmykia is part of a security forces campaign against indigenous activists, according to the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial"*.

Over the past month and a half, 15,119 people have benefited from the large-scale amnesty announced by the Azerbaijani president, the Ministry of Justice reported.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin claimed that Armenian security forces regularly detain him at the border because he is wanted in Belarus. An Armenian court dismissed Lapshin's lawsuit seeking an end to the detentions. 

Citing a court ruling, security forces removed the seals from the office of the head of the village of Khubar and installed the former head, Kamilpasha Khaibulaev, whose term expired on December 3, in it. The newly elected head of the village, Rashid Isakov, considered their actions illegal; he, the deputies, and the villagers intend to complain to the Dagestani authorities.

Protesters in Tbilisi decided not to hold a march today, instead gathering outside the Georgian Parliament. The security forces' demands to leave the sidewalk outside the building following the entry into force of amendments to the Law on Assemblies and Manifestations are absurd, protesters said. Protesters in Batumi also expressed their protest against the new law.

The European Parliament called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release political prisoners, including scientists Bahruz Samedov and Igbal Abilov. Members also emphasized the need for sanctions against the country's authorities for human rights violations.

The nationalist nature of the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik boy in a school near Moscow demonstrated the failure of nationalities policy in Russia. The "Russian Community" condemned the incident, but users of Dagestani and Chechen Telegram channels pointed out the contribution of such groups in perpetuating Islamophobia as a norm for years.

At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.

The international academic network Scholars at Risk has appealed to the Azerbaijani government to release researcher Bahruz Samedov. The petition was also supported by the human rights organization Amnesty International and the Norwegian Foundation for International Aid to Students and Scholars.

The case materials against Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group, have been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Nabiev is hospitalized with a third heart attack.

Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov was summoned to the police on December 17 following a video message recorded by over a thousand residents demanding that the embankment not be built with a church.

Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule

Kadyrov's statement that Zarema Musayeva was detained because of the Yangulbayev family's work on social media confirms the political nature of her persecution, but in the current reality, the Chechen leader's confession will not lead to a review of Musayeva's sentences, human rights activists noted.

The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.