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Although the compensation awarded to Salakh Vakhaev for unlawful prosecution has been halved, the very fact thereof is a precedent for Chechnya, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, has noted.

In Pyatigorsk, the Fifth Court of Cassation sided with Mansur Razhaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment in a case on involvement in militant groupings, in his dispute with a penal colony and awarded him compensation for violation of the conditions of his detention.

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, sentence of General Muzraev, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, case on Inal Djabiev’s death, official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 20-26, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated a complaint against the detention of Zarema Musaeva, demanding explanation from Russian authorities on how lawful Chechen law enforcers' actions were, human rights defenders have informed.

The chat messages posted on behalf of Idris Arsamikov, who was detained by Chechen law enforcers, give no grounds to assert that he is alive, human rights defenders have pointed out.

Said-Khusein Magomadov, a blogger was spotted at the congress of the Chechen nation; he posted his photos with Chechen officials in a social network. After the assassination attempt on him, of which he blamed Chechen authorities, the blogger redirected his criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov to Akhmed Zakaev.

A court considered lawful the investigators’ refusal to institute a criminal case on a complaint about torture filed by Chechen actor Timur Debishev, human rights defenders reported.

The police came with searches to the house of Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial”, who paid much attention to the problem of kidnappings in Northern Caucasus and victims among the civilian population in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

In Chechnya, law enforcers uncovered a terrorist cell and killed two militants, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) stated in a 2022 report, although Ramzan Kadyrov announced back in 2021 that the armed underground in Chechnya had been liquidated.

Explosion and fire in the FSB Border Guard Service building in Rostov-on-Don, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, public activity of Ramzan Kadyrov, unrest in Georgia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 12-19, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has halved Salakh Vakhaev's compensation for several years of illegal criminal prosecution – from 300,000 roubles down to 150,000 roubles.

The German General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has closed the consideration of the case on plotting a terror act on a Berlin synagogue, initiated against Zelimkhan Baisagurov, the "Vayfond" Chechen Human Rights Association has informed.

The promise announced by Ramzan Kadyrov to reward for killing or capturing the authors of the Koran-burning video has opened up wide opportunities for punishing those who had nothing to do with the filming of the video, while the mass executions of residents of Chechen during military campaigns went unpunished, social media users have pointed out.

The case of Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, who is accused of plotting a terror act, has been transferred from Krasnoyarsk to the military court in Khabarovsk, his wife has informed and complained that paying for advocates' travels to the trial would hurt the family's budget.