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Protests in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, drone attacks, political crisis in Abkhazia, and 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 November 25-December 1, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The sentence of Timur Idalov, an advocate from Chechnya, in a case on threatening a public prosecutor will be challenged. Lawyers called the deprivation of the opportunity to practice law the most severe part of the Timur Idalov’s punishment, although the term of forced labour is close to the maximum stipulated by the article.

Zakhar Zaripov, a writer and an oncology patient, convicted of an appeal to the head of Chechnya, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Special commissions reunited 2659 divorced couples in the republic.

The Khimki City Court (Moscow Region) has sentenced Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, to one year and 11 months of forced labour within a case of threats to a prosecutor. He was also banned from practicing advocacy for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

Zakhar Zaripov, a writer, convicted for an appeal to the head of Chechnya, remains at the Khabarovsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite the cancellation of his punishment associated with freedom deprivation. The SIZO bosses refuse to release him until they receive the text of the verdict.

The military appellate court has replaced the five-year term of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, with a fine. After a cancer surgery, half of Zaripov's face is paralyzed and his vision has deteriorated.

The “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project recognized Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer from Volgograd, as a political prisoner. This status is important from a political and moral point of view.

A court in Volgograd has sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to a long colony term, finding him guilty of treason.

Crisis in Abkhazia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, echo of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, and 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 November 18-24, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.