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August 12, 2024 23:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 5-11, 2024

  Five-Day War, twenty-five years since Basaev and Khattab’s invasion, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, 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 August 5-11, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 12, 2024 22:27

• Krasnodar resident arrested for 15 days for his posts on social network

  In Krasnodar, a court has sentenced Andrei Goncharov to administrative arrest, finding him guilty of posting on the Internet prohibited symbols.

August 12, 2024 22:11

• Pacifist inscription results in fine for resident of Rostov Region

  A fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces was imposed on Victoria Radchenko, a resident of Novocherkassk in the Rostov Region. The woman explained that she had fell victim to a fraudster and acted after receiving threats from him.

August 12, 2024 19:50

• Dagestani Gashimova's advocate and bridegroom tell about her custody conditions at SIZO

  At the trial of the case of Ulker Gashimova, a Makhachkala native, proofs are studied; the trial was delayed due to the judge replacement; the case had to be re-opened, said Nikita Buklov, an advocate.

August 12, 2024 18:41

• Acquittal of KBR advocate Diana Tsipinova cancelled

  The Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk has overturned the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) within the case of attacking a law enforcer. This was reported by the Russian Federal Bar Association in its Telegram channel.

August 11, 2024 23:57

• Initiation of criminal case over Djalaganiya's beating denied

  Denis Djalaganiya, an animal rights defender from the Krasnodar Territory, was denied opening a criminal case against the men who beat him up during his visit to a dog shelter. According to law enforcers, Djalaganiya should personally file a lawsuit against his offenders in the magistrate's court.

August 11, 2024 23:20

• Oleg Orlov* declares his intention to continue human rights activities in Southern Russia

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, who was taken away from Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Western countries, has stated that his human rights activities in the regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) were the reason for his staying in Russia despite his criminal prosecution.

August 11, 2024 22:57

• SMO fighter from Yessentuki sentenced softly for beating a person

  A court in Yessentuki has sentenced Sergey Chudentsov, a local resident, to three years of conditional imprisonment (probation) for causing grave bodily harm, treating his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance.

August 11, 2024 22:16

• Residents of Chechnya treat paid education at madrasahs as being in demand

  The paid teaching of the Koran and the Arabic language is in demand in Chechnya; and the demand to introduce free education at madrasahs was a Muftiate's attempt to gain control over this area, local residents and a Caucasus expert have stated.

August 11, 2024 18:56

• Dagestani villagers achieve reaction to their appeal to republic's head

  The Ministry of Energy of Dagestan will conduct a check into the appeal to the head of Dagestan from residents of the village of Darkush-Kazmalyar, who are against the construction of a high-voltage power line.

August 11, 2024 17:18

• Jehovah's Witness* Alexander Parkov back at large

  Alexander Parkov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Rostov-on-Don, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in penal colony, has served his sentence and been released.

August 10, 2024 17:42

• Relatives of deceased Ingush woman in labour complain about officials' indifference

  Relatives of Madina Ausheva, who died after giving birth to a child, are not informed about the inquiry progress; and authorities of Ingushetia have failed their promise to punish the perpetrators, Madina's relatives have complained.

August 10, 2024 17:29

• Victims' advocate demands new expertise of death of Sultanov, 19

  The advocate for the parents of the murdered Magomed-Ali Sultanov from Kayakent has demanded from the court to appoint a new forensic examination, pointing out inaccuracies in the experts' conclusions.

August 10, 2024 16:25

• Verdict to two Baksan residents for financing terrorism upheld

  The cassation instance has upheld the verdict to Baksan resident Asker Khamukov and his sister, who were convicted within the case of financing terrorism.

August 10, 2024 12:09

• Serviceman apologizes for his words about "Akhmat" in Kursk Region

  A young man in a Chechen unit has apologized for his words about the "Akhmat" fighters hiding behind conscripts in the Kursk Region.

August 09, 2024 23:48

• Man accused of plotting terror act in Pyatigorsk dies

  Kirill Buzmakov, one of the figurants in the case of preparing to set fire to the Pyatigorsk military commissariat (registration and enlistment office), has died at home; he was released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in grave condition.

August 09, 2024 23:15

• Defence seeks medical treatment for man convicted of appealing to Kadyrov

  Zakhar Zaripov, sentenced to five years of imprisonment for addressing the leader of Chechnya, has been diagnosed with cancer. The appeal lodged against the Zakhar Zaripov’s sentence has not yet been considered, his advocate reports.

August 09, 2024 22:49

• Man in niqab opens fire at policemen in Dagestan

  Ali Demilkhanov, a native of Chechnya, wounded two policemen on the road from Khasavyurt to Tlokh. The suspect is put on the wanted list. The man wears women’s clothing and a niqab as camouflage.

August 09, 2024 22:13

• Man convicted of Nemtsov’s murder released

  Temirlan Eskerkhanov, sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a penal colony for the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has signed a one-year contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and entered an assault unit, a source reports.

August 09, 2024 19:39

• Prisoner in penal colony in Adygea sentenced to new term under article on aiding and abetting terrorists

  The Southern Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Rasul Ibragimov, a prisoner in a penal colony in Adygea, to ten years of imprisonment, finding him guilty of aiding and abetting terrorist activities.