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August 17, 2023 15:48

• Man arrested for burning Koran complains about beating up by Kadyrov's son

  Nikita Zhuravel, arrested within the case of burning down the Koran, has stated that he was beaten up by the son of the head of Chechnya at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison), Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has reported.

August 17, 2023 14:16

• Krasnodar resident fined after criticizing Putin

  A court in Krasnodar has fined Pavel Karpenko by 10,000 roubles for a picket held near the administration building, during which he held a poster criticizing Putin.

August 16, 2023 23:10

• Rights defenders report that Albagachiev was denied medical care

  The staff of the colony located in the Astrakhan Region has failed to react to the requests of Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, to help him; but when, two hours after the onset of an epileptic attack, a prison doctor came to the prisoner, he had no medicines.

August 16, 2023 21:33

• Bookkeeper from KBR fined under army discrediting criminal article

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found the reposts and publications placed by Islam Mambetov, a resident of the village of Zalukokoazhe, to be a repeated discrediting of the Russian Army and fined him by 100,000 roubles.

August 16, 2023 19:57

• Colleagues of Gadjiev notice decline in people’s interest in pickets held in his support

  Passers-by reacted less actively to pickets in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. The picketers associate a decline in interest in their protest action with the extremely hot weather in Makhachkala.

August 16, 2023 19:37

• Defence of Kizilyurt policeman seeks investigation into his torture in SIZO

  Magomed Piraev, a former criminal investigator of the Kizilyurt Department of Internal Affairs, who was sentenced for hostage-taking, robbery, and illicit firearms trafficking, was tortured in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). His defence is seeking the institution of criminal cases based on the results of inspections based on Magomed Piraev’s complaints, reports advocate Nadezhda Borodkina.

August 16, 2023 18:09

• Law enforcers search house of journalist Svetlana Anokhina

  Law enforcers conducted a search in a house of journalist and human rights defender Svetlana Anokhina in Dagestan. Svetlana Anokhina reminded that she left Russia two years ago.

August 15, 2023 18:29

• Court in Krasnodar finds posts in messenger as discrediting Russian Army

  The Sovietsky District Court of Krasnodar has fined Victor Torba by 40,000 roubles, finding his messages posted in the messenger as discredited Russian militaries.

August 15, 2023 18:24

• Lawyers comment on complaints of natives of Dagestan and Chechnya about Ulyanovsk colony

  Although the actions of the staff of the colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, who broke the nozzle on the clipper so that Muslim prisoners from Dagestan and Chechnya could not leave the parts of their hair and beards in accordance with the prescriptions of Islam, do not fall under the notion of "torture", such treatment of prisoners falls under the Criminal Code, lawyers have noted.

August 15, 2023 17:48

• Resident of Ust-Labinsk fined for posting a comment on social media

  In Ust-Labinsk, a court fined a local resident 30,000 roubles after recognizing that a comment he posted on social network discredited Russian militaries.

August 14, 2023 23:12

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 7-13, 2023

  Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, tragedy in Georgia, persecution of opposition 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 7-13, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 14, 2023 21:58

• Resident of Kropotkin fined for posts in social media

  The court has sentenced Yuri Kobelev, a resident of the town of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory), to a fine, finding his posts in the social network to be discrediting to the Russian Army.

August 14, 2023 19:58

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold two solo pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev from custody.

August 14, 2023 17:56

• Two Krasnodar residents suspected of discrediting Russian Army

  The cases of Maria Kostenko and Vladimir Skalsky have arrived at Krasnodar courts.

August 14, 2023 17:36

• Residents of Dagestan block highway due to water supply problems

  Water supply problems in Dagestan have led local residents to block a section of the Astrakhan-Makhachkala federal highway.

August 13, 2023 23:26

• Chechen police's report about resident of Dagestan outraged social network users

  The resident of Dagestan, who refused to be tested for alcohol intoxication, has been suspended from driving, the Chechen police have informed. Social network users have treated the mentioning of the offender's residence as inappropriate.

August 13, 2023 23:14

• Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban has his custody conditions toughened

  By the administration of the colony in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), where he is serving his term, Oleg Danilov, a Jehovah's Witness from the village of Kholmskaya, was declared a malicious regime violator and placed into a cell-type facility.

August 12, 2023 19:50

• Complaint of SMO fighters from Kurush angers officials

  The borders of the "Samursky" National Park are still located on the lands of residents of the village of Kurush; the villagers participating in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine have complained about it in their video appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

August 12, 2023 18:10

• Volgograd painter Philippenzo rearrested

  A court in the town of Lyubertsy has arrested for 15 days Philipp Kozlov, a Volgograd street painter, for the second time on charges of disobeying the police.

August 11, 2023 23:59

• Human rights defenders assess prospects for lawsuit of illegally mobilized resident of Znamensk

  Due to the judicial victory of a mobilized resident of Znamensk, who has succeeded in seeking to be recognized as unfit for the military service, he may count on compensation for moral damage, but its amount will be much lower than the requested 10 million roubles, lawyers and human rights defenders believe.