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August 07, 2023 15:11

• Monuments to Akhmat Kadyrov in Kazakhstan attacked by vandals

  In Kazakhstan, in the village of Malaya Saran, unknown vandals have destroyed the memorial sign dedicated to Akhmat Kadyrov, the father of the current Chechen leader and the first president of the republic. Offensive inscriptions appeared on another monument in the village.

August 06, 2023 22:28

• On the 52nd day of his hunger strike, Chechen Ali Bataev needs medical help

  A native of Chechnya, Ali Bataev, was taken to a medical centre in Zurich on the 52nd day of his hunger strike, after which he was returned to the deportation centre, the "European Peace House" reports.

August 06, 2023 19:53

• Prosecutor demands conditional imprisonment for KChR believer

  The prosecution has asked for a conditional imprisonment of four years for Irina Perefilyeva, a Jehovah's Witness* from the village of Mednogorsky. The prosecutor has stated that such a punishment is asked given the absence of aggravating circumstances, the human rights project "OVD-Info"** has reported.

August 06, 2023 18:05

• Residents of Ingushetia support idea of demanding health certificates from newlyweds

  The idea to ban religious marriages without presenting by newlyweds of certificates about the absence of drug addiction and HIV infection is relevant for Ingushetia, local residents and activists have pointed out.

August 05, 2023 23:55

• Advocates challenge access denial to death case of girl from Malgobek

  The investigator has unreasonably refused to provide advocates with the materials of the death case of a four-year-old girl from the city of Malgobek, the advocates assert and ask the court to cancel this refusal.

August 05, 2023 23:08

• Chechen native Bataev stays in critical condition, Diaspora members report

  The condition of Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, became critical amid a 51-day hunger strike in a deportation centre in Switzerland, the “European House of Peace” organization claims.

August 05, 2023 22:36

• Milashina reports motives of attackers in Grozny

  Journalist Elena Milashina associates an attack she and advocate Alexander Nemov suffered in Grozny with a case of missing Chechen policeman Yasin Khalidov. The attackers were interested in the information that Yasin Khalidov had managed to pass on to human rights defenders before his detention, Elena Milashina believes.

August 05, 2023 19:09

• Convict for Basaev's raid on Dagestan perishes in Makhachkala SIZO

  Zagir Yakubov, a native of the Stavropol Territory, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison as a participant in the attack of Shamil Basaev's and Khattab's grouping on Dagestan in 1999, has committed suicide.

August 05, 2023 18:48

• Abramov from Krasnodar faces risk of sending to SMO zone

  The medical commission has found Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, mobilized with spinal hernias, as partially fit for military service. His wife has stated that he is being prepared for sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

August 05, 2023 17:10

• After complaint to Chechen Ombudsperson, Chechens from Dagestani village achieve authorities' attention

  After complaints from the Chechens living in the village of Kemsi-Yurt and Mansur Soltaev's talks with local authorities, it was decided to build a kindergarten and a medical facility in the village, as well as to construct a road from Khasavyurt.

August 04, 2023 21:50

• Nikolin's case reminds of illegal weapons problem and combatants' adaptation

  The illegal circulation of the weapons originating from the special military operation (SMO) zone is widespread among all fighters; sometimes entire units can be involved therein, analysts have pointed out in their comments on the case of the shooting of a "Wagner" fighter at law enforcers in the Rostov Region.

August 04, 2023 18:40

• Advocate Akhilgov reports being called to Centre “E” due to accusation report

  The reason for an accusation report against advocate Kaloi Akhilgov was his comments in the media, recognized as foreign agents. An author of the accusation report suggested that Kaloi Akhilgov and his colleagues refuse to speak in the media.

August 04, 2023 18:36

• Court cancels sentence to Rostov resident for graffiti about Putin

  In Krasnodar, a court of cassation cancelled the verdict to Mikhail Selitsky, who was sentenced to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital in a case on vandalism motivated by political hostility. The court sent the case for retrial. That was reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project with reference to advocate Rustam Mukhamadeev.

August 04, 2023 13:21

• Posting photo with statement about president turns into fine for Krasnodar woman

  The court has treated the photo of a bag with an expression about the death of the country's president, posted by a 21-year-old woman from Krasnodar on the Internet, as discrediting Russian militaries and fined her by 30,000 roubles.

August 03, 2023 23:12

• Judge refuses to consider torture case of Chechen actor Debishev

  The complaint against the refusal to initiate a case of torturing Timur Debishev, an actor, has been once again returned by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny. However, the judge who had received the complaint has withdrawn himself by using a formal pretext, Ekaterina Vanslova, a human rights defender, has informed.

August 03, 2023 20:57

• Kadyrov boasts of his mother's award

  The President of Russia has decorated Aimani Kadyrova with the Order of Honour for her active social work, the head of Chechnya has informed.

August 03, 2023 19:43

• In Volgograd, court refuses to consider prisoner’s complaint about conditions in SIZO

  Convicted Konstantin Fokin filed to court a claim against the Federal Penitentiary Service and demanded to pay him 500,000 roubles in compensation for moral damages for poor conditions in a Volgograd SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court refused to consider the claim, as the statute of limitations had been missed.

August 03, 2023 16:51

• Sources report about clash between local residents on Dagestani-Chechen border

  More than a hundred young people gathered at night on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya after a domestic conflict between two persons, and the situation required the intervention of the police, sources reported.

August 02, 2023 23:35

• Stavropol Territory: contract soldier sentenced to six years for service evasion

  The Stavropol Territorial Military Court has sentenced a contract soldier to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

August 02, 2023 22:38

• Tepsurkaev's wife wins appeal at Chechen SC for the third time

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has obliged the first-instance court in Grozny to correct the violations committed when considering the complaint of the widow of Salman Tepsurkaev about the refusal to recognize her as a suffered party; however, the latter didn't do it.