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November 08, 2023 22:47

• Resident of Astrakhan Region fined for comments in social network

  The court has fined a resident of the Astrakhan Region finding his comments posted in the social network as discredited Russian militaries.

November 08, 2023 21:37

• Palestine-supporting picket sparks reaction from Makhachkala townspeople

  Residents of Makhachkala have actively responded to solo actions in support of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and residents of Palestine, held by Gadjiev's colleagues. The actions in support of Palestine reflect the sentiments of the majority of Dagestanis, passers-by have noted.

November 08, 2023 21:05

• Saint Petersburg's PO gets interested in fate of Seda Suleimanova, escapee from her parents

  The bridegroom of Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, was invited to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Saint Petersburg, where he told how law enforcers took Seda, her fiancée, to Chechnya and forbade her from meeting him.

November 08, 2023 19:10

• Kabardino-Balkaria continues trend of awarding Adam Kadyrov

  The leader of Kabardino-Balkaria handed the republic’s highest award over to Adam Kadyrov, a Chechen leader’s son, who beat in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) Nikita Zhuravel, arrested in a case on the burning of the Koran.

November 08, 2023 18:18

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, warder suspected of beating a prisoner

  The chief of the security department of a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of beating a prisoner after a conflict.

November 08, 2023 16:56

• Court approves Igor Paskar's sentence

  The court has refused to satisfy the appeal of Igor Paskar's defence; he has been sentenced to a long term in the case of a terror act, and left the sentence unchanged, the SOTA Telegram channel has informed.

November 07, 2023 21:38

• Commentators link reduction in number of prayers for Palestine in Chechnya with fatigue

  Collective Takhadjud namazes (prayers) for residents of Palestine will be held twice a week, the Chechen Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) has announced.

November 07, 2023 19:52

• After criticism, Derbent teacher explains herself for words about Palestinian conflict

  The words about staged videos from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict were pronounced during a talk with students about fake information, a teacher from the Derbent Medical College has explained in response to criticism from social network users.

November 07, 2023 19:37

• Israeli citizenship of Rasul Gamzatov's granddaughter outrages social network users

  Shakhri Amirkhanova, a granddaughter of the Dagestani poet Rasul Gamzatov, has stated that she was proud to receive Israeli citizenship. This statement, made amid the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has caused sharp criticism among users of the "VKontakte" social network.

November 07, 2023 16:48

• Rights defenders achieve inquiry into the beating of North-Ossetian native by law enforcers

  Investigators have begun examining allegations of beating by law enforcers in Moscow of Tamerlan Marzoev, a native of North Ossetia. He was hospitalized with fractures and bruises.

November 07, 2023 16:21

• Advocate Vadaev treats his case as revenge of Chechen law enforcers

  A court closed a criminal case on forgery of documents instituted against Abubakar Vadaev, a defence lawyer from Chechnya, due to the lack of evidence of a crime. The case was initiated by Chechen law enforcers after he made public the information about the torture of a person, Abubakar Vadaev states.

November 06, 2023 22:37

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 30-November 5, 2023

  Anti-Semitism in Northern Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Azerbaijan against the opposition and Armenia, “benefit performance” of the Kadyrov clan, 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 October 30-November 5, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 06, 2023 20:38

• More than 200 people detained for participation in riots at Makhachkala airport

  The riots at an airport in Makhachkala resulted in detention of 201 people for participation in them, and administrative protocols were drawn up against 155 of the detainees, reports the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

November 06, 2023 20:15

• Krasnodar resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  In Krasnodar, a court fined Anzor Kvashilava, who held a solo pacifist picket and posted photographs of his protest action on social media.

November 06, 2023 17:03

• Roman Kharitonov from Sochi detained and beaten up after criticizing authorities

  In Sochi, law enforcers have detained Roman Kharitonov, who had earlier been summoned to the police in connection with his posting a video containing criticism of authorities. Roman has explained his dissatisfaction with authorities by the fact that his grandmother, a 92-year-old war veteran, was deprived of her land plot.

November 06, 2023 16:53

• Posts in social networks lead to fine imposed on Volgograd resident for discrediting Russian militaries

  A Volgograd resident was fined for reposting a Ukrainian video and for his pacifist post.

November 06, 2023 16:50

• Trend of awarding Kadyrov's son continued by KChR Mufti

  Ismail-Khadji Berdiev, Mufti of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has decorated Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who had beaten up at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident accused of burning down the Koran, with the Order of Merit for the Ummah.

November 05, 2023 16:17

• Lawyers and rights defenders argue about consequences of Zhuravel's apology

  Nikita Zhuravel's apology to Muslims for burning the Koran will not affect the verdict, the lawyers, Galina Tarasova and Olga Skripkina, have noted. In their turn, the human rights defenders, Oyub Titiev and Svetlana Gannushkina*, have objected, believing that after Zhuravel's apology, the court may pass him a lenient sentence, if Chechen authorities would like it.

November 05, 2023 10:09

• Kadyrov presents law enforcers' commanders with premium cars

  At least 20 Mercedes and GMC cars have been gifted to commanders of law enforcement units participating in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine by the head of Chechnya.

November 04, 2023 22:18

• Chechen journalist Zhalaudi Geriev treats ECtHR's decision in his case as half-hearted

  Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist from Chechnya, has noted that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had found only one obvious violation in his case. If the ECtHR had considered the case before Russia in 2022 refused to enforce its decisions, the judges might have considered the materials in more detail, he has added.