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June 28, 2023 16:29

• Social media users argue about responsibility of fashion show organizers in Makhachkala

  When commenting on the graduation fashion show of students of a specialized art school in Makhachkala, some Instagram* users stated that no blasphemy should go unpunished, and the punishment for it is provided for by the law.

June 28, 2023 16:25

• Twenty-three thousand people demand to investigate Selima Ismailova’s disappearance

  The police should report the whereabouts of Selima Ismailova, who escaped from domestic violence, who was taken away from a Moscow airport by Chechen law enforcers, authors of a petition claim. They demand from the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs to take the case under his personal control and transfer the investigation into the case to Moscow.

June 28, 2023 16:12

• College principal in Makhachkala reprimanded for fashion show

  After a scandalous fashion show, the Dagestani Ministry of Culture has taken action against the leadership of the Dagestani Arts School.

June 28, 2023 14:03

• Rights defenders comment on sending "Akhmat" to Moscow during rebellion

  The engagement of the Chechen "Akhmat" units to suppress the rebellion launched by Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC), has shown the Kremlin's special attitude towards Kadyrov people, human rights defenders have noted.

June 27, 2023 18:57

• Defence of Dagestani coach Arslanbekov achieves judge challenge

  The court has satisfied the demand to challenge the judge, which was put forward by the defence of Timur Arslanbekov, a coach from Buynaksk, accused of assaulting a law enforcer.

June 27, 2023 18:43

• PO refuses to drop the case against Sochi pensioner Atamanchuk

  Vladimir Atamanchuk, a pensioner from Sochi, has appealed to the local prosecutor's office (PO) with a demand to stop his criminal prosecution under the article on discrediting the Russian Army, but received a formal reply.

June 27, 2023 18:28

• Activist Berezikov’s defender leaves Russia after searches

  Advocate Irina Gak has left Russia after the death of her client Anatoly Berezikov in a special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don and searches in her house. This is reported by the human rights project “OVD-Info”*.

June 27, 2023 15:12

• In Makhachkala, administration of specialized art school explains scandalous fashion show

  A theatrical costume in the graduation work of a design student, which outraged users of the social media, has nothing to do with religious symbols, announces the administration of a specialized art school in Makhachkala. The Dagestani Ministry of Culture reported about the official investigation into the incident.

June 26, 2023 21:08

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 19-25, 2023

  “Wagner” PMC in Rostov-on-Don, Kadyrov’s reaction to Prigozhin’s march, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, release of Gvaramiya in Georgia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh,, 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 June 19-25, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 26, 2023 20:58

• Students' fashion show in Makhachkala gives rise to morality fighters

  College students in Makhachkala presented a fashion show, during which some models walked down the runway carrying religious symbols. Some commentators in social networks have demanded to fire the college bosses for insulting believers' feelings.

June 26, 2023 20:52

• Volgograd political analyst questioned in connection with Prigozhin's rebellion

  In Volgograd, Law enforcers have searched the apartment of Mikhail Serenko, a journalist and a political analyst, after which he was interrogated as a witness in the criminal case opened in connection with the Evgeny Prigozhin's armed rebellion.

June 26, 2023 18:46

• Kadyrov links Prigozhin's rebellion with latter's personal ambitions

  The reason for the armed rebellion launched by Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) was in his personal ambitions and the resentment due to his failed business deals, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

June 25, 2023 22:14

• Lawyers comment on prosecution's position in Gadjiev's case

  After the state prosecutor has ignored experts' conclusions and demanded 19 years in colony for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev each, the court would not dare to pass an acquittal, but could impose a softer sentence, the advocates believe.

June 25, 2023 17:18

• Prigozhin announces stop of march on Moscow

  Evgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC), said that he had stopped his march on Moscow, was turning his columns back and taking them to field camps. Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian President, has treated this as the result of his negotiations with Prigozhin.

June 25, 2023 15:32

• Analysts treat Prigozhin's rebellion as result of conflict with Shoigu, head of MoD

  The armed rebellion of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) was the result of the extremely aggravated conflict of Evgeny Prigozhin, the head thereof, with Sergey Shoigu, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD). Prigozhin's actions were spontaneous, but expected, analysts have commented on the rebellion.

June 25, 2023 05:17

• Kadyrov criticizes Prigozhin for rebellion

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has condemned Evgeny Prigozhin, the founder the leader of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC), for an armed rebellion and announced that Chechen law enforcers were moving into tension zones.

June 25, 2023 05:13

• Relatives of the Sochi Jehovah's Witness* criticize verdict

  The constitution guarantees the freedom of religion in Russia, but law enforcers present the case like Jehovah's Witnesses* read extremist literature, relatives of Danil Suvorov, convicted under an extremism case, have pointed out.

June 25, 2023 05:06

• In its complaint, defence calls Ingush resident a slander victim

  The sentence to Abo Dobriev, a resident of Ingushetia, sentenced to life imprisonment, is based on the testimony of the witness who had slandered him and is not supported by other proofs, the defence has stated in its complaint.

June 24, 2023 21:34

• Journalist Alipat Sultanbegova fined for discrediting Russian army

  In Krasnodar, a court recognized Alipat Sultanbegova’s post on the social media as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and obliged her to pay a fine. Alipat Sultanbegova, who stays abroad now, intends to appeal against the court’s decision.

June 24, 2023 21:11

• Court arrests Kuban activist Melikhova

  Activist Marina Melikhova was arrested for one month in a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.