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June 06, 2023 18:56

• Norwegian Nobel Committee supports human rights defender Oleg Orlov

  Human rights defender Oleg Orlov has been charged in a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces amid the peacekeeping activities of the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee states.

June 06, 2023 13:33

• Family of wounded soldier from Dagestan gets no payments due to bureaucratic obstacles

  Makhach Gadjimuradov, a soldier from Buynaksk, was severely wounded during the special military operation in Ukraine. The man has been in a coma for more than a year.

June 06, 2023 11:56

• Makhachkala: law enforcers detain picketer

  In Makhachkala, Ibragim Parkuev, a local resident, has been detained, after he came out with a poster in which he congratulated Alexei Navalny* on his birthday.

June 05, 2023 23:58

• Chechen lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev states sharp deterioration in his mother's health in SIZO

  After a 1.5-year-long stay at the Chechen SIZO (pre-trial prison), Zarema Musaeva has lost the ability to move independently. After the deterioration of her health, she was hospitalized, her son Abubakar Yangulbaev has informed.

June 05, 2023 23:56

• KChR resident claims falsification of his case by law enforcers

  Nikolai Kotzeba from the village of Zelenchukskaya, the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), convicted of trafficking in explosives, has complained that law enforcers had falsified a criminal case against him. His advocate has stated that some data in his client's case files has nothing to do with reality.

June 05, 2023 23:03

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 29-June 4, 2023

  Conflict between Kadyrov’s subordinates and Yevgeny Prigozhin, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, rally in Abkhazia, drones in Kuban, conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, struggle of Alizamin Salaev, 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 May 29-June 4, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 05, 2023 15:04

• Mother of beaten disabled teen from Rostov complains about witnesses' indifference

  A Rostov resident has pleaded guilty to beating a disabled teenager in a shopping centre; the case has been sent to the court. Two men were beating up the boy, but eyewitnesses refused to testify against the second attacker, the teen's mother has complained.

June 05, 2023 14:13

• Mobilized person from KBR convicted for service evasion

  The Vladikavkaz Military Court has sentenced Muayed Kochesokov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

June 03, 2023 20:22

• Woman from Georgievsk fined for discrediting Russian militaries

  The court has fined Anastasia Artemyeva, a resident of the town of Georgievsk in the Stavropol Territory, finding her guilty of discrediting Russian militaries.

June 03, 2023 19:46

• British citizen kidnapped in Chechnya after visiting relatives

  Magomed Abubakarov, a citizen of the United Kingdom (UK), has been detained by law enforcers at his mother's home in Urus-Martan, his female relative has informed. Before leaving Russia, Abubakarov was tortured and convicted for assisting militants, his acquaintance has added.

June 03, 2023 19:14

• Krasnodar resident's complaint about torture sent to the ICRF

  An FSB investigator has sent materials on the application about torture lodged by Oleg Vazhdaev, who is accused within the case of arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Krasnodar, to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

June 03, 2023 19:11

• Defence convinces court to add activists' characteristics to "Ingush case" files

  The court has granted the defence's motion to add the documents characterizing the defendants to the materials of the so-called "Ingush case". Ismail Nalgiev's sister said that for the first time she could see her brother in the courtroom.

June 03, 2023 15:27

• Doctor from Novocherkassk fined for damaging patriotic banners

  In Novocherkassk, a court sentenced doctor Ivan Churinov to a fine, recognizing pouring paint to portraits of participants in the special military operation in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

June 03, 2023 15:15

• Lawyers point to possible travel ban in case of Chechen policeman Khalidov

  There is no information about the whereabouts of Chechen policeman Yasin Khalidov after his detention at the border with Kazakhstan, and the law enforcement bodies did not respond to complaints filed by lawyers, human rights defender Oyub Titiev reported.

June 03, 2023 14:36

• ECtHR awards compensation to activists from Krasnodar Territory and Volgograd

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to six activists from Krasnodar, Sochi, and Volgograd for detentions and arrests after protest actions. Compensation was awarded to activists against the backdrop of the Russian authorities’ refusal to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR.

June 03, 2023 13:11

• Death of inmate in Chechnya alarms rights defenders

  Khavazhi Magomadov, brought from the Kuzbass colony as a witness in another criminal case, has died in the Grozny detention facility. Before his death, Magomadov feared for his life, human rights defenders inform.

June 03, 2023 12:56

• Rights defenders announce Colonel Kotovich to be political prisoner

  Valery Kotovich, a Colonel of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) from the Rostov Region, has been sentenced to six years in colony for expressing his personal opinion about the actions of the Russian Army in Ukraine.

June 02, 2023 23:58

• Defence of Volgograd resident Igor Paskar promises to challenge verdict

  Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, has been convicted for symbolic non-violent actions under the article on terror acts, which gives grounds to recognize him as a political prisoner, Sergey Davidis, a human rights defender, believes.

June 02, 2023 23:56

• Sentence approved for Dagestani blogger Askhabali Alibekov in case on discrediting Russian army

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court upheld a verdict to Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, an author of the “Wild Paratrooper” YouTube channel, who was sentenced for a year and two months of imprisonment.

June 02, 2023 23:50

• Health state of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva deteriorates, her defender reports

  The long-term arrest affected the health and psychological state of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva, and she began to get sick often, advocate Bilan Dzugaev reports. Public defenders of the Ingush activists say their main goal is reporting the maximum information about the progress of the trial.