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October 30, 2024 15:04

• Journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova’s right to defence violated, her advocate claims

  Investigators reduced the period for looking through the materials of the Nadezhda Kevorkova’s case from five to two days, advocate Kaloi Akhilgov reports.

October 29, 2024 23:55

• Chechen woman with three children faces deportation from Bosnia

  Selima, 32, who fled domestic violence, has been detained in Bosnia. According to the Chechen Diaspora, she was put on the wanted list in Russia at the insistence of her husband's relatives.

October 29, 2024 23:16

• Human rights defenders respond to Arashukov’s statements about torture

  The Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Orenburg Region will check a complaint filed by former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov about torture in the “Black Dolphin” penitentiary facility.

October 29, 2024 22:56

• Kadyrov forbids taking prisoners of war after drone attack on Gudermes

  The leader of Chechnya promised retaliation for a drone attack on the building of the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes. Ramzan Kadyrov ordered military commanders not to take prisoners of war (POWs) in the special military operation (SMO) zone.

October 29, 2024 21:22

• Transfer to Moscow of missing athlete Tsomartova’s case gives hope to her parents

  In Moscow, investigators re-examine all the circumstances of the case on the Anna Tsomartova’s disappearance. Earlier, the case was conducted by investigators in Dagestan, and new materials have appeared in the case now.

October 29, 2024 20:18

• On October 21-27, 2024, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from October 21 to 27, 2024, one law enforcer was killed and another was wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and the information from other open sources.

October 28, 2024 23:58

• Attack on law enforcers in Chechnya casts doubt on Kadyrov’s statements about elimination of underground

  The killing of a fighter of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia) in Chechnya may indicate the activation of the armed underground, but it is unlikely to affect the reputation of Ramzan Kadyrov, who declared that militants had been eliminated.

October 28, 2024 23:47

• Action in support of journalist Gadjiev arises interest from Makhachkala residents

  A solo picket held by journalist Magomed Magomedov in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev has attracted increased attention from passers-by in Makhachkala.

October 28, 2024 23:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 20-27, 2024

  Parliamentary elections in Georgia, attacks on law enforcers in Chechnya, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repression against the Azerbaijani opposition, 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 20-27, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 28, 2024 23:08

• MIA reports detention of attacker on policeman in Krasnodar

  Marat Abdyushev, a resident of Bashkortostan, who attacked a policeman in Krasnodar and stole his weapon, was detained in the territory of a gardening association in the city.

October 28, 2024 21:57

• Astrakhan resident publicly apologizes for conflict near a store

  The Astrakhan Regional Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a detainee publicly apologized for a conflict with a local woman near a store, during which he insulted her nationality.

October 28, 2024 19:16

• Alkhanov's family disagrees with verdict for attacking Pskov paratroopers

  The wife of Magomed Alkhanov, a Chechen native, has declared his innocence in the case of the attack on the Pskov paratroopers and intends to appeal against the verdict. Svetlana Gannushkina*, a human rights defender, treats the witness' testimony in Alkhanov's case as dubious.

October 27, 2024 23:38

• Ukrainian citizen convicted in North Ossetia of espionage

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced Evgeny Konin, a Ukrainian citizen, to eight years of freedom deprivation, finding him guilty of espionage.

October 27, 2024 18:31

• Analysts recall closed nature of inquiry into Dubrovka terror act

  Authorities have failed to disclose information about what gas was used during the storming of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, where terrorists took hostages in October 2002. The results of the investigation have not yet been disclosed; and the officials responsible for the hostages' deaths have not been punished.

October 26, 2024 22:16

• Chechen authorities report blood feudists' reconciliation

  In the village of Oiskhara in the Gudermes District, a reconciliation ceremony was held of two families who had been in conflict over a murder that occurred a year ago.

October 26, 2024 21:31

• Lawyers treat citizenship deprivation of two residents of Volgograd Region as unlawful

  The deprivation of citizenship of two naturalized residents of the Volgograd Region for their failure to get timely registered for military service is contrary to the Russian Constitution and can be regarded as a repressive measure; however, a chance to overturn this ruling in court is low.

October 26, 2024 21:11

• Rights defenders report torture of detainees at Taganrog SIZO

  No less than seven inmates kept at the Taganrog SIZO (pre-trial prison) are being tortured to extract confessions within the case of the riot at the Rostov SIZO; and Muslims are prohibited from practicing their religion.

October 25, 2024 23:55

• In case of Sochi resident Schus, court agrees to interrogate a linguist

  The defence has convinced the court to interrogate an expert linguist at a hearing of the case of Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. Alexei has complained to his advocate about the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

October 25, 2024 23:18

• Criminal case against Ilyas Yakubov dropped

  Investigators have stopped the criminal prosecution of Ilyas Yakubov, a Chechen athlete, who signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) while at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and departed to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

October 25, 2024 22:12

• Attack on law enforcers in Chechnya becomes at least second incident since early 2024

  An attack on a car with fighters of the “Rosgvardia” (National Guard of Russia) in Chechnya was preceded by an attack on a policeman in the Achkhoi-Martanovsky District in February. The information about the attack on a police checkpoint in Gudermes in early October has not been officially confirmed.