News

May 08, 2023 21:50

• Court refuses to dismiss Dagestani contract soldier, wounded in Ukraine, from army

  Alexei Tarasov, a contractor from the military unit stationed in Kaspiysk, who was wounded in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, is seeking dismissal from service after his contract expires. However, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has considered his complaint and upheld the previous court ruling.

May 08, 2023 21:42

• Social media comment about Akhmat Kadyrov results in criminal case

  Oleg Tyryshkin, an activist from the city of Anzhero-Sudjensk, Kemerovo Region, has been accused of justifying terrorism. The reason was his comment place in social networks about the death of the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, in 2004 during an explosion at a stadium in Grozny.

May 08, 2023 20:39

• Relatives of Dagestani woman report her arrest in Moscow

  Ulker Gashimova, a resident of the city of Derbent, who was detained at a Moscow airport while trying to leave Russia, has been arrested for 10 days, her relatives have informed.

May 08, 2023 16:35

• Kadyrov confirms readiness of "Akhmat" to replace "Wagner" in Artyomovsk

  Chechen fighters are ready to occupy the positions of the "Wagner" PMC (Private Military Company) in the city of Artyomovsk, Ramzan Kadyrov has confirmed the words of Evgeny Prigozhin, stating that three OMON (riot police) units had already left for the special military operation (SMO) zone.

May 08, 2023 15:45

• Contract serviceman from Vladikavkaz imprisoned for leaving his military unit

  In Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania, the military court has sentenced Sergey Osipov, a contract serviceman, to six years in prison for his six-months of absence from service at his military unit.

May 07, 2023 12:52

• Case against five residents of Ukraine arrives in the court of Rostov-on-Don

  Five citizens of Ukraine have been accused of participating in a terrorist organization; their case has been submitted to the Southern District Military Court.

May 06, 2023 18:19

• Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended for three months

  A court in Grozny has extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, a figurants in the case of attacking a law enforcer, until August 12 2023.

May 06, 2023 15:19

• Natives of Chechnya detained in Belgium in case on preparation of terror act

  The Belgian prosecutor’s office announced the arrest of seven supporters of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), suspected of plotting a terror act. Among the detainees are natives of Chechnya.

May 06, 2023 14:14

• “SK SOS Crisis Group”* recognized as a foreign agent

  The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the “SK SOS Crisis Group”* into the register of foreign agents, explaining such a decision by the NGO’s “activities to promote LGBT relations.”

May 05, 2023 18:17

• Relatives of women convicted in Iraq achieve reaction of Dagestani Ombudsperson

  The Ombudsperson of Dagestan has informed that a request was sent to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide legal assistance to the female natives of Dagestan kept in Iraqi prisons.

May 05, 2023 18:05

• Woman from Derbent detained by law enforcers at Moscow airport

  Law enforcers detained a girl-resident of Derbent at a Moscow airport, when she tried to fly out of Russia. She planned to apply for political asylum in the Netherlands, her bridegroom has explained.

May 05, 2023 17:57

• Swiss court rejects lawsuit against Chechen activist Lachin Mamishov

  The Swiss Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a hate speech claim against Euro-Ichkerian Lachin Mamishov, who posted on the Internet a video of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 and accompanied it with an ironic caption that such explosions could occur in Moscow as well.

May 05, 2023 17:24

• Musaeva's son claims the need for his mother's hospitalization

  As stated by Abubakar Yangulbaev, a Zarema Musaeva's son, the health condition of his mother has worsened significantly during her stay at the Chechen SIZO (pre-trial prison), and her eyesight began disappearing.

May 05, 2023 14:23

• Lawyer of Krasnodar branch of “Team Against Torture”* questioned by law enforcers

  After a search in the Krasnodar branch of the “Team Against Torture”*, law enforcers brought lawyer Ilya Platonov for questioning. According to the lawyer, he was questioned as a witness in a criminal case instituted in North Ossetia.

May 05, 2023 12:16

• Villager’s apology highlights fear of Chechen authorities

  A resident of Chechnya was forced to apologize for criticizing the village and district authorities, as his words discredited the officials appointed by Ramzan Kadyrov, believes Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Congress of Caucasian Nations.

May 04, 2023 17:43

• Volgograd court would not consider pensioner's claim against Putin's reception office

  The court has refused to consider the lawsuit lodged by Albert Chernyshov, a pensioner, against an employee of the reception office of the President of Russia in the Volgograd Region, citing the president's immunity.

May 04, 2023 16:51

• Released Wagner fighter claims compensation for custody conditions in Volgograd colony

  An amnestied fighter from the Wagner PMC (Private Military Company) is seeking compensation through the court for the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and the Volgograd colony, where he had served his term for a murder.

May 04, 2023 16:43

• Karachays mark national revival day amid restrictions

  This year, the revival day of the Karachay people was marked without a march and horse races, justifying this fact with the situation in the country and security concern, activists have informed.

May 04, 2023 16:32

• Ozdoev’s mother and sister ask him to surrender to authorities after attack on law enforcers

  A sister and a mother of Adam Ozdoev, who was put on the wanted list in connection with an attack on law enforcers, called on him to surrender to the authorities. This is at least the third appeal of the mother since Adam Ozdoev was put on the wanted list and the second after the report of the leader of Ingushetia announcing that four suspected militants were killed in a counterterrorist operation.

May 03, 2023 22:57

• Third case against Sochi woman, accused of discrediting Russian militaries, sent to court

  The Sochi District Court has received the case initiated against a Ukrainian woman accused of discrediting the Russian Army. Earlier, she was arrested twice under administrative charges for her posts in the social network.