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April 04, 2023 23:23

• CTO in Ingushetia is the first since 2020

  The announcement of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was preceded by two CTOs in the Sunzha and Malgobek Districts conducted in August 2020.

April 04, 2023 22:56

• Ingushetia: CTO announced amid reports of shelling of law enforcers

  Law enforcers have found the alleged attackers on the DPS (road-and-patrol service) traffic police post in a farm in Malgobek; the suspects opened fire on law enforcers; they wounded one of them and managed to escape, a law enforcement source has informed.

April 04, 2023 21:16

• Ramzan Kadyrov angered by sanctions imposed on his daughter

  Leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov responded with insults to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the imposition of sanctions against his daughter Tabarik Kadyrova.

April 04, 2023 21:00

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold two pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

April 04, 2023 17:48

• Pensioner from Chechnya fined for discrediting Russian army

  In North Ossetia, a court fined Ruslan Reshidov, a pensioner from Chechnya, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, recognizing his words about the special military operation in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 03, 2023 23:58

• One of those killed by law enforcers in Gudermes turned out to be mentally ill

  Ruslan Elkhadjiev, who was killed by law enforcers in Gudermes, had suffered from a mental illness, many people in the city know about this, a source of the "Caucasian Knot" has reported. The information about the mental disorder of the eldest of the two killed Elkhadjievs was confirmed by the authors of the report of the Chechen state TV channel.

April 03, 2023 23:48

• Two Astrakhan residents fined for discrediting Russian Army

  Alexander Shinkorenko, an Astrakhan resident, has been fined for his comments posted in the social network; the court has also imposed a fine on Ksenia Tsulimova, a local resident. According to law enforcers, the above Astrakhan residents have discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

April 03, 2023 21:15

• Pacifist post turns into fine for KBR resident

  Islam Bambetov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been fined for discrediting the Russian Army.

April 03, 2023 18:17

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 27-2 April, 2023

  Armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, 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 March 27-April 2, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 02, 2023 15:20

• Imangazali Magomedov, native of Dagestan, asks not to deport him to Russia

  Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who was detained in Ukraine, has asked to be deported to a third country, treating it unsafe to return to Russia.

April 02, 2023 15:16

• Fellow villagers of kidnapped Chechen Arsamikov prevent advocates from meeting him

  Idris Arsamikov is in the Chechen village of Starogladovskaya; his advocates wanted to visit him, but his fellow villagers did not allow them to do so.

April 02, 2023 14:38

• Relatives distance themselves from residents of Ingushetia Mikail Moshkhoev and Amirkhan Gurazhev

  After law enforcers have stated that Mikail Moshkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, was put on the wanted list within the case of planning a terror act, his relatives excluded him from their teip (family clan).

April 01, 2023 23:57

• FSB announces search for five suspects in plotting terror acts in Ingushetia

  Five residents of Ingushetia are wanted on suspicion of planning terror acts, the local branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed and gave their names, although earlier the Service named four wanted persons.

April 01, 2023 23:19

• Case of Rostov scientist Maxim Rachkov on fakes about Russian Army sent to court

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on the completion of the investigation into the case of fakes about the Russian Army initiated against Maxim Rachkov, a scientist from the city of Rostov-on-Don; the case has been sent to the court.

April 01, 2023 21:51

• Propagandists in Chechnya throw their efforts to support official version of events in Gudermes

  The head of the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) posted a video in which he criticized statements about the events in Gudermes that contradicted the official version, accusing “European shaitans” of disseminating them.

April 01, 2023 21:15

• Adam Khamchiev needs treatment after attack

  Ingush blogger Adam Khamchiev stays in a hospital after being beaten, reports human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. According to him, the attack on the blogger, well-known for criticizing officials, took place because of a domestic conflict.

March 31, 2023 20:50

• ECtHR recognizes violation of protesters' rights in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensations to nine residents of Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd and Krasnodar, who were detained at protests in 2017, despite the fact that Russia refused to enforce its decisions.

March 31, 2023 20:40

• Clooney Foundation demands to cancel verdict to Mikhail Benyash*

  The sentence to Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer, passed within the case of attacking law enforcers was one of the stages of his prosecution by authorities and should be cancelled, the Clooney human rights foundation "For Justice" has stated.

March 31, 2023 19:44

• Aslan Iritov, KBR activist, explains motives for appealing his verdict at ECtHR

  Aslan Iritov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who received a suspended sentence within the case of an attack on a law enforcer, has found it reasonable to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the hope of bringing law enforcers to justice in the future.

March 31, 2023 19:38

• Native of Dagestan claims torture in court

  Adilkhan Amambaev, who was sentenced to nine years in prison within the case of recruitment to the IS*, has stated in his complaint that his case had been falsified and his confession of guilt was obtained under torture. However, the Russian Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict.