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March 07, 2023 20:02

• After attempt on Chechen commander Alaudinov, advocate demands to open criminal case

  Denis Shapiro, an advocate for Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, has demanded from investigators to initiate a criminal case on an attempted murder after an attempt was made to poison Alaudinov.

March 07, 2023 19:57

• At action in support of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev, law enforcers limited themselves to demand for explanations

  Policemen did not interfere with solo pickets in Makhachkala in support of the journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but they took written explanations from picketers, the journalist, Idris Yusupov, has informed.

March 07, 2023 18:58

• In Grozny, contract serviceman sentenced to two years in colony for evading service

  The Grozny Military Court has sentenced Evgeny Eryomin, a contract military serviceman, to two years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permit during the mobilization.

March 07, 2023 02:46

• Meeting of Kadyrov’s son with Putin highlights special status of Chechen leader

  Vladimir Putin’s personal meeting with 17-year-old son of Ramzan Kadyrov once again highlighted the special status of the leader of Chechnya among Russian governors, and it looks like a signal that power in Chechnya will be inherited, human rights defenders point out.

March 07, 2023 01:44

• Activist from Adygea expresses his indignation with a large fine

  In Adygea, a court recognized as a fake a video about the Russian army, the link to which was posted in a messenger by Igor Korotkov. The activist was fined 800,000 roubles.

March 06, 2023 23:27

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 27-March 5, 2023

  Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, public activity of Ramzan Kadyrov, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, discussions in Georgia and the health state of Mikhail Saakashvili, official data on the natives of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 27-March 5, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

March 06, 2023 19:54

• Resident of Astrakhan fined for discrediting militaries

  Rizabek Kubashev, an Astrakhan resident, was found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 06, 2023 19:52

• Pacifist comments in social network result in arrest of Sochi resident

  A Sochi resident was detained in connection with his pacifist comments, after which law enforcers accused him of disobeying the policeman's lawful demands, and by a court decision, he was arrested.

March 05, 2023 18:31

• Social network users criticize generous payments from Kadyrov Fund to newlyweds

  Ten million roubles that the Kadyrov Fund has promised to distribute among 100 newlywed couples should be better spent to help the needy people in Chechnya, Instagram* users have noted. Some of them have linked the Fund's action with the marriage of Ramzan Kadyrov's son.

March 05, 2023 16:28

• Court sides with Chechen police in dispute with perished law enforcer's mother

  The court of appeal in Chechnya has upheld the refusal to satisfy the lawsuit of Bahumesedo Khamidova, who asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to award the order to her son, a policeman, who perished in 2002.

March 05, 2023 16:25

• Kadyrov boasts of his son's personal meeting with Putin

  The President of Russia had a personal meeting with Akhmat Kadyrov, a son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, and congratulated him on his upcoming marriage, the father has boasted.

March 05, 2023 15:52

• Law enforcers announce criminal case against "Memorial"*

  A criminal case has been opened against employees of the "Memorial" Society under the article on rehabilitation of Nazism, law enforcement sources have reported. There was no notification about the case; and investigators failed to voice out the claims, human rights defenders from the "Memorial" have informed.

March 05, 2023 15:14

• Case details of Zaur Radjabov, Makhachkala resident, announced

  The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has fined Zaur Radjabov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his posts in the Instagram* social network had discredited Russian militaries.

March 04, 2023 16:02

• Defence completes presenting proofs in Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case

  The advocates for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov have completed the presentation of evidence, but Tambiev is demanding that the protocol of his first interrogation be excluded from the case files, while Rizvanov is seeking to summon new witnesses to the trial.

March 04, 2023 15:49

• Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov's call for martial law

  The decision to introduce the martial law is made by the president, Dmitry Peskov, President Putin's press secretary, has recalled in his comment on the proposal of the head of Chechnya to tighten the regime in some Russian regions after the attack committed in the Bryansk Region.

March 04, 2023 15:45

• Volgograd contract soldier’s wife seeks his treatment through court

  A spouse of a participant in the special military operation appealed to the Volgograd Garrison Military Court, demanding that her husband be dismissed from service and provided with psychiatric treatment. Military doctors who examined the contract soldier declared him fit for service, while civilian doctors insist that he needs medical treatment.

March 03, 2023 23:37

• Native of Chechnya achieves cancellation of his deportation from France

  A court in Paris has satisfied the complaint of a native of Chechnya against the decision of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to deport him to Russia, admitting that the man was in danger of being tortured in Russia.

March 03, 2023 23:30

• ECtHR awards compensation to Krasnodar activist

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that Denis Nochevka had been illegally kept after being detained at a rally against the pension reform held in Krasnodar; and his trial was not impartial.

March 03, 2023 23:27

• Kadyrov urges to punish families of those who committed terror act in Bryansk Region

  Relatives of the attackers should be called to account for the armed incident in the Bryansk Region and, despite the presence of civilian facilities nearby, "bomb down all the sites" that may be associated with the preparation of the terror act, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

March 03, 2023 23:16

• Residents of Chechnya reprimanded publicly by law enforcers for drinking alcohol

  A video of law enforcers chastising a group of residents of the Urus-Martan District for drinking alcohol in public places and driving while intoxicated has been posted in social media.