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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.

March 03, 2023 18:42

• Activist detained at pacifist picket in Krasnodar

  Natalia Bushueva was taken to a police department after a solo protest action held near the monument to St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Krasnodar.

March 03, 2023 16:25

• Human rights defenders associate mass grave in Grozny with extrajudicial executions

  During the two Chechen military campaigns, extrajudicial executions took place throughout Grozny, so the remains found on the outskirts of the city might belong to the victims of those executions, human rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Alexander Cherkasov suggested.

March 02, 2023 18:52

• Chechen theatre official claims apology from Sokurov

  Khava Akhmadova, the head of the Chechen State Drama Theatre, has treated the statement of film director Alexander Sokurov about the cultural interests of residents of Northern Caucasus as a reason for his apology.

March 02, 2023 18:50

• After detention in Mongolia, activist Batyr Boromangnaev flies to USA

  Mongolian authorities have abandoned their initial plans to deport the Kalmyk activist, Batyr Boromangnaev. After negotiations with the participation of Mongolian politicians and human rights defenders, he was allowed to fly to the United States.

March 02, 2023 18:32

• Court in Chechnya explains refusal to dismiss contract soldier by continued mobilization

  The Grozny Military Court has referred to the decree on the partial mobilization and refused to satisfy the claim of Movsar Arsanov, a contract soldier, on dismissal from military service.

March 02, 2023 18:30

• Mass burial found in Grozny outskirt

  Remains of at least 10 persons have been found near a summer cottage settlement in an outskirt of Grozny, a caption to the video posted on the Internet informs.

March 02, 2023 05:38

• Human rights defenders call Arsamikov’s case typical for Chechnya

  The realities of Chechnya do not allow anyone to consider the video with Idris Arsamikov as proof that he is safe, and his case is typical for dissidents who left Chechnya, but then decided to arrive in the republic on personal matters, human rights defenders point out.

March 02, 2023 05:34

• Lawyers promise to continue fighting for compensation to Ragimovs in case on torture

  The decision of the Moscow court, which recognized as legal the refusal to pay compensation for torture to natives of Dagestan Murad Ragimov and Firuddin Ragimov, will be challenged despite the low chances of obtaining payments, a lawyer from the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

March 01, 2023 23:58

• Investigators explain absence of blogger Kharchenko* on the web by case on fakes

  Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, is under investigation within a criminal case of discrediting the Russian Army after posting a video on his YouTube channel.

March 01, 2023 23:54

• Under fear of repressions, Sochi townspeople commemorate Boris Nemtsov

  The flowers and candles brought by Sochi residents to the memorial for victims of political repressions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, a few hours later were removed by unknown people. Activists admitted that since 2022 they are afraid to openly hold actions in memory of the assassinated politician and prefer to commemorate him at home.

March 01, 2023 03:12

• Japan imposes sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov’s cousin

  The authorities of Japan have imposed sanctions on 73 organizations and 48 citizens of Russia, including Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, a cousin of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

March 01, 2023 02:59

• Court dismisses claim of mobilized resident of Volgograd Region to military registration and enlistment office

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court did not grant a claim filed by Dmitry Denisov, who was mobilized with chronic diseases. His defender intends to request a military medical examination.

February 28, 2023 23:39

• Kalmyk activist Boromangnaev states threat of deportation from Mongolia

  Batyr Boromangnaev, a Kalmyk activist, flew from Kazakhstan to Mongolia, where he planned to apply for political asylum, but the border guards did not let him out of the airport. Boromangnaev said that law enforcers threatened him with deportation to Russia.

February 28, 2023 22:39

• Rights defenders call for release of Chechen Idris Arsamikov

  Ten international and Russian human rights organizations have called on Russian authorities to release Idris Arsamikov, who was detained in Moscow and taken to Chechnya.

February 28, 2023 21:55

• Authorities of Chechnya report on reconciliation of family feuds

  Two families that were involved in blood feud because of the death of a resident of the Gordali village were reconciled with the participation of the Muftiate and employees of the special commission to resolve conflicts based on blood feuds.

February 28, 2023 09:39

• Colleagues of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev hold two pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, the journalists, Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov, have held solo pickets demanding to stop the criminal prosecution of their colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and release political prisoners.

February 27, 2023 23:57

• In Stavropol Territory, contract soldier arrested for evading being sent to Ukraine

  In Stavropol Territory, the military court sentenced Marat Batdyev to a disciplinary arrest for 20 days, finding him guilty of evading being sent to the special military operation in Ukraine.

February 27, 2023 22:33

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

  Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, public activity of Ramzan Kadyrov, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, return of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, 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 20-26, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 27, 2023 19:41

• Orphan from Volgograd complains about problems with obtaining housing

  Alexander, a resident of Volgograd, has complained that after graduating from the orphanage, through the fault of the school administration, he found himself without a registration, and that authorities for a long time failed to provide him with housing due to him by the law.