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February 18, 2023 16:25

• Video of Idris Arsamikov's detention by Chechen law enforcers posted

  Idris Arsamikov, whose whereabouts were unknown after being detained by Chechen law enforcers at a Moscow airport, has claimed in the video posted in a social network that he was at home in Chechnya and intended to go to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

February 18, 2023 00:28

• AI demands to release activist Andrei Pivovarov

  The authorities of Russia must immediately report the whereabout of Andrei Pivovarov, the director of the organization “Open Russia”* and release him.

February 17, 2023 23:58

• Investigators toughen charge against Ingush activist

  Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a children’s doctor from Ingushetia, accused of aiding and abetting militants for purchasing medicines for two members of an illegal armed formation, has been charged under terrorist articles.

February 17, 2023 16:34

• Arsamikov's detention shows policemen's powerlessness against Chechen law enforcers

  Idris Arsamikov, a native of Chechnya, who was detained at a Moscow airport, where he flew from the Netherlands aiming to visit his father's funeral, had been detained three times in Chechnya; and his documents were taken away, the SK SOS Crisis Group has informed.

February 17, 2023 16:24

• Olesya Ovchinnikova from Krasnodar leaves Russia after fined for talks about Ukraine

  Olesya Ovchinnikova, a resident of Krasnodar, who was fined for talking in a restaurant about the special military operation (SMO), said that she had left for Armenia and had no plans to return to Russia. The decision to fine Ovchinnikova will be challenged, her advocate has stated.

February 17, 2023 16:18

• Kadyrov's call to hush up losses is caused by combat failures

  The proposal addressed by Ramzan Kadyrov to heads of Russian regions not to report the casualties is in line with the Kremlin's desire given that the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine has been on for a year already, political analysts have noted.

February 17, 2023 00:50

• Court fines Krasnodar resident Olesya Ovchinnikova for discrediting Russian army

  The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar found Olesya Ovchinnikova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined her 40,000 roubles.

February 17, 2023 00:31

• Kadyrov helps Chechen woman get her daughters enrolled into Moscow gymnasium

  A female native of Chechnya complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the refusal of a Moscow gymnasium to enrol her daughters, since they wear hijabs. After the intervention of the Chechen authorities, the girls were enrolled into the desired school, announced Mansur Soltaev, Ombudsman of Chechnya.

February 16, 2023 23:48

• Court softens freedom restraint measure for policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova

  A court in Khasavyurt has released Shamil Aliev, the policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest.

February 16, 2023 23:27

• Rights defenders claim threat of torture for the Chechen detained in Moscow

  Idris Arsamikov, who left Chechnya after persecutions because of his homosexuality, was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport upon arrival from the Netherlands, and then handed over to Chechen law enforcers.

February 16, 2023 13:08

• Analysts discuss versions of poisoning Chechen general Alaudinov

  People from his entourage may be behind the attempted poisoning of Chechen general Apti Alaudinov, human rights defenders, Oyub Titiev and Svetlana Gannushkina*, have pointed out.

February 16, 2023 12:53

• Defence points to signs of fabrication in Eduard Ataev’s case

  There are signs of falsification in the materials of the case instituted against Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny’s* office in Makhachkala, accused of possessing an explosive device and drugs, the defence points out.

February 16, 2023 12:49

• Kadyrov criticizes heads of regions for their reports about deaths in Ukraine

  The heads of the regions should not report about the number of compatriots who perished in the special military operation in Ukraine, but they should simply provide assistance to the families of the deceased, states Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 15, 2023 17:19

• Amid authorities' reports on reconciliation of spouses, Chechnya faces growth of divorces

  Chechnya, along with Dagestan and Ingushetia, was among the regions where the number of divorces increased sharply in 2022, while the number of new marriages decreased, the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has informed amid authorities' assurances about their successful work of reconciling spouses in Chechnya.

February 15, 2023 17:09

• Ingush blogger reports law enforcers' visit to his father

  Law enforcers have summoned the elderly father of Ruslan Youloy, a blogger and an activist, for questioning. Ruslan links this interrogation with his oppositional statements.

February 15, 2023 17:07

• In Chechnya, investigators 10 times refused to open Khasan Islamov's torture case

  By using torture, law enforcers have forced Khasan Islamov, a resident of Chechnya, to confess to organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF). The court sentenced him to 6.5 years in colony by ignoring Islamov's statements about torture and his innocence.

February 15, 2023 16:10

• Djumaev, native of Chechnya, placed into dungeon for second time in a month

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years in prison for using violence against law enforcers, has been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) for the second time within a month.

February 15, 2023 14:51

• Chechen residents report about methods of commissions for preservation of marriages

  The commission for the harmonization of family relations created by the authorities of Chechnya helps to reduce the number of divorces, the republic’s Muftiate announces. In Chechnya, the problem of preserving families was previously solved thanks to the traditions of reconciling spouses without the participation of officials, an NGO activist notes.

February 15, 2023 14:43

• Court fines resident of Novorossiysk for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novorossiysk obliged single father Stepan Kosolapov to pay a fine of 40,000 roubles for holding a pacifist picket in front of the city administration.

February 14, 2023 19:58

• On February 6-12, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 6 to February 12, 2023, at least four people perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there were no reports about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.