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February 14, 2023 17:21

• Defence reports deterioration of Zarema Musaeva's health condition

  Zarema Musaeva's health condition has deteriorated at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where she is not receiving the necessary medical treatment, her advocate has stated.

February 14, 2023 17:16

• Verdict to employees of Makhachkala SIZO is unique for Dagestan

  The sentence to Daud Davydov, the head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his subordinates rendered within the case of extortion and torture is unique for Dagestan and will contribute to the observance of prisoners' rights, journalists have noted.

February 14, 2023 03:32

• Colleagues of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev hold solo pickets in Makhachkala

  Journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

February 14, 2023 03:26

• “Circassian Congress” reports about 150 Circassians perished in earthquake in Turkey

  At least 150 Circassians were killed as a result of the earthquake in Turkey, reported the head of the “Circassian Congress”.

February 13, 2023 19:34

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 6-12, 2023

  Public activity of the Chechen authorities, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, reaction of the Caucasus to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, official data on the natives of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, struggle of the Azerbaijani oppositionists, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 6-12, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 13, 2023 16:37

• SC sides with authorities in Dagestani's dispute about compensations

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the denial of compensation to Surupasha Khakiev, a resident of the Novolaksky District, for his house confiscated during the Stalinist deportation of the Akkin Chechens.

February 13, 2023 16:35

• Court in Chechnya upholds contract soldier's dismissal for refusal to service trip

  The command of the military was right by dismissing Zaur Kaimov, a contract soldier, for refusing to go on a service trip, a court in Grozny has ruled.

February 13, 2023 16:19

• Kadyrov reports attempt to poison Alautdinov

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, and two adjutants have been hospitalized in a Moscow clinic after their contact with an envelope soaked in a poisonous substance, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

February 13, 2023 11:23

• Investigators get interested in violation of housing rights of woman from Adygea

  A mother of a large family from the Takhtamukai District of the Republic of Adygea has complained to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) that authorities would not improve her living conditions.

February 13, 2023 03:52

• Chechen Minister Dudaev tells Ukrainian POWs about SMO goals

  Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, has held a talk about religion with Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs), during which he showed them footage of a gay pride parade in Kiev and explained that the goal of Russia's special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine is to counter the "Western ideology" and "non-traditional values."

February 12, 2023 15:54

• CTO in Petrovsky Khutor comes as a surprise to residents of Stavropol Territory

  Petrovsky Khutor, where a counterterrorist operation took place, is no different in terms of its ethnic composition, and local residents are mainly engaged in agriculture, analysts emphasize. According to them, the counterterrorist operation in Petrovsky Khutor went unnoticed by most residents of the Stavropol Territory.

February 11, 2023 23:37

• Ukrainian Mufti treats Kadyrov's threats against him as real

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted sharply to the video of a conversation with the Chechens-prisoner of war (POWs), because this video has received resonance in the Internet, Aider Rustemov, a Ukrainian Mufti, believes. He has noted that he is not afraid of threats, although he understands the reality thereof.

February 11, 2023 16:17

• Volgograd citizen fined for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In Volgograd, a court fined local resident Yuri Goryushkin 30,000 roubles after recognizing that his comments on the social media had discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

February 11, 2023 15:27

• Coercion is main factor in family reunification in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, family reunification takes place under pressure and is often traumatic for those who decide to divorce, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the president of the Centre for Studying Global Contemporary Issues and Regional Problems "Caucasus. World. Development", and Aida Mirmaksumova, a co-founder of the "Fathers and Daughters" project.

February 11, 2023 14:23

• Court obliges investigators to resume check on Ragimovs’ complaint about torture

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation should resume a check on the complaint filed by natives of Dagestan Murad and Firuddin Ragimov about torture, the fact of which was recognized by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

February 11, 2023 14:17

• “Novaya Gazeta Europe” reveals a scheme for initiation of cases on terrorism in Chechnya and Kuban

  In Chechnya and Kuban, people arrested on administrative cases are often accused of grave crimes. After a series of arrests, law enforcers institute cases under articles on terrorism, the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta Europe” reports.

February 10, 2023 22:10

• Law enforcer arrested in Kuban within the case of detainee's death

  In Krasnodar, a police officer has become a suspect in the case of the death of Ilya Afrosin, who complained of torture after detention, human rights defenders have informed.

February 10, 2023 22:01

• ECtHR awards compensations for detention of those who commemorated Estemirova

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay compensations for the detention of participants in the rallies and pickets, including the commemoration rally of Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in Northern Caucasus.

February 10, 2023 17:25

• Chechen MPs approve new name of Kadyrov's post

  The members of the Chechen parliament have unanimously adopted changes to the Constitution of Chechnya, including the "Mekhkan-Da" as the name of the post of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 10, 2023 17:18

• New expertise protracts trial of Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case

  The court has appointed a new examination of the articles by Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist for the Dagestani "Chernovik" outlet; therefore, the court sessions on his case have been postponed indefinitely, his wife has informed.