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October 17, 2024 23:16

• ECtHR recognizes violation of Police Colonel Gadjiev’s rights

  Police Colonel Salikh Gadjiev was dismissed from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for criticizing problems at the department, and the dismissal violated his right to expression of his personal opinion, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized.

October 17, 2024 22:37

• Rauf Arashukov apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov

  An Internet page of Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, has posted an apology to Ramzan Kadyrov and a request for help addressed to him.

October 17, 2024 21:30

• Peskov refuses to comment on Kadyrov's threats against Senator and MPs

  Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, has refused to comment on Ramzan Kadyrov's words threatening a blood feud against Senator, Suleiman Kerimov, and State Duma MPs, Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov.

October 17, 2024 20:03

• Zakhar Zaripov, convicted for appeal to Kadyrov, hospitalized

  Zakhar Zaripov, who was convicted for appealing to the head of Chechnya, was hospitalized from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) with stage four cancer.

October 17, 2024 19:50

• MP Barakhoev denies accusation of preparing attempt on Kadyrov

  Bekkhan Barakhoev, a Russian State Duma MP from Ingushetia, has stated that he had nothing to do with the preparation of the assassination attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 16, 2024 23:56

• In Belgium, verdict against Chechens highlights danger of radicalization of diaspora’s members

  In Belgium, a court sentenced a native of Chechnya and his wife to long terms of imprisonment for preparing a terror act. At the same time, two other defendants got suspended sentences, and one more defendant was acquitted. The authorities of Belgium and other European countries are fighting religious radicals not effectively enough.

October 16, 2024 21:40

• France expresses its protest against sentence of Laurent Vinatier*

  In Moscow, a court has sentenced French researcher Laurent Vinatier* to three years of imprisonment, finding him guilty in a case on collecting military information. The authorities of France have called the sentence unfounded and demanded to release the scientist. Earlier, Laurent Vinatier* had been engaged in research in Northern Caucasus, including in Chechnya.

October 16, 2024 20:27

• Dagestani journalists dispute about nature of campaign in support of Kerimov

  The campaign in support of Suleiman Kerimov in Dagestan has become a grassroots initiative out of gratitude to the senator for his charitable projects, some Dagestani journalists have suggested. Their opponent has objected that the campaign is demonstrative in nature and could have been a result of the use of administrative resources.

October 16, 2024 16:35

• Ingush political figures comment on situation in the republic after Kadyrov's threats

  Askhab Goigov, a member of the Council of Teips (Family Clans) of Ingushetia, and the first president of the republic, Ruslan Aushev, have urged their fellow countrymen not to succumb to emotions and not to react to provocations after the shootout at the office of the Wildberries Company.

October 16, 2024 12:10

• During week of October 7-13, 2024, three people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Three people perished on October 7-13, 2024, in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus – a policeman and two civilians. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 15, 2024 23:04

• Ingush prosecutors report being ordered to shave off their beards

  The administration of the Ingush prosecutor’s office instructed employees to shave off their beards under threat of dismissal, and the overwhelming majority of them complied with the order, employees of the Ingush prosecutor’s office reported.

October 15, 2024 22:00

• Nalchik residents honour memory of victims of militants’ attack on city

  Participants in the mourning rallies honoured the memory of law enforcers and civilians killed 19 years ago during a militants’ attack on Nalchik.

October 15, 2024 21:45

• Lawyers comment on new charges against Nikita Zhuravel

  The criminal article on high treason, which was charged to Volgograd resident Nikita Zhuravel, provides for punishment up to life imprisonment, lawyers note. The criminal case has signs of persecution for political reasons, a human rights defender suggests.

October 15, 2024 19:09

• Gathering participant in Krasnodar fined for organizing a rally

  A court in Krasnodar has fined Elena Chernojvan, who was detained at a meeting of residents, by 20,000 roubles, finding her guilty of organizing a rally. According to her version, the participants of the rally tried to force authorities to react to complaints about the poor state of the road.

October 15, 2024 11:51

• Muftiates distance off Kadyrov-Kerimov conflict

  The Muftiate of Dagestan has stated that authorities should resolve the conflict between Ramzan Kadyrov and Suleiman Kerimov, while the society should not be drawn into it. The Muftiate of Chechnya did not publicly respond to the conflict.

October 14, 2024 23:18

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 7-13, 2024

  Fire at a petrol station in Grozny, attack on law enforcers in Ingushetia, threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and 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 October 7-13, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 14, 2024 22:50

• Derbent Mayor speaks out in support of Kerimov

  Derbent is ready to support Suleiman Kerimov at any time, Akhmed Kuliev, the city Mayor after the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, had threatened Kerimov with a blood feud.

October 14, 2024 22:31

• Attack on law enforcers in Magas was the second armed incident in Ingushetia within a month

  The shooting of a law enforcers' car in Magas was preceded by a special operation conducted by law enforcers in Magas and Nazran, during which seven people were detained and one was killed.

October 14, 2024 21:32

• Kuban zoo defender found guilty of discrediting Russian Army

  The Tikhoretsky District Court has found the pacifist statements placed in a zoo defending chat as discrediting the Russian Army, Denis Djalaganiya has informed. At the same time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case on his beating, in which the denunciation author took part.

October 14, 2024 18:03

• Jehovah's Witness* from Novocherkassk suspected of extremism

  Law enforcers together with an IT expert specialist inspected a computer and mobile phones in the home of a Jehovah's Witness* from Novocherkassk, suspecting him of extremism.