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January 24, 2023 23:59

• After man’s death at police station, social network users remind Dagestani leader about Gasanguseinovs’ case

  In a social network, residents of Dagestan have reminded Sergey Melikov, the head of the republic, that the law enforcers involved in the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers, have not yet been punished. They demanded a duly qualitative inquiry into the death of a native of the Shamil District at a Makhachkala police station.

January 24, 2023 23:57

• On rights defenders’ demand, remains of Semyon Ganshin, a Sochi resident, exhumed

  After the meeting of human rights defenders with the head of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territorial) Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the remains of Sochi resident Semyon Ganshin were exhumed in order to accurately identify the deceased, Roman Veretennikov, a lawyer for the “Team Against Torture”*, has informed.

January 24, 2023 23:55

• Resident of Buynaksk convicted of calling for protests

  A resident of Buynaksk, who posted calls in social networks to participate in protests against regular power outages, has been sentenced to four months of freedom restriction.

January 24, 2023 22:01

• Gadjiev’s colleagues treat decrease in police’s interest in their pickets as temporary

  Passers-by were actively interested in the solo picket held by Idris Yusupov, a journalist, in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev; and law enforcers’ attention to the action was limited to the fact that they wrote down the picketer’s data, Yusupov himself has informed.

January 24, 2023 21:26

• In KBR, advocate sentenced to term in penal colony

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced Ratmir Zhilokov, an advocate, to a year and a half in colony, finding him guilty of assaulting a policeman.

January 24, 2023 21:10

• FSB reports about prevented terror act in Northern Caucasus

  A man suspected in the preparation of a terror act in the North-Caucasian Federal District has been detained, the FSB reports. The detainee confessed to plotting an attack on the police.

January 23, 2023 23:55

• Conscript from Ingushetia sentenced for service evasion

  In Nalchik, the Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Umar Sautiev, a resident of Ingushetia, to a year of imprisonment, finding him guilty of leaving for home without permission from his place of service during the mobilization.

January 23, 2023 20:17

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 16-22, 2023

  Continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, fate of Azerbaijani oppositionists, Kadyrov’s dispute with Russian generals, Yangulbaev family case, firing in Sagaredjo, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 16-22, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 23, 2023 19:26

• Kadyrov condemns action with burning of Koran in Stockholm

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, reacted sharply to the action of Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the political party “Stram Kurs” (“Straight Course” or “Hard Line”), who burned the Koran near the Embassy of Turkey in Stockholm.

January 23, 2023 19:21

• Advocate of prisoner from Dagestan announces number of law enforcers involved in his beating

  Natives of Dagestan beaten in a penal colony in Kalmykia said that they were tortured by about 40 people, most of whom were not taken into custody, advocate Aza Alieva reported.

January 23, 2023 18:56

• Three policemen detained in connection with case on Makhachkala resident’s death

  Three employees of a police department have been detained in a case on the death of a resident of Makhachkala, the Prosecutor’s Office of Dagestan reports.

January 22, 2023 19:18

• Makhachkala resident dies after being detained by police

  Kurban Dalgatov, a resident of Makhachkala detained by the police, died after being tortured, relatives of the deceased man suspected. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reported about the conducted check and confirmed that the man had been injured before his death.

January 22, 2023 18:36

• Court obliges Derbent hospital to eliminate violations of rights of people with disabilities

  In Derbent, the court has obliged the administration of the local hospital to install ramps at the entrances to two hospital wards and seven first-aid posts, recognizing that their absence violates the rights of people with disabilities, the Prosecutor’s Office of Dagestan reports.

January 22, 2023 18:31

• Human rights defenders call on families of people kidnapped in Chechnya not to neglect publicity

  When commenting on the kidnappings of 25 people in the village of Alkhan-Kala, human rights defenders stated that families of people kidnapped in Chechnya more often tried to return their relatives through personal connections rather than with the help of publicity and lawyers.

January 21, 2023 23:55

• Activist from Poltavskaya complains about fabrication of a criminal case against her

  The police launched an investigation into a complaint claiming that Natalia Garyaeva, an activist opposing the landfill in the Cossack village of Poltavskaya, ordered the murder of the official heading the administration of the Krasnoarmeisky District.

January 21, 2023 23:13

• Police apologize to Dagestani historian Donogo

  The computer, flash drives, and mobile phone seized during the search were returned to Dagestani historian Khadji-Murad Donogo, but his books are still being checked. The historian noted that the police apologized to him.

January 21, 2023 22:27

• Kadyrov announces number of theologians ready to go to Ukraine

  The first group of theologians completed a seven-day training at the Russian Special Forces University, and in total, about 300 imams and qadis from Chechnya plan to take such a course, Ramzan Kadyrov stated.

January 21, 2023 22:23

• Abubakar Yangulbaev offers himself to Ramzan Kadyrov in exchange for his mother

  On the day when a year passed since the detention of Zarema Musaeva by Chechen law enforcers, her son Abubakar Yangulbaev called on Ramzan Kadyrov to release his mother on exchange terms.

January 21, 2023 05:53

• In Novocherkassk, college female students expelled for wearing hijabs

  In Novocherkassk, the teachers’ council of the medical college expelled five female students, including natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, for wearing hijabs.

January 21, 2023 05:36

• Krasnodar officer to receive monetary allowance for being called up for service during mobilization

  Lieutenant Colonel Roman Novikov from Krasnodar, who was called up for service in the course of the partial mobilization, obtained through the court the payment of his monetary allowance for almost a month of military service.