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January 20, 2023 15:51

• Defence of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev treats presentation of proofs over

  Experts interrogated at trial of Abdulmumin Gadjiev have confirmed that no Sharia Law superiority was promoted in his publications. However, the arrest of the figurants in the case, Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev has been extended for another three months.

January 20, 2023 15:46

• Kadyrov's criticism forces General Sobolev to explain his words about militaries' beards

  For religious military servicemen, wearing beards is not only acceptable, but even desirable, Victor Sobolev, a State Duma MP and a member of the Defence Committee there, said after Ramzan Kadyrov's angry reaction to his words about soldiers' need to shave faces.

January 20, 2023 15:38

• Kadyrov criticizes State Duma MP for his words about inadmissibility of militaries' beards

  The statement made by Victor Sobolev, a member of the Russian State Duma Defence Committee, about the need for military servicemen to shave their beards sounds ridiculous in the conditions of the special military operation (SMO), and is an attack on the warring Muslims, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

January 20, 2023 15:31

• Followers of Sheikh Batal-Khadji: law enforcers plant grenade to Akhmed Belkharoev

  During a search, law enforcers planted a grenade in the house of Akhmed Belkharoev, a son of Mustafa Belkharoev, a cousin of the chair of the Accounts Chamber, members of the Ingush religious brotherhood of the followers of Sheikh Batal-Khadji said.

January 20, 2023 15:04

• Kuban bloggers Andreev and Shamardin recognized as political prisoners

  The "Memorial" Centre for Defence of Human Rights has recognized the bloggers, Stanislav Andreev and Alexei Shamardin, from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) as political prisoners; they used to post videos about violations of the law by state officials in their YouTube channels.

January 19, 2023 23:53

• Staff of Kalmyk colony arrested for torturing Dagestani inmates

  Five employees of the colony in Kalmykia, where prisoners from Dagestan, Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, were serving their prison terms, have been charged with abuse of power with using torture. This was informed by Djamal Aliev, the Dagestani Ombudsperson.

January 19, 2023 23:11

• Verdict to Kuban "Rosgvardiya" fighters upheld

  The Court of Appeal has refused to satisfy the complaint of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), who were fired after refusing to go to Ukraine, said Mikhail Benyash*, an advocate, whose application for taking part in the procedure was not even considered by the court.

January 19, 2023 17:09

• Twenty-five residents of Chechnya kidnapped, human rights defenders report

  Reports about the kidnappings by Chechen law enforcers of at least 25 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala have been confirmed, and the whereabouts of the kidnapped people have not been known for eleven days already, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reported.

January 18, 2023 23:57

• Rights defenders announce fundraising for Dagestani inmates at Kalmyk colony

  Relatives of Daud Kuramagomedov and Magomed Atimagomedov, the victims of torture in Kalmyk Colony No. 2, have no money to pay for advocates, the human rights project "Gulagu.net" has informed, calling on natives of Dagestan to help their fellow countrymen.

January 18, 2023 23:52

• After leaving colony, court forbids blogger Alexander Valov to leave Sochi

  The Angarsk City Court has satisfied the demand of the colony staff to establish supervision over Alexander Valov, a former editor-in-chief of the "BlogSochi" website, after his regaining freedom.

January 18, 2023 22:47

• French authorities threaten to deport a Chechen refugee

  Chechen refugee Zelimkhan O. may be deported to his homeland after being released from a French prison, human rights defenders report.

January 18, 2023 14:30

• Ex-commander of Ground Forces enters into controversy with Kadyrov

  Only the Defence Minister and the country's president can criticize the commander of a grouping of troops at the frontline, Vladimir Boldyrev, a former commander of the Russian Ground Forces, has told Ramzan Kadyrov, commenting on the criticism expressed by the head of Chechnya against Colonel General Lapin. Mr Boldyrev has suggested that Kadyrov's criticism of militaries' actions could be caused by the "undercover fuss."

January 18, 2023 06:45

• Analysts doubt preparation of Chechen theologians for real battles

  The military training of the staff of the Chechen Muftiate and theologians fits into the Ramzan Kadyrov’s policy of militarization and is hardly voluntary, Svetlana Gannushkina* and Oyub Titiev believe. They considered the probability of participation of religious figures in real battles doubtful.

January 18, 2023 06:45

• Advocate Mikhail Benyash* succeeds in removing marking of a foreign agent

  In Krasnodar, a court suspended the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice to include advocate Mikhail Benyash* in the register of foreign agents.

January 18, 2023 06:42

• Relatives of Malgobek resident inform about his arrest within case on explosives

  Kazbek Ataev, a resident of Malgobek, who has served a long term in colony under a terrorist article, has been detained after a search of his house; explosives were found there.

January 18, 2023 06:37

• Incident of whipping a cadet in Stavropol attracted law enforcers' attention

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Prosecutor's Office, as well as the authorities of Stavropol, have launched a check after the complaint of the parents of a pupil of a local cadet school that their son had been beaten with a whip at that educational establishment.

January 17, 2023 22:46

• Leyla Gireeva denied inquiry into domestic violence

  In Ingushetia, the police have refused to open a criminal case against relatives of Leyla Gireeva on the girl's application about regular domestic violence against her, human rights defenders have informed.

January 17, 2023 22:44

• Resident of Ingushetia suspected of abducting girl aiming to marry her

  In the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, an underage girl was abducted by a 37-year-old man with the aim of marriage; a search is underway for him, sources have reported.

January 17, 2023 21:38

• Natives of Chechnya report details of fellow countrymen's detentions in Balkans

  Prior to deportation, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the natives from Chechnya and Ingushetia, who had left Russia, were kept in dirty and cold containers; and in Croatia, law enforcers used to beat up those who had arrived, natives of Chechnya have told.

January 17, 2023 18:30

• In Dagestan, police disrupt picket in defence of journalist Gadjiev

  The police took to a police station journalist Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), who went out to solo pickets in Makhachkala.