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December 13, 2022 15:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of the main events on December 5-11, 2022

  Refutation of information about the murder of Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov; persecution of protesters under the article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces; situation with the Azerbaijani opposition; and a new wave of protests in defence of Saakashvili in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 5-11, 2022, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 13, 2022 10:28

• Activists tell about disruption by Rostov law enforcers of action in support of domestic violence victims

  Law enforcers came to the "Not Guilty" festival in support of survivors of domestic violence held in Rostov-on-Don and disrupted the event, the organizers of the festival have claimed. However, law enforcers had no claims against the participants in a similar action in Krasnodar.

December 13, 2022 10:26

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold two pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), and journalist Idris Yusupov held pickets. They demanded to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

December 13, 2022 10:20

• MIA veterans consider authorities’ reaction to conflict in Chechen Urus-Martan disproportionate

  Five hundred law enforcers sent to Urus-Martan to deal with a minor conflict looks like an overreaction by the authorities of Chechnya, note retired law enforcers Yevgeny Chernousov and Magomed Shamilov. Residents of Urus-Martan will not succumb to the provocative call of Ramzan Kadyrov to fight with seconded security officials, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev believes.

December 12, 2022 23:49

• Participants of actions in Europe call on Vainakhs' unity on anniversary of first Chechen war

  Rallies dated to the 28th anniversary of the start of the First Chechen Campaign were held in Austria, Germany, France and other European countries. The Chechen Diaspora must remain united, despite the split in the Euro-Ichkerian political field, Shamil Albakov, the press secretary of the Assembly of European Chechens, has stated.

December 12, 2022 23:43

• Kadyrov demands apologies from referees of UFC fight

  The draw awarded in the fight of Dagestani fighter, Magomed Ankalaev, with the Pole Jan Błachowicz in the final of the UFC-282 tournament was the result of unfair refereeing, the head of Chechnya has stated, demanding from the head of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) to apologize and announce Ankalaev as the league champion.

December 12, 2022 23:41

• Murder of Dorgeli woman raises issue of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus

  A 21-year-old female resident of the Dagestan village of Dorgeli has died from multiple stab wounds; her husband was detained on suspicion of committing the murder.

December 12, 2022 20:40

• Court sides with deputy in dispute with Sochi blogger

  One of Sochi district courts has obliged Anna Kolmagortseva, a local blogger, to remove the post, which became the reason for the lawsuit lodged by Victor Teplyakov, a deputy of the territorial legislature, and publish a refutation.

December 11, 2022 16:47

• Criminal case on discrediting militaries opened against Valery Badmaev, journalist from Kalmykia

  Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Sovremennaya Kalmykia" outlet, has become a suspect within a criminal case of discrediting Russian militaries; the court forbade him to use the Internet, telephone and mail.

December 11, 2022 13:46

• Kadyrov boasts of sending new group of volunteers to SMO zone

  A group of volunteers trained at the Russian Special Forces University has departed from Grozny Airport to the special military operation (SMO) zone, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

December 10, 2022 23:58

• Pacifist posts draw law enforcers' attention to couple from Sochi

  Valeria and Alexander Dudnikov from Sochi left Russia after the announcement of the partial mobilization. Valeria's pacifist posts in social networks have attracted law enforcers' attention, who visited the Dudnikovs' parents and at their place of registration.

December 10, 2022 23:47

• Defence of Krasnodar activist claims violation of her rights at mental hospital

  Irina Grigorieva, a Krasnodar activist, has recorded a video appeal from the psychiatric hospital, where she was forcibly taken for examination.

December 10, 2022 23:45

• Around 500 journalists and NGO activists sign appeal of "Meduza" in defence of "Dozhd"

  The "Caucasian Knot" has joined the statement regarding the revocation of the Latvian license from the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel and expressed its support for the TV Channel.

December 10, 2022 19:29

• Swedish radio station announces Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov alive

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov is alive and will testify in court in Munich, a Swedish radio station reports with reference to a court representative.

December 10, 2022 19:25

• In Rostov-on-Don, deputy chief of prison hospital accused of organizing torture

  In Rostov-on-Don, the case against Alexander Lyakh, the former deputy chief of the tuberculosis hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), accused of organizing the torture of prisoners, has been brought to court.

December 09, 2022 15:22

• Author of graffiti about Putin in Rostov-on-Don seeks to cancel the verdict

  The defence intends to appeal against the verdict to a Rostov citizen, whom the court sentenced to restriction of freedom and compulsory psychiatric treatment because of the graffiti about President Vladimir Putin he made in Rostov-on-Don.

December 09, 2022 15:17

• Leyla Gireeva's defence demands to close the theft criminal case

  The criminal case on the theft of gold jewellery was initiated against Leyla Gireeva, who had run away from home at the application of her mother, who was seeking her daughter's return to Nazran. This application was not supported by facts, the girl's defence has pointed out and demanded to cancel the resolution on opening the case.

December 09, 2022 15:13

• Volgograd resident fined heavily for discrediting army

  Ruslan Narushev, a resident of Volgograd, has been fined by 85,000 roubles for placing two banners, the inscriptions on which the court treated as discrediting Russian militaries. The man refused to plead guilty.

December 09, 2022 15:08

• Human rights defenders surprised by lawsuit of dismissed contract soldier in Chechnya

  Contract soldier Magomed Elemkhanov, who lost in Grozny a trial in the case on his dismissal for refusing to go to the special military operation zone, had the right by the law not to participate in battles outside of Russia, but after the annexation of new territories to Russia, a soldier who refuses to go there can face criminal prosecution, a lawyer and human rights defenders note.

December 09, 2022 14:58

• Akhmadov attacks Zakaev with accusations of Chechen blogger Tumso’s murder

  The possible murder of Tumso Abdurakhmanov could be organized by Akhmed Zakaev, who was criticized by the blogger. This was announced by Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the “Grozny” TV Channel, who ignored the fact that Tumso Abdurakhmanov was criticizing the Chechen authorities for years.