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November 13, 2022 02:23

• Astrakhan: Director General of state TV Channel fired after posting in social network

  Angelina Radchenko, the head of the "Astrakhan 24" TV Channel, was fired after placing a post in the "VKontakte" social network that possesses signs of xenophobia and inciting hatred, Alexander Khinshtein, a Russian State Duma MP, has informed.

November 13, 2022 02:19

• Rizvanov accused of financing terrorism tells court about working with Abu Umar Sasitlinsky

  Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, who is accused, along with Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev, of financing terrorism, has stated during interrogation that he became a co-founder of the Fund at the suggestion of the preacher, Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, but only formally participated in the activities of the "Ansar".

November 12, 2022 23:05

• Prosecutor demands long prison terms for law enforcers involved in beatings at Makhachkala SIZO

  The state prosecutor has demanded to sentence Daud Davydov, a former head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) to 13 years in prison, and two of his subordinates to nine years; they figure in the case of beating up detainees and extorting money and property.

November 12, 2022 23:00

• Dagestani sisters tell details of their escape from home

  The four young women from Dagestan who reported their escape from domestic violence have narrated in their interview that they had planned to run away since childhood; and the fear that they would be subjected to family pressure and restrictions for the rest of their lives was a trigger of their final decision.

November 12, 2022 22:54

• Kadyrov reports about sending a group of fighters to Ukraine

  A new group of volunteers left for the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, and all of them were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reported.

November 11, 2022 14:35

• "Glasnaya" project tells story of Chechen woman escaping from domestic violence

  The Chechen woman, who had resisted years of violence from her husband and father, has managed to leave the republic and Russia with her four children, the "Glasnaya", a social media project which fights gender stereotypes and defends women's rights, has informed.

November 11, 2022 14:31

• Krasnodar pacifist deputy resigns in protest

  Igor Azarov has left for Serbia in protest against the military operation in Ukraine and announced his resignation as the City Duma deputy.

November 11, 2022 14:27

• Official data on compensations suggest the level of losses during the SMO

  Based on the amount of compensations paid for the deaths and wounds of participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, as well as on the data on the ratio of those who perished to those wounded, it can be assumed that more than 15,000 families received compensations for the deaths of their relatives, analysts of the "We Can Explain" Telegram channel believe.

November 11, 2022 14:03

• Chechen officials Alaudinov and Daudov get under Polish sanctions

  Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya, and Magomed Daudov, the Chairman (Speaker) of the Chechen Parliament, have been announced as undesirable persons in Poland because of their links with those who support the Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

November 11, 2022 03:30

• Ingush native subjected to pressure in penal colony, his mother complains

  Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, convicted in the case on participation in hostilities in Syria, is being unreasonably punished in a penal colony. Marzhan Albagachieva, a mother of the convict, complains that warders put pressure on her son. The woman asked human rights defenders to protect the rights of her son.

November 11, 2022 03:26

• ECtHR recognizes violation of activists’ rights in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to four activists from the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory for violating their rights to a fair trial in cases on detentions at protest actions.

November 11, 2022 03:23

• Activist detained in Krasnodar

  Andrei Rossiev, an activist, has been detained in Krasnodar after a search.

November 11, 2022 03:12

• Purchase of fences for rallies is reaction to protest potential of Northern Caucasus

  The purchase of fences intended to cordon rallies off by the North-Caucasian police has been made in view of possible actions against authorities, especially in Dagestan, where anti-mobilization protests were essential, journalists and human rights defenders have pointed out.

November 10, 2022 19:00

• "Memorial"* rights defenders respond with strategy to tactics of Russian authorities and courts

  The decision to liquidate the "Memorials"* in Russia was made by authorities; and the courts formally approached the issue and fulfilled the political order, human rights defenders have stated after the consideration of the complaint lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.

November 10, 2022 18:54

• Liberation of convicts for Tskaev's death is marker of tolerance for violence

  The conditional early relief (CER) of those convicted within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev after being tortured at the police will be appealed against, his widow has stated.

November 09, 2022 23:59

• Kadyrov and Alaudinov respond to reports about Chechen fighters killed near Lisichansk

  The information about the mass deaths of Chechen law enforcers near Lisichansk is false, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Earlier, the leader of Chechnya had to acknowledge the information about 23 fighters perished in the Kherson Region. Apti Alaudinov, an aide to the leader of Chechnya, also assures that “everything is fine” with the soldiers of the “Akhmat” special forces in Ukraine.

November 09, 2022 23:57

• Court of Cassation upholds decision to liquidate HRC “Memorial”*

  In a cassation appeal, lawyers of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”* emphasized the importance of its activities, but a court in Moscow upheld the decision to liquidate the Human Rights Centre.

November 09, 2022 23:49

• North Ossetia: release of those convicted for Tskaev's death outrages social network users

  Social networks users have treated the court judgement on the conditional early relief (CER) of two law enforcers convicted within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a Vladikavkaz citizen, as unfair.

November 09, 2022 17:39

• Case on massacres in Novye Aldy Chechen settlement returned to investigator

  For more than 22 years, law enforcement bodies cannot establish who killed about 60 local residents.

November 09, 2022 17:33

• Policemen sentenced for killing North Ossetian Tskaev released early

  Spartak Buzoev and Alan Bigaev has been released on conditional early relief (CER). This is reported by the human rights project “Axioma” on its Telegram channel.