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November 09, 2022 17:14

• Death toll among natives of Southern Russia in Ukraine officially reaches 900

  The authorities have confirmed the information about at least 900 residents of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, including 570 natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District and 330 natives of the South Federal District.

November 08, 2022 19:19

• Chechen Ombudsperson demonstratively rejects UN remarks on human rights violations

  The authorities of Chechnya have disregarded the remarks of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) for a long time; the problems with human rights highlighted therein have been created artificially, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has stated.

November 08, 2022 19:14

• Criticism of Putin results in fine imposed on Kislovodsk woman

  A court in Kislovodsk has fined a local woman by 30,000 roubles, finding her post in the social network criticizing the actions of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, as discredited the Russian Army.

November 08, 2022 19:08

• Sochi townspeople treat deaths of three persons under collapsed balcony as result of authorities' inaction

  The five-storey house in Sochi, where three people died after a balcony collapsed, has long been in need of repairs, but tenants' appeals to authorities have yielded no results, locals assert.

November 08, 2022 18:56

• Participation in POWs' exchange is Kadyrov's publicity

  Ramzan Kadyrov's involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian exchange prisoner of war (POWs) looks like an action coordinated with the Kremlin; and the head of Chechnya is using his role for self-promotion, intended not only for the Chechen audience, analysts assert.

November 08, 2022 18:45

• Russian MIA for Northern Caucasus to purchase new fences for rallies

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Northern Caucasus plans to purchase 3000 mobile fences for mass events, and the initial price of the tender is 13.2 million roubles.

November 08, 2022 18:37

• Human rights defenders express their concern over detentions of Chechen natives in Croatia

  In Croatia, the police detained at least 15 natives of Chechnya who arrived from Russia and subjected them to violence with the demand to refuse asylum requests. This was reported on Telegram channel of the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond”, based in Sweden.

November 07, 2022 23:59

• Calls to fight against Satanism result in dispersal of rap concert in Volgograd

  After complaints made by the head of the centre for patriotic education, who has treated the performers' works as immoral and propaganda of Western values, law enforcers in Volgograd have broke up a concert of rap singers.

November 07, 2022 23:57

• Repression victims complained to CC about non-enforcement of its decisions

  Three years ago, the Russian Constitutional Court (CC) recognized the rights of the people born in families of repressed nations from different regions, including Southern Russia, the right to return home and receive housing.

November 07, 2022 23:52

• Kadyrov announces new POW exchanges with Ukraine

  The head of Chechnya has expressed satisfaction with the return of 107 Russian prisoners of war (POWs) from Ukraine to their homeland and said that new lists had been drawn up for further exchanges.

November 07, 2022 23:31

• Tenants of unfinished residential complex in Dagestan ask authorities for help

  Two unfinished houses in the Makhachkala residential complex are already partially occupied, but the apartments are not heated in winter, and other owners cannot move into their apartments they had bought, where there is no electricity and water, residents have complained.

November 07, 2022 23:18

• New appointment of Security Council's ex-secretary is Kadyrov's attempt to expand his influence

  The appointment of Apti Alaudinov, a former secretary of the Chechen Security Council, to a post in the militia of the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic) has become an element of Ramzan Kadyrov's strategy aimed at expanding his sphere of influence by means of a loyal person.

November 05, 2022 18:38

• Kuban resident banned to return home prior to consideration of his mobilization complaint

  The lawsuit concerning mobilization lodged by Alexei Abramov, a resident of Goryachiy Klyuch, who was diagnosed with multiple spinal injuries, against the military commissariat, has been accepted for consideration, Mikhail Benyash*, an advocate, has informed.

November 05, 2022 18:33

• Prior to concert in Grozny, Chechen Ministry of Culture examined Jony's songs

  All the songs of the singer Jony of Azerbaijani origin that he performed in Grozny had been censored, Elina Murtazova, assistant to the Minister of Culture of Chechnya, has stated.

November 05, 2022 18:29

• Amina Gerikhanova receives refugee status

  Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who was put on the wanted list by Russia as a participant in hostilities in Syria, has received refugee status in Romania. This was reported by the Swedish-based "Vayfond" human rights association.

November 04, 2022 23:56

• UN draws attention to human rights violations in Chechnya and Dagestan

  The UN Human Rights Committee pointed to human rights violations in Northern Caucasus and highlighted cases of persecution of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, brothers from Chechnya, who were sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting a militant, as well as the suppression of protests against mobilization in Russia.

November 04, 2022 21:35

• Flight to Georgia is not end to persecution threats for four Dagestani sisters

  The four sisters from Dagestan who fled domestic violence are safe in Georgia, but the threat of persecution by their relatives has not ended; the girls need psychological help, human rights defenders believe.

November 04, 2022 21:18

• Visit to Grozny shows Iran's interest in regions of Northern Caucasus

  The sitting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission in Grozny will give impetus to trade and economic relations of Northern Caucasus with Iran, Radjab Safarov is sure. This may be followed by Iran's cultural and religious influence on the republics of Northern Caucasus, Akhmet Yarlykapov believes.

November 04, 2022 19:56

• Head of Chechnya calls for tougher punishment for evading mobilization

  Service evaders should be severely fined and then sent to the frontline, and not allowed to "sit out in a cell," Ramzan Kadyrov has stated in his comment on the legislation amendments offered by MPs.

November 04, 2022 19:54

• Support for Belkharoev family continues trend of Kadyrov’s protection of “his people”

  The fact that after searches and arrests in Ingushetia, the leader of Chechnya called members of the Belkharoev family his close friends reminded of Ramzan Kadyrov’s close contacts with followers of Sheikh Batal-Khadji during the establishment of borders between Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as the attempts of the leader of Chechnya to intercede for Sagid Murtazaliev, who had been put on the wanted list in Dagestan.