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October 26, 2022 15:37

• Investigators got interested in Kuban believers' refusal to take part in the SMO

  Two villagers, mobilized in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and sent to a military unit in the Stavropol Territory, have refused to take part in the special military operation (SMO) because of their religious beliefs; and investigators are looking for a criminal offense in this refusal, Pavel Chikov, a human rights defender, has informed.

October 26, 2022 15:33

• Telegram users ask Stavropol Governor uneasy questions about help to those mobilized

  Relatives of those mobilized have to buy equipment and medicines for the conscripts, Telegram users have complained in their comments to the report of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory on re-equipping the fighters of one of the battalions.

October 26, 2022 15:28

• Kadyrov calls on Muslims to wage jihad against the West

  Muslims are "needed by the state and the president" and should not look for excuses from participating in hostilities, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He has announced a jihad against the "Satanist democracy", promising "not to defend, but only to attack."

October 26, 2022 15:23

• After Kadyrov's report on his kids at frontline, political analysts draw parallels with Stalin

  The videos about the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov's children in hostilities in Ukraine is intended to touch upon primitive ideas about justice and masculinity, since Kadyrov's model of power, like the Stalin's one, rests on an attempt to rally people around some idea, Dmitry Oreshkin has pointed out.

October 26, 2022 15:15

• Dagestani MIA sees no violations in video of beating up mobilization opponent in Makhachkala

  There are no violations of the service discipline in actions of the law enforcers, who hit the immobilized anti-mobilization protester in Makhachkala. It follows from the answer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer.

October 25, 2022 23:57

• Court refuses to reconsider case against Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev

  In Pyatigorsk, a court has upheld the verdict to Ismail Isaev and Salekh Magamadov brothers, convicted in Chechnya for aiding and abetting a militant.

October 25, 2022 23:51

• Governor of Astrakhan Region reacts to complaints of mobilized compatriots

  Mobilized residents of Astrakhan, who now stay in North Ossetia, have asked Igor Babushkin, Governor of the Astrakhan Region, to provide them with sleeping bags. The head of the region promised to provide the mobilized people with sleeping bags “in the near future.”

October 25, 2022 15:53

• Inmate left without medical care in Stavropol colony

  The administration of the colony located in the Stavropol Territory would not appoint a medical examination to Zevri Abseitov, convicted for taking part in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir"*, despite the his suffering from hypertension, as well as pain in kidneys and joints, his wife, Fatma Abseitova, has stated.

October 25, 2022 15:48

• Absence of volunteer queues to Chechen commissariats upsets Kadyrov

  Residents of Chechnya should "stand in lines" and sign up en masse as volunteers to participate in the special operation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has stated.

October 25, 2022 15:43

• Dudaev admits editing video about participation of Kadyrov's children in battles

  The video showing Ramzan Kadyrov's sons fighting was compiled from several videos, Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Press Minister, has stated, calling it "the usual editors' work."

October 25, 2022 15:30

• Discussion format of amendments to Constitution outrages Makhachkala residents

  More than a hundred people gathered in Makhachkala after activists and independent media professionals were not allowed to discuss the amendments to the Constitution of Dagestan. Without a public discussion, a draft amendment unacceptable to the society can be adopted, activists have pointed out.

October 24, 2022 23:58

• Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev hold solo pickets in Makhachkala

  Today, in Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Magdi Kamalov have held two solo pickets. The protestors demand to stop the persecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

October 24, 2022 23:55

• Chechen social media users call predictable apologies for dance of a young man in a dress

  Public apologies from young people for a man dancing in a pink dress at the entrance to Grozny were expected, Instagram* users noted.

October 24, 2022 18:05

• Investigators refuse to detain law enforcers-figurants in case of beating schoolboy

  Investigators have refused to arrest the law enforcers suspected of beating up a 14-year-old Volgograd schoolboy; and gave no answer at all to the petition demanding to remove them from service, Alyona Maksaeva, an advocate, has stated.

October 24, 2022 18:02

• Kadyrov reports sending new detachment of volunteers to Donbass

  Another group of volunteers has left Chechnya for Donbass, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. In the video posted by him, some of the fighters introduced themselves as residents of Astrakhan, Sochi and Stavropol Territory.

October 24, 2022 17:52

• Two Krasnodar female activists fined for discrediting army

  Valeria Gerasimova and Elizaveta Shkarupa from Krasnodar have been fined by 40,000 roubles each for making a pacifist inscription on the asphalt, the "OVD-Info"* outlet has informed.

October 24, 2022 17:45

• After persecutions for anti-mobilization protest, Krasnodar resident leaves Russia

  After being persecuted by law enforcers for taking part in a protest against mobilization, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) was forced to leave Russia in order to obtain political asylum.

October 24, 2022 17:38

• Poll of Dagestani pupils about their political views is in conflict with laws

  Forcing high school pupils in Baksan to answer questions about their political views is contrary to several articles of the Russian Constitution and the law on personal data, Marina Agaltsova, an advocate, has stated.

October 24, 2022 17:31

• Three youngsters apologize for video with dance at entrance to Grozny

  A young man who danced in a pink dress at the entrance to Grozny, as well as two of his acquaintances involved in filming a video about it, have apologized to the Muslims. One of them has added that he was already punished for his act.

October 22, 2022 23:21

• Moscow announces commemorative events on 20th anniversary of Dubrovka terror act

  Twenty years after the hostage-taking at the "Dubrovka" Theatrical Centre, a requiem concert and a memorial service are planned, as well as a show of the film about the terror act, the NGO "Nord-Ost" has announced.