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October 03, 2024 23:10

• Defender of advocate Fedorenko appeals against her arrest

  An appeal has been lodged against the arrest of advocate Natalia Fedorenko from Gelendzhik, accused of violating privacy, her defender reports.

October 03, 2024 23:10

• Court leaves journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova in custody

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, until November 4 within a case of justifying terrorism.

October 03, 2024 20:12

• In Adygea, conscript accused of evading military service

  A resident of the Maikop District has been accused of evading conscription for the military service, and the case has been sent to court, the Investigating Department for Adygea of Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

October 02, 2024 23:17

• Resident of Kalmykia fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in Kalmykia has fined Miroslav Genik, a father of many children, by 30,000 roubles based on the testimony of his neighbours, who had accused the man of discrediting the Russian Army.

October 02, 2024 22:54

• Defenders of Krasnodar embankment are outraged by fines

  Vitaly Cherkasov, an activist, and Alexander Safronov, a member of the Krasnodar City Duma, continue collecting signatures against the construction of a temple on the embankment and intend to appeal against the fines imposed on them. According to the activists, they have collected more than 3000 signatures.

October 02, 2024 21:43

• Father of athlete missing in Dagestan decides to challenge his dismissal from MIA

  Nikolai Tsomartov, a father of a female athlete from North Ossetia, who went missing in Kaspiysk, considered his dismissal after searching for his daughter to be humiliating and unlawful. The man decided to lodge an appeal to court.

October 02, 2024 21:29

• Release of son of Chechen billionaire Timur Bazhaev surprises lawyers

  The release from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the son of Musa Bazhaev, a Chechen billionaire, is against the judicial practice and the law. In this case, the charge of assaulting a policeman cannot be reclassified, lawyers have noted.

October 02, 2024 19:20

• Court places advocate of blogger Kharchenko* in custody

  Advocate Natalia Fedorenko has been placed in custody in a case on violation of privacy. The defence intends to lodge an appeal against the court’s decision.

October 01, 2024 23:47

• Authorities ignore 25th anniversary of start of Second Chechen War

  The 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Chechen War has been ignored by the authorities and state-run media of the republic. Participants of the war complain on social media that the state has still not paid some war veterans and does not provide them with assistance.

October 01, 2024 22:55

• Rights defenders treat checks in case of Suleimanova, who fled from domestic violence, as shams

  Human rights defenders are sure that the transfer of the complaint against law enforcers' actions filed by Lena Patyaeva, a Seda Suleimanova's friend, to Chechnya can only be a formal reply or an imitation of the inquiry. Meanwhile, in most cases, law enforcers are siding with the families of victims of domestic violence.

October 01, 2024 20:58

• Convicts in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case transferred to Grozny SIZO

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, who are waiting for consideration of their appeal complaints against verdicts, have been transferred from the Novocherkassk SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Grozny one, Gadjiev's wife has reported, while one of Gadjiev's colleagues has added that his solo picket in Gadjiev's support sparked interest among passers-by in Makhachkala.

October 01, 2024 20:47

• Astrakhan court fines soldier's mother for discrediting Russian Army

  Pacifist statements in the messenger have caused a fine imposed on an Astrakhan woman under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The court has imposed a minimum fine on her, by treating her son, a military serviceman, as a mitigating circumstance.

October 01, 2024 18:52

• Makhachkala resident accuses law enforcers of fabricating drug case

  Abdula Karimov, a resident of Makhachkala, has complained that law enforcers had allegedly planted narcotic drugs on him and fabricated a criminal case. Despite this, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years in jail.

September 30, 2024 23:32

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 23-29, 2024

  Explosion at petrol station, drones and fires, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Caucasus and the “Wildberries” Company, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 23-29, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 30, 2024 23:14

• Member of Ingush National Council Albogachiev claims threats from Chechen MP Delimkhanov

  Delegations of Chechnya and Ingushetia met with the purpose to prevent the escalation of the conflict after the shooting near an office of the “Wildberries” Company. However, during the meeting, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma member from Chechnya, called for “cutting off heads.”

September 30, 2024 20:24

• Human rights defenders point out lack of FSIN’s interest in medical treatment of Zarema Musaeva

  The delay in hospitalizing Zarema Musaeva fits into the practice of treating prisoners accepted in institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). The FSIN is not interested in providing medical treatment for prisoners, human rights defenders emphasize.

September 30, 2024 18:21

• Makhachkala explosion questions quality of fuelling station inspections

  In Dagestan, the fuelling stations that were closed due to violations resume their operation by court orders, but the risk of explosions and loss of life remains, therefore, more thorough inspections are needed, Albert Esedov, a political analyst, and Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer, believe.

September 30, 2024 17:59

• Shootout with law enforcers was first in Ingushetia in six months

  The shootout, in which law enforcers killed a suspected militant, was preceded by a special operation conducted in Karabulak in March, in which six members of the Islamic State (IS)* were killed.

September 29, 2024 23:59

• Complaint of Seda Suleimanova's friend about police actions forwarded to Chechnya

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed Lena Patyaeva that her appeal demanding that law enforcers involved in the abduction of Seda Suleimanova be held accountable has been forwarded to Chechnya.

September 29, 2024 23:39

• Igor Paskar complains about censorship in prison

  Letters to Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, convicted of setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, are arriving intermittently; and the prison administration prohibits him from receiving newspapers and books, human rights defenders have complained.