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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.

November 04, 2022 19:38

• PO demands from MIA to consider application about harsh detention in Makhachkala

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has sent a complaint to the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the law enforcer, who had hit a protester in Makhachkala. The law enforcers should be punished publicly, and residents should react to unreasonably harsh detentions, Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer, has stated.

November 03, 2022 23:56

• Dagestani Murad Mirzakhanov's relatives demand to punish law enforcers for torturing him

  Law enforcers have fabricated a criminal case against Murad Mirzakhanov from Makhachkala and tortured him, but his relatives' complaints yield no results, Murad's mother has stated, and his defence has pointed to gross errors in the criminal case.

November 03, 2022 23:53

• KChR residents commemorate deportation victims

  The participants of the mourning rallies held in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have laid flowers at the memorials to the Karachays' deportation victims.

November 03, 2022 23:50

• Belkharoevs' arrests in Ingushetia attract Kadyrov's attention

  The head of Chechnya has stood up for the Belkharoev family, several members of which were arrested in Ingushetia. Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that the term "'Batalkhadjin terrorist community" is absurd, and the Belkharoevs will always be his close friends.

November 03, 2022 17:37

• Novorossiysk blogger Alibekov recognized as a political prisoner

  Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, is being persecuted for political reasons for his pacifist speeches, states the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”. The human rights defenders demand to release Askhabali Alibekov.

November 03, 2022 17:36

• Chechen female activist released after questioning

  Gistam Sakaeva, a native of Chechnya, is at large, as the police released her after questioning.

November 02, 2022 19:52

• Court in Dagestan finds arrest of journalist Sevrinovsky groundless

  The Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has cancelled the resolution on the arrest that Vladimir Sevrinovsky had served after his detention in Makhachkala, and sent the case for reconsideration.

November 02, 2022 19:40

• Female NCO employee from Chechnya goes missing in Astrakhan Region

  Gistam Sakaeva, a native of Chechnya and an activist of the non-commercial organization (NCO), engaged in defending women's rights, has disappeared on the border of Kazakhstan with the Astrakhan Region, while in Chechnya a week ago she was searched for by a local district policeman.

November 02, 2022 19:31

• Escape of four girls is pretext for Dagestani Imam to campaign against social networks

  The escape of four Dagestani young women was provoked by the influence of social networks, in which recruiters convince young people to leave their families, the chairman of the Council of Imams of Kaspiysk has stated. In his opinion, the girls have poured dirt on the family by telling that they had been "infringed."

November 02, 2022 19:07

• Followers of “At Takfir Val-Hijra”* detained in Dagestan

  Six followers of the “At Takfir Val-Hijra”* organization were detained in Dagestan, Moscow, and Voronezh, and “religious books of extremist content” were confiscated from them during a search, the FSB Department for Moscow and the Moscow Region reported.

November 01, 2022 14:55

• Kadyrov's threat to continue mobilization becomes part of recruiting campaign in Chechnya

  In the near future, residents of Chechnya will begin receiving summonses, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has announced. He invited Chechens to hurry up to enrol into the republic's power structures in order to serve together with fellow countrymen, and not in other units.

November 01, 2022 14:49

• Pickets in support of journalist Gadjiev interest Makhachkala residents and guests

  Passers-by and car drivers have paid attention to the pickets held by Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues; the interest from tourists was also high, activists have informed.

November 01, 2022 14:44

• Rights defenders treat Dagestani sisters' chances to receive asylum abroad as high

  The four Dagestani young women, who have accused their relatives of domestic violence, are still in Georgia, but plan to move to another country, human rights defenders have informed.

November 01, 2022 14:39

• Chechnya leads in rating with smallest number of registered crimes

  In January-September this year, the smallest number of all crimes was registered in Chechnya; Ingushetia and Dagestan are also in the lead of the rating. The Volgograd Region became the anti-leader among the regions of Southern of Russia.

October 31, 2022 23:40

• “Memorial”* goes to ECtHR to continue its fight against liquidation

  In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders pointed out that with the decision to liquidate the “International Memorial”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”), the authorities of Russia violated a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

October 31, 2022 23:37

• Persecution of sisters from Dagestan by their relatives comes into conflict with norms of Islam

  When commenting on the persecution of four sisters from Dagestan by their relatives, Caucasian experts have noted that “honour killing” as a punishment for refusing to marry is not provided for in Islam, the Sharia, or Muslim customs.

October 31, 2022 23:32

• In Vienna, picketers call on to prevent deportation of Chechen woman Gerikhanova to Russia

  Members of the Chechen Diaspora and employees of the human rights organization “Amnesty International” (AI) held a demonstration in the capital of Austria. During their protest action, the activists called on the authorities of Romania not to expel Amina Gerikhanova to Russia.