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September 13, 2024 17:38

• Kuban Jehovah's Witness* complains about absence of medical care at SIZO

  The advocate of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has filed complaints to the prosecutor's office about the absence of medical care, but was still unable to get treatment for his client, who is suffering from the consequences of a knee injury and acute toothache. The SIZO's medical unit has stated that Bailo needs no emergency care.

September 12, 2024 23:56

• Makhachkala resident to get compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution

  The Russian Ministry of Finance requested court to reduce the amount of compensation for Patimat Akhmedova, referring to the possibility of “unjust enrichment” of the victim.

September 12, 2024 23:28

• Unidentified persons set fire to car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan again

  At night, unidentified persons set fire to a car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan. This is the second arson of the car belonging to the blogger within a week.

September 12, 2024 21:07

• Details of extremism case against believers from the Kuban village revealed

  Investigators have charged Vladimir Lepsky from the village of Vyselki with reading aloud the books of Jehovah's Witnesses*. The husband of another defendant, Irina Ushakova, is involved in the case as the organizer of an extremist cell, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

September 12, 2024 19:30

• Historians treat draft to review rehabilitation decisions as part of propaganda

  The draft order by Igor Krasnov, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, to review rehabilitation decisions has no novelties, since rehabilitation of war criminals is prohibited by law. However, once adopted, it may result in cancelling some rehabilitation decisions, which may be used in propaganda, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

September 12, 2024 19:09

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident demands to punish law enforcers for kidnapping and torture

  Law enforcers kidnapped Asker Shetov and injured him, after which they falsified a criminal case against him, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complained. The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria found Asker Shetov not guilty, but the actions of the law enforcers remained unpunished.

September 11, 2024 23:16

• Journalist Saveliev* and activist Kankiya* comment on their inclusion into register of foreign agents

  Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* from Krasnodar do not agree with the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to include them into the register of foreign agents. However, the MoJ’s decision will not stop their activities.

September 11, 2024 22:48

• Vadim Kharchenko*’s advocate lodges complaint about being prosecuted for her professional activities

  Natalia Fedorenko, a defender of Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*, is accused of violating the privacy of one of the judges. During the consideration of a case on illegal construction, the advocate challenged the judge because he was treating his dog in a veterinary clinic located in an “illegally constructed” building.

September 11, 2024 22:13

• Dagestani policemen suspected of fabricating drug case

  In the Nogai District of Dagestan, four policemen officers are suspected of fabricating a criminal case on drug possession, which they had planted on a local resident, investigators have stated.

September 11, 2024 21:46

• Police report on distribution of summonses in Rostov Region

  During the raids conducted in the Aksaysky District (Rostov Region), law enforcers found about 50 violators of the migration legislation; ten of them were banned from entering Russia; other 39 received summonses for the military service.

September 11, 2024 17:29

• Blogger Sophia Angel-Barokko sentenced to probation

  A court in Maykop has found Sophia Angel-Barokko, a video blogger, guilty of justifying extremism and insulting believers' feelings and sentenced her to two years of conditional imprisonment (probation) and a fine.

September 10, 2024 22:32

• In case on riots at Makhachkala airport, defendant rejects his involvement in riots

  Driver Magomed Irbeinov partially admitted guilt. The man emphasized that he was at the Makhachkala airport, but did not take part in the riots. The statement of Magomed Irbeinov has been confirmed by video recordings, his advocate reported.

September 10, 2024 20:41

• On September 2-8, one person killed and another wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from September 2 to September 8, 2024, one militant was killed and one law enforcer was wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 10, 2024 20:20

• Zoo rights defender Denis Djalaganiya accused of discrediting Russian Army

  After a denunciation that was made against Denis Djalaganiya, a public animal welfare inspector, that he had allegedly discredited the Russian Army in his pacifist publications posted in an animal rights group chat, an administrative protocol was drawn up against him.

September 10, 2024 20:02

• Rights defender from Rostov-on-Don complains about delay in opening attack case

  In Rostov-on-Don, the police dragged out the decision to open a criminal case about an attack on the female lawyer who defended militaries' rights, who had refused to take part in military operations. The police said that an additional check was needed, she has stated.

September 10, 2024 17:43

• Analysts pessimistically assess election results in Southern Russia

  The elections in Southern Russia were uncontested and were accompanied by voting violations, while the opposition was unable to achieve noticeable results almost anywhere, since there are no prominent politicians in the regions, analysts note.

September 09, 2024 23:29

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 2-8, 2024

  Elections in Southern Russia, fires and drones in the Caucasus, victory of the ruling party in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, 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 2-8, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 09, 2024 23:03

• Observers report ballot stuffing in Kuban

  At a polling station in the Abinsky District, a difference in voter turnout data has been recorded, which may indicate ballot stuffing. In the Seversky District, pressure was exerted on voters and observers. In Gelendzhik, the police were called to a polling station due to preparations for ballot stuffing, observers reported.

September 09, 2024 22:49

• Observers filed complaints about violations during voting in Kuban

  New cases of ballot stuffing and violations during home voting have been recorded at polling stations in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory); and observers faced obstacles from members of the election commissions, observers assert.

September 09, 2024 22:29

• Kuban environmentalists treat repeated inclusion of their colleagues into register of foreign agents as example of pressure on activists

  The repeated inclusion of the "Civil Initiative against Environmental Crime"* into the register of foreign agents is an example of authorities' pressure on eco activists, environmentalists from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) assert. According to their version, due to authorities' pressure, many colleagues have abandoned their public activities.