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July 02, 2024 21:06

• KBR resident fined twice for discrediting militaries

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has fined Vladimir Kryachko, a 61-year-old local resident, twice in the amount of 15,000 roubles, finding him guilty of speaking negatively about Russian militaries.

July 02, 2024 18:34

• Human rights defenders consider coercion to shave heads as violation of Rostov prisoners’ rights

  The arrestees kept in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-in-Don were forced to shave their heads after an incident with hostage-taking. A spokesperson for the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) explained the above as “educational work” and internal regulations of the SIZO. Coercion of the arrestees to shave their heads violated their rights, human rights defenders pointed out.

July 02, 2024 17:53

• Blogger detained in Dagestan after criticism from republic head

  Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, stood up for a doctor from Khasavyurt, who had faced threats and attacks after a misunderstanding during examination of a patient wearing a niqab. After Melikov's criticism, law enforcers detained the blogger Khadjimurad Khanov, who had earlier demanded from the doctor's bosses to apologize, sources report.

July 01, 2024 23:56

• Religious scholars emphasize advisory nature of announced fatwa, banning wearing niqabs in Dagestan

  The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Dagestan, being a religious organization, may issue a fatwa (a ruling based on the principles of Islam), banning wearing niqabs, but this is only a recommendation, religious scholars and Caucasian experts believe. Violators of the ban face a maximum of condemnation and censure, they note.

July 01, 2024 22:51

• Mufti of Dagestan announces fatwa banning wearing niqabs

  The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan will soon issue a fatwa (a ruling based on the principles of Islam), banning wearing niqabs. This has been announced by the Mufti of Dagestan after the leader of the republic spoke out against wearing niqabs.

July 01, 2024 22:47

• Gadjiev's colleagues treat enlightenment as way to combat radicalization

  The ideological work aimed to counter radicalization should be conducted by Muslims themselves; and Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the convicted "Chernovik" outlet journalist, is one of those who is able to influence his fellow believers, Dagestani journalists are sure.

July 01, 2024 19:35

• ECtHR finds rights violation of Ingush activist Barakh Chemurziev

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay EUR 5000 to convicted activist, Barakh Chemurziev, as compensation for his arrest at the rally in Magas. The ECtHR's decision was made amid Russia's refusal to enforce the Court's decisions.

July 01, 2024 19:07

• ECtHR finds rights violation of Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay EUR 3500 to Ruslan Gvashev, a Circassian activist, as compensation for the fine imposed on him for praying at the Tulip Tree in 2017.

June 30, 2024 23:58

• Kremlin's reaction to Kadyrov's words encourages threats to militants' families

  The soft reaction of the press secretary of the Russian President to Kadyrov's threats to militants' relatives has demonstrated the Kremlin's agreement with the methods of the head of Chechnya, analysts have pointed out.

June 30, 2024 23:55

• Kadyrov criticizes Bastrykin for his words about attackers in Dagestan and Rostov-on-Don

  The hostage taking in the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison) and the attacks in Dagestan were committed by "Islamists," Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has stated and supported the idea of banning niqabs (long garments worn by some Muslim women in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes).

June 30, 2024 23:48

• Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko* treats his criminal prosecution as unjustified

  Martin Kochesoko*, an activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who had moved to Europe, has treated his criminal prosecution in Russia for evading the duties of a foreign agent as unjustified.

June 30, 2024 22:44

• Court in Dagestan approves verdict to law enforcers for kidnapping and torture

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has refused to commute the sentences passed to five law enforcers who figured in the case of kidnapping and torture, and replaced the conditional imprisonment of one of the convicts for real one.

June 30, 2024 21:39

• Court arrests Krasnodar violinist for slogan in support of Ukraine

  The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar has arrested for days Marina Nasonova, a violinist of the Kuban Symphony Orchestra, for a phrase in support of Ukraine she has posted in the messenger.

June 30, 2024 19:31

• Maria Smelaya demands efficient inquiry into her son's kidnapping

  Maria Smelaya, a resident of Krasnodar, has complained that officials from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) are passing her complaint about her husband's kidnapping of their common son to each other and would not investigate the case.

June 29, 2024 23:54

• Cassation Court refuses to commute Nozdrinov's sentence

  The sentence to Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist and blogger from the Krasnodar Territory, sentenced to 8.5 of freedom deprivation within the case of fakes about the Russian Army, has been upheld.

June 29, 2024 22:36

• Court in Volgograd finds search of home of "Caucasian Knot" correspondent legal

  The Volgograd Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the court ruling that found the search conducted at the apartment of Vyacheslav Yaschenko, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, as legitimate. The CoA has rejected the defence's arguments.

June 29, 2024 22:28

• Friday namaz in Astrakhan mosque ends in detentions

  In Astrakhan, law enforcers blocked the exits from the Red Mosque and checked believers' documents; some Muslims were put into buses, believers have reported.

June 29, 2024 19:47

• Krasnodar: Church Court bans pacifist priest from serving

  The Church Court of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban Diocese has banned Archpriest Andrei Drugai from priestly service; Andrei left his parish due to disagreement with the position of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on the issue of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

June 29, 2024 18:56

• Activist Marina Melikhova calls her criminal case political persecution

  The court of appeal upheld the sentence of Marina Melikhova, a resident of Krasnodar, convicted under the article on discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces. The activist claimed that she was subjected to political persecution for her pacifist position and criticism of the country’s authorities.

June 29, 2024 18:25

• Astrakhan Region resident suspected of discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  Vitaly Zhuravlyov from the Akhtubinsky District became a suspect in a criminal case on discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces.