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September 22, 2024 17:30

• Analysts comment on Govt's decision to reject "hijab law"

  The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have disagreed on the prospects of the bill proposed by Vladislav Davankov, a former presidential candidate, which gives schools and municipalities the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing.

September 21, 2024 23:56

• Sentences of three Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista toughened

  The court of appeal has imposed additional restrictions on freedom for Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova, who were sentenced to suspended imprisonment on the charges of extremism.

September 21, 2024 23:41

• "Rosgvardiya" fighter from Chechnya arrested within shooting case at Wildberries office

  A Moscow court has arrested Umar Chichaev, an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter from Chechnya, who is deputy commander of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) unit "Akhmat-1", for a month and 30 days; he was detained in connection with the shooting at the Wildberries office.

September 21, 2024 22:58

• Case on preparation of explosion at Nalchik train station reaches court

  A case against Vitaly Gaivoronsky, accused of preparing a terror act at the Nalchik train station, will be considered by the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.

September 21, 2024 22:47

• Kadyrov claims his Cybertruck remotely disabled

  The leader of Chechnya has stated that a Cybertruck electric pickup truck he received from Tesla stopped working. Ramzan Kadyrov believes that the car has been remotely switched off by Elon Musk.

September 21, 2024 21:07

• Relatives of Valery Bailo, convicted Jehovah's Witness*, worry about his health

  For several months already, the defence of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, has failed to obtain medical treatment for him at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.

September 21, 2024 18:58

• Anti-migration raids in Southern Russia are part of recruiting campaign of contract soldiers

  In Southern Russia, authorities have launched an agitation campaign, offering migrants from Central Asia and those who recently received Russian citizenship some remuneration for their consent to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone; otherwise these people are threatened with punishment.

September 21, 2024 18:37

• Anna Tsomartova's father fired from MIA for criticizing inquiry into her disappearance

  After criticizing law enforcing bodies for the inefficient inquiry into the disappearance of Anna Tsomartova, a North-Ossetian athlete, in Kaspiysk, her father Nikolai Tsomartov was fired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for violating the ethic norms.

September 20, 2024 23:28

• Human rights defenders recognize blogger Askhabali Alibekov as political prisoner

  The charge of using violence against a policeman does not correspond to the circumstances of the blogger Askhabali Alibekov’s case. The authorities are forcing the blogger to stop his opposition activities by persecuting him, the “Support for political prisoners. Memorial” human rights project states.

September 20, 2024 23:13

• Natives of Ingushetia and Chechnya killed in shooting near “Wildberries” office in Moscow

  As a result of shooting which took place near an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow, Islambek Elmurziev, a 28-year-old master of sports in freestyle wrestling from Ingushetia, and Adam Almazov, a 41-year-old deputy commander of the “Akhmat-1” OMON (riot police) battalion from Chechnya, have been killed, sources report.

September 20, 2024 22:25

• SC upholds sentence of Volgograd resident Paskar for setting fire to rug near FSB building

  The cassation court refused to grant an appeal lodged against the sentence of Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, who was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug near an FSB building in Krasnodar. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 21:52

• Sentence in absentia for aiding terrorism upheld against Stavropol resident Denis Mamedov

  The military court of appeal upheld the sentence to 16 years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting terrorism pronounced against Denis Mamedov, a former official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in Stavropol. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 20:06

• Volgograd resident detained for justifying terrorism

  Agents of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) have detained an earlier convicted Volgograd resident for his post in a messenger, seeing support for banned terrorist organizations in them.

September 19, 2024 23:57

• Fear of execution forces Dagestani resident to apologize to Kadyrov after road accident

  In the conflict of a Dagestani resident with and an elderly Chechen after a road accident, both parties are to blame, as they wouldn't settle the problem peacefully and started a brawl, analysts believe, adding that the Dagestani resident by apologizing to Kadyrov decided to protect himself and end the conflict in this way.

September 19, 2024 22:39

• Rights defenders find Andzor Kudaev's torture statement convincing

  The application made by Andzor Kudaev, a convicted entrepreneur from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that his confession was obtained under torture is credible, human rights defenders have pointed out, noting that courts are trying to ignore applications about torturing the defendants.

September 19, 2024 21:41

• Activist Olga Begretova loses appeal in forced fingerprinting case

  The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has rejected the appeal complaint, lodged by Olga Begretova, an activist, against the decision of the Nalchik court, which refused to request information that the FSB had received about her after forced fingerprinting at the airport.

September 19, 2024 20:38

• Appellate court leaves Ingush activists, Nalgiev and Khautiev, in colony

  The Stavropol Territorial Court has denied the defence's appeal against the refusal to mitigate the sentence and release Ingush activists, Ismail Nalgiev and Bagaudin Khautiev, from penal colony. The defence decided not to appeal against this decision.

September 19, 2024 18:31

• Natalia Fedorenko, advocate of blogger Kharchenko*, complains about court's accusatory bias

  Natalia Fedorenko, who is defending Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger, has demanded the judge's challenge due to the violations committed, but was refused; Natalia was accused of violating the judge's privacy. She has complained that her trial prevents her from defending Kharchenko*.

September 18, 2024 23:47

• ECtHR awards compensation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the Russian authorities violated the article on the prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment in relation to Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva. The activist was awarded 1000 euros in compensation, although Russia does not consider itself obligated to comply with the decisions of the European Court.

September 18, 2024 23:23

• Court dismisses appeal of activist Melikhova against fine for her verse

  A court dismissed all the arguments of the defence and upheld the decision to fine Marina Melikhova, an activist from Kuban, whose verse the law enforcement bodies recognized as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova, who does not have the money to pay the fine, intends to file an appeal against the court’s decision.