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December 27, 2024 22:47

• South-Ossetian MIA demands to ban LGBT* propaganda

  In South Ossetia, the legislation does not provide for any punishments for LGBT* propaganda; and the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has demanded that parliament regulate the law enforcers' work.

December 27, 2024 21:38

• Krasnodar resident has to apologize for her posts on social network

  Inna Tishkina from Krasnodar apologized for her posts on the X social networking service which were “discrediting the Russian Army.” The reason for the attention to the resident of Krasnodar was an appeal to the law enforcement and related bodies by MP Sergey Klimov, who demanded an apology from Ramzan Kadyrov.

December 27, 2024 21:17

• Jehovah’s Witness* from Novorossiysk detained

  In the Krasnodar Territory, the police detained Dmitry Mladov, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Novorossiysk. The detainee was transported to an IVS (temporary detention facility) in the Moscow Region.

December 27, 2024 21:16

• AZAL reports technical impact on the crashed plane in Aktau

  An Embraer 190 aircraft flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed near Aktau due to physical and technical external interference, Azerbaijan Airlines said, citing data from a preliminary investigation.

December 27, 2024 20:54

• Dagestan: two law enforcers convicted for beating detained woman

  The Kizilyurt City Court has sentenced two policemen from the Kizilyurt division of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to three years and four years of conditional imprisonment, finding them guilty of beating a female detainee.

December 26, 2024 23:56

• In Moscow Region, activist holds solo picket in support of Musaeva

  Oksana Osadchaya held a solo picket in the city of Ramenskoye in support of Zarema Musaeva, who was arrested in Chechnya in a new criminal case. The solo picket attracted the attention of passers-by and law enforcers.

December 26, 2024 23:53

• Khamzat Kadyrov confirms drone attack on Chechnya

  Secretary of the Chechen Security Council Khamzat Kadyrov has posted on a social networking service a video of the destruction of a drone. The Chechen official has also added that all the drones launched today to attack the republic had been shot down.

December 26, 2024 23:24

• Analysts dispute about aims of polygamy fatwa

  The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.

December 26, 2024 21:47

• Prosecution demands over seven years in colony for Sochi engineer

  The state prosecutor has demanded seven years and seven months of imprisonment for Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and of manufacturing weapons.

December 26, 2024 20:51

• Defence asks to overturn sentence of lawyer Fedorenko

  The actions of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, contained no violation of privacy of private life, her defence has stated. The Commission for the Protection of Lawyers' Professional Rights of the Bar Association of Krasnodar Territory has concluded that Fedorenko is being prosecuted for performing her professional duties.

December 25, 2024 23:04

• Human rights defenders recall achievements of “Centre for Assistance to International Protection”

  The creation of the “Centre for Assistance to International Protection” organization 30 years ago was an important event for the development of human rights protection in Russia, and the “Centre” itself won hundreds of cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when defending people whose rights were violated.

December 25, 2024 21:46

• Human rights defenders condemn Georgian authorities for persecuting protesters

  In Georgia, law enforcers brutally beat protesters, and criminal cases are being instituted against activists on formal grounds.

December 25, 2024 20:53

• Public prosecutor requests over six years of imprisonment for Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia

  A public prosecutor requested six and a half years of imprisonment for Aleksei Pasynkov, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia, in a case on organizing extremist activity. Criminal cases have also been instituted against a wife and a mother of Aleksei Pasynkov, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports.

December 24, 2024 22:56

• Chechen drivers tell about law enforcers' raids on roads

  The vehicle gas cylinder equipment (GCE) often breaks down and poses a danger, experts said after reports of checks on Chechen roads. Drivers linked the raids with the fight against car window tinting; and GCE checks are conducted in parallel.

December 24, 2024 22:36

• Russian SAM revokes fatwa on permissibility of polygamy among Muslims

  The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has made a submission to the Chairman of the Russia Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) on the need to eliminate violations of the law in connection with the fatwa on the permissibility of polygamy. Citing this submission and the reaction of the public, the SAM has revoked the fatwa.

December 24, 2024 21:15

• Law enforcers' raid in Urus-Martan surprises natives of Chechnya

  In the city of Urus-Martan, law enforcers conducted searches in the empty houses of Musa Vatsuev and Lecha Elmurzaev, who left Chechnya long ago. Both natives of the republic treat such law enforcers' attention as unexpected.

December 24, 2024 20:47

• Protesters organize motorcycle rally in Tbilisi

  Activists demanding to hold repeated parliamentary elections and release those detained at protest actions have organized a motorcycle rally through the streets of Tbilisi.

December 23, 2024 23:43

• Russian diplomats call on to punish murderers of Dagestani native in Iran

  The Russian Embassy has called on to find and punish the persons responsible for the murder of a heavy truck driver from Dagestan, who was found shot dead in Iran.

December 23, 2024 23:15

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 16-22, 2024

  Pollution in Anapa, protests and two presidents in Georgia, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, victims of the energy crisis in Abkhazia, 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 December 16-22, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 23, 2024 21:47

• Researchers name action motives and methods of Caucasian draft dodgers

  Researchers have found out how men who are in areas at risk of conscription and mobilization into the Russian Army, but would not take part in military operations, choose their life strategies. They have also compared the motives and methods of action of residents of Russian central regions with those in Northern Caucasus.