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August 22, 2024 23:08

• Court plans to question law enforcers involved in case of Abdurakhmanov and Goncharenko accused of setting fire to military commissariat

  After checking Bogdan Abdurakhmanov's statement that his testimony has been obtained under pressure, the court that considers the case of setting fire to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) located in the town of Goryachy Klyuch, has scheduled to interrogate the law enforcers involved. This was informed by Bogdan's advocate.

August 22, 2024 21:56

• Ombudsperson reacts to harassment of Dagestani natives in penal colony

  The rights of inmates from Dagestan are violated in the penal colony located in the Smolensk Region; some of them are kept in the dungeon (punishment cell), while others have cut their veins in protest, a source has reported. Zapir Alkhasov, the Ombudsperson of Dagestan, has reported that he had taken the incident under his control.

August 22, 2024 21:13

• Verdict to Kuban resident for evading military service upheld

  The appellate instance has upheld the verdict passed to Dmitry Martynenko, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), who was sentenced to five years and three months in colony for unauthorized abandonment of his military unit. The expiration of the contract is not the basis for service termination, the judge has stated.

August 22, 2024 19:28

• Police inspector arrested in case on Djabrailov’s death

  In Makhachkala, a court has arrested an inspector of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) for two months in a criminal case on the death of detained Akhmed Djabrailov.

August 22, 2024 17:25

• Baptist pastor fined in Kuban for illegal missionary activities

  In Tuapse, a court fined Baptist pastor Anatoly Mukhin 5000 roubles, finding him guilty of illegal missionary activities.

August 21, 2024 23:37

• Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* gets back his laptops confiscated during search

  The police returned to Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* his laptops and other office equipment, confiscated during a search. However, the journalist’s demand to justify the search remained unanswered.

August 21, 2024 23:35

• Expertise confirms relatives' version of cause of Djabrailov's death

  The conducted forensic examination has confirmed that Akhmed Djabrailov, detained by police in Makhachkala, died of suffocation, Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC) has informed.

August 21, 2024 22:05

• Human rights defender Gannushkina*’s appeal in defence of Gatagazheva results in institution of administrative case

  The prosecutor’s office drew up an administrative protocol on failure to fulfil the duties of a foreign agent against human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina*, who, while sending in her personal correspondence the information on the case against Ingushetia resident Leyla Gatagazheva, did not indicate her status of a foreign agent.

August 21, 2024 19:38

• "Beslan Mothers" explain their appeal to Putin on inquiry into terror act

  It is necessary to investigate the actions of the operative headquarters aimed to rescue the hostages, as well as the facts established in court, the co-chair of "Beslan Mothers" has clarified after the demand to President Putin to complete the investigation.

August 21, 2024 19:37

• Investigators reports law enforcer's detention in connection with Djabrailov's death

  The commander of a unit of the patrol regiment, who used violence against Akhmed Djabrailov, the detained participant in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, has been detained within the case of abuse of office and intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm.

August 21, 2024 18:09

• "Beslan Mothers" remind President of absence of inquiry outcomes into terror act

  The militants who committed the terror act in Beslan received support from abroad, the Russian President said at a meeting with "Beslan Mothers". Twenty years after the terror act, its investigation has not been completed, the victims' mothers have reminded.

August 20, 2024 23:59

• Appeals to officials from parents of Djabrailov, who died in police department, remain unanswered

  Officials from the authorities and the security agencies have not responded to appeals from parents of Akhmed Djabrailov, who died at a police department in Makhachkala after being detained.

August 20, 2024 23:57

• Law enforcers conduct searches at Rostov activist’s home

  The police conducted searches and seized a PC and other office equipment from home of an activist from the Rostov Region who took part in the campaign to register Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate for the presidential election. The law enforcers attempted to conduct searches at the places of residence of two other local activists.

August 20, 2024 23:37

• Putin visits destroyed Beslan School for first time since the terror act

  For the first time since the terror act committed back in 2004, Russian President has visited the building of School No. 1 in Beslan although he had earlier been to Beslan several days after the terror act and in 2008. He has also visited the memorial to the victims, kneeling before it and crossing himself.

August 20, 2024 22:57

• Lawyers assess possibility of criminal prosecution for attack on their colleague in Rostov-on-Don

  A lawyer from Rostov-on-Don is scared after an attack on her, and she intends to file a complaint to the police, her friends say. People with firearms came to the house where human rights defender Maxim Vedoprav lived earlier. He and his girlfriend made public the information about the violation of the rights of military personnel who refused to participate in combat operations.

August 20, 2024 22:47

• Residents of the Dagestani village of Kulibukhna explain reasons for their appeal to Putin

  For three years already, villagers of Kulibukhna, which is part of the Tsudakhar Village Council of the Levashinsky District, have been seeking to overhaul the road along which their children walk to school, and ambulances cannot pass, the villagers have explained the reasons for their video appeal to President Putin.

August 20, 2024 21:49

• Musk refutes information about Tesla Cybertruck gifted to Kadyrov

  Elon Musk, an American entrepreneur, has stated that he had not presented a Tesla Cybertruck to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 20, 2024 19:07

• Lawyer attacked in Rostov-on-Don after trying to defend militaries' rights

  In Rostov-on-Don, an unknown man attacked a female lawyer who provides legal assistance to the militaries, who refused to take part in military operations.

August 19, 2024 23:54

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 12-18, 2024

  Alaudinov admits Chechen fighters being captured by Ukraine, elections in the southern regions of the Russian Federation, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Georgian journalists stand against the law on foreign agents, 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 August 12-18, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 19, 2024 22:18

• Destruction of memorial to Tsarist General Daut Keshev is third in its history

  The memorial plaque dedicated to Daut Keshev has already been destroyed three times. While earlier this had to do with his descendants' role in the establishment of Soviet power in Kabardino-Balkaria, now the destruction is connected with the general's participation in the Russian-Turkish War on the side of the tsarist army, his great-great-grandson is sure.