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August 06, 2024 22:38

• Kadyrov boasts of his personal participation in development of “Akhmat-mobile”

  The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to call the new type of armoured vehicle an “Akhmat-mobile”, noted Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. He has stated that he personally participated in changing the design of the armoured vehicle and insisted on its name.

August 06, 2024 22:27

• Journalist Marshenkulova put on international wanted list

  Investigators have put journalist Zalina Marshenkulova from Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of justifying terrorism, on the international wanted list.

August 06, 2024 21:48

• Court mitigates verdict to Khasavyurt resident for fakes about Russian Army

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has reduced the term of forced labour by two years for Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a resident of Khasavyurt, within his case of military fakes.

August 06, 2024 19:18

• Natives of Caucasus claim increased discrimination when visiting Turkey

  Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

August 05, 2024 23:56

• Relatives of defendants in “prison jamaat” case claim violation of detainees’ rights at Taganrog SIZO

  After the hostage-taking at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, relatives lost contact with natives of Dagestan Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov, involved in the “prison jamaat” case as defendants. Law enforcers took Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov to a SIZO in Taganrog and refuse to let them being visited by advocates, their relatives complained.

August 05, 2024 23:39

• Chechen natives’ claims to prisoner exchange seem to be justified, Oleg Orlov* notes

  Human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, who was released in the prisoner exchange, called the discontent voiced by members of the Chechen diaspora in Europe justified, as there were no prisoners from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia on the prisoner exchange list.

August 05, 2024 23:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29-August 4, 2024

  Exchange of Khangoshvili’s killer, major fire in Azov, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan spread to Georgia, 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 July 29-August 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 05, 2024 22:26

• Rights activists declare Dagestani activist Eduard Ataev as political prisoner

  Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, has been persecuted for political reasons; his criminal case was fabricated, the human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

August 05, 2024 22:15

• Astrakhan deputy fined for post with Hitler's quote

  A court in Astrakhan has fined Oleg Shein, a deputy of the Regional Duma, treating his post with a quote from Hitler's book as distribution of extremist materials. The deputy himself has treated the court ruling as illegal and pointed out that the court had disregarded the context of his post.

August 05, 2024 21:57

• Makhachkala SIZO head, convicted of torture, disappears in Ukraine

  Daud Davydov, convicted in 2022 of beating inmates at Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) and extortions, has disappeared in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

August 04, 2024 23:49

• Chechen resident detained for beating his wife

  Policemen have detained a Chechen resident for beating his wife after a video of the incident caused public resonance.

August 04, 2024 22:09

• Investigator links demand to extend journalist Kevorkova's arrest her profession and ties

  Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, can use her extensive ties among high-ranking officials and find artificial proofs of her innocence, the investigator has stated, demanding to extend her arrest. I his turn, Kaloi Akhilgov, Nadezhda's advocate, has objected that the investigation is essentially over; and it's impossible to influence it.

August 04, 2024 20:04

• Relatives of three Kuban pensioners doubt investigators' version about created IAF

  Marina Zakharova, 68, Nikolai Nabiev, 66, and Sergey Kuzovenko, 64, from Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) have civilian professions; and the investigators' version that they had tried to organize an illegal armed formation (IAF) looks absurd.

August 04, 2024 19:07

• Tuapse townspeople, Krasnodar Territory, complain about absence of data about bomb shelters

  Regular drone attacks are frightening, but residents of Tuapse have no information about the locations of bomb shelters in residential areas, townspeople have complained.

August 03, 2024 19:19

• Volgograd court refuses to consider lawsuit on disclosure of activists' data

  The Tsentralny District Court of Volgograd has refused to consider the lawsuit for protection of honour and dignity, defence of privacy and claiming compensation for the suffered moral harm lodged against the "Volgograd-1" TV Company, under whose brand the story appeared on air about the people laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny.

August 02, 2024 23:57

• Video of woman being beaten in Chechnya outrages Telegram users

  The beating of a woman by her husband in a shop in the locality of Oiskhara requires an investigation, human rights defenders claim. Telegram users condemned the behaviour of the Chechen resident.

August 02, 2024 22:37

• Human rights defenders report whereabouts of Aishat Magomedova, who escaped from domestic violence

  Aishat Magomedova, who was kidnapped by her relatives in Moscow on July 31, is alive and is staying with the relatives in Kizilyurt. At a police station, a friend of Aishat Magomedova watched a video in which Aishat Magomedova, with bruises on her face, asked “not to make a fuss,” human rights defenders reported.

August 02, 2024 21:17

• Blogger Artemy Lebedev's words about Beslan spark anger in North Ossetia

  Artemy Lebedev's obscene statement about the activities of the organizations helping victims of the terror act in Beslan has caused outrage in the republic. Public organizations called for the designer to be stripped of his state awards and demanded an apology. The "Beslan Mothers" have announced a lawsuit.

August 02, 2024 20:58

• Court extends arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

  The arrest of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been extended by two months.

August 02, 2024 17:10

• Kizilyurt resident kidnapped by her relatives, human rights defenders report

  Relatives forcibly took Aishat Magomedova, a resident of Kizilyurt, who had fled from domestic violence, from her Moscow apartment. Human rights defenders believe that the young woman is in danger.