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December 05, 2024 18:13

• Journalists get injuries during dispersal of rally in Tbilisi

  During the dispersal of the rally held in Tbilisi by supporters of European integration, Luka Tkebuchava and Tedo Kvacakiya, employees of the “Formula” TV Channel, got injuries. Furthermore, it has been reported that an employee of the “Public Broadcaster” was also injured. The confrontation between the police and the protesters continues.

December 04, 2024 22:47

• PO finds inaccuracies in journalist Kevorkova's case

  The case of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been returned from the Prosecutor's Office (PO) to investigators for eliminating inaccuracies in the charges. This was reported by Kaloi Akhilgov, an advocate.

December 04, 2024 22:45

• Court in Stavropol Territory starts considering riots case at the Makhachkala Airport

  The first hearing of the case of riots in Makhachkala was held in the Kochubeevsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory. Four defendants are accused of taking part in mass riots and violating the transport safety regulations.

December 04, 2024 21:14

• Prosecutor demands eight years for defendant in case of Dagestani Dalgatov, who died after detention

  The defence has asked to sentence Islam Atavov, a former policeman and a figurant in the death case of Kurban Dalgatov, who died at the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, to the minimum punishment; Atavov had concluded a pre-trial agreement, while the prosecution demanded eight years in jail for him.

December 04, 2024 19:03

• Mass searches and arrests of opposition leaders in Tbilisi

  Security forces detained the leader of “Akhali” and the “Coalition for Change”, Nika Gvaramia, as well as members of the “Girchi” and “Lelo” parties. The offices of opposition parties and movements are being searched.

December 03, 2024 23:56

• Activist Kasimova detained again in Cherkessk

  In Cherkessk, the police detained Guzel Kasimova, an activist from Kazan, who was released from a special detention facility after ten days of arrest. The woman was accused of knowingly making a false report of a terror act.

December 03, 2024 23:47

• Advocate reports pressure on defendant in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  In a case on riots at an airport in Makhachkala, one of the defendants was subjected to pressure, his advocate reported. Meanwhile, the defender was underaged at the time of his arrest.

December 03, 2024 22:46

• Activist from Kazan complains about pressure from law enforcers in Karachay-Cherkessia

  Guzel Kasimova, a resident of Kazan, who was arrested in Karachay-Cherkessia for ten days, complained to her defender that she faced pressure and threats after her detention. A pensioner from Stavropol, who arrived to Cherkessk to look for her friend Guzel Kasimova, also reported pressure from the law enforcement bodies.

December 03, 2024 21:55

• Kadyrov's associate Delimkhanov refuses to help in searching for Seda Suleimanova

  Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP, has refused the activists' request to initiate a check into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen native.

December 03, 2024 18:17

• Parliamentary elections in Georgia

  Georgia held its parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024, amid a sharp confrontation of the ruling party versus the opposition, the parliament versus the president, and the European way of the country's development versus the pro-Russian one. The elections had a number of peculiarities and novelties related to the amendments made in the Electoral Code. The following report by the "Caucasian Knot" tells about the 2024 election campaign in Georgia.

December 02, 2024 23:55

• Comments in messenger result in fine imposed on Astrakhan resident

  A court in the Narimanov District of the Astrakhan Region has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his comments on the Telegram had discredited the Russian Army.

December 02, 2024 23:49

• Two defendants in Makhachkala riots case plead innocent

  Makhmud Djavatkhanov and Abdulbasir Atavov have confirmed in court that they were present at the Makhachkala Airport during the riots, but denied the crime charges.

December 02, 2024 23:18

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 25-December 1, 2024

  Protests in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, drone attacks, political 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 November 25-December 1, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 02, 2024 23:02

• In Stavropol Territory, court starts trial in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  The first hearing in a case on riots at the “Uitash” airport in Makhachkala was held at a court in the Stavropol Territory. Two of the eight defendants, in addition to participating in mass riots and violating transport safety rules, have been accused of attacking policemen.

December 02, 2024 22:09

• Lawyers point to Timur Idalov being deprived of opportunity to work as lawyer in Chechnya

  The sentence of Timur Idalov, an advocate from Chechnya, in a case on threatening a public prosecutor will be challenged. Lawyers called the deprivation of the opportunity to practice law the most severe part of the Timur Idalov’s punishment, although the term of forced labour is close to the maximum stipulated by the article.

November 30, 2024 23:46

• Sick writer Zakhar Zaripov released in Chechnya

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer and an oncology patient, convicted of an appeal to the head of Chechnya, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

November 30, 2024 23:30

• Relatives of Dagestani activist Rabadanov find way to help him at SIZO

  Relatives of Ramazan Rabadanov have found a doctor who can help him with the cervical vertebrae damaged during his detention.

November 30, 2024 22:38

• Investigators' version of desecrating memorial in Nevinnomyssk called into question

  The actions of the Dagestani natives who desecrated the Eternal Flame in Nevinnomyssk were assessed by investigators as rehabilitation of Nazism, although they should have been qualified under a more lenient article of vandalism or hooliganism.

November 30, 2024 22:06

• Sochi activist complains about law enforcers’ actions

  In her complaint lodged with the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), activist Tatiana Polivanova asked to check the legality of the law enforcers’ actions in connection with her criminal prosecution and the seizure of more than 11,000 plots of land in Sochi from owners.

November 29, 2024 23:16

• Chechen authorities report about reconciliation of 2659 divorced couples

  Special commissions reunited 2659 divorced couples in the republic.