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August 28, 2024 17:40

• Schoolgirl from Nevinnomyssk suspected of committing terror act left at SIZO

  The Stavropol Territorial Court has refused to soften the freedom restriction measure for a 15-year-old ninth-grade schoolgirl from Nevinnomyssk, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Together with her peer, she is suspected of setting fire to mobile operator stations.

August 27, 2024 23:20

• Suleimanova's girlfriend demands inquiry into law enforcers' actions

  Law enforcers detained Seda Suleimanova in Saint Petersburg and allowed her to be sent to Chechnya despite the girl's words about the threat of repressions there, Lena Patyaeva, a Seda's friend, has stated and demanded from the Investigating Committee of Russian Federation (ICRF) to open a criminal case.

August 27, 2024 23:16

• Court ruling on complaint of wife of "Caucasian Knot" correspondent points to investigators' inaction

  A court in Volgograd has sided with Olga Sorokina, the wife of Vyacheslav Yaschenko, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Volgograd, who demanded from the police to investigate attempts to break into her apartment and intimidate her. However, there is no hope for progress in the case; investigators are not interested to deal with it, Vyacheslav believes.

August 27, 2024 22:30

• Sochi resident Alexei Schus left under arrest

  The Court of Appeal has refused to soften the freedom restriction measure for Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and illegally making weapons.

August 27, 2024 21:22

• Analysts treat reaction to awarding North-Caucasian athletes as politically motivated

  Criticism of Dagestani athletes for taking part in the Olympics under foreign countries' flags by Vitaly Milonov, a State Duma MP, evidences political motivation and aims at opposing residents of the Caucasus to Russians in general. This was stated by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", who has stressed that regardless of which country the athletes compete for, they remain a source of pride for their nations in Northern Caucasus.

August 27, 2024 19:11

• Adam Kadyrov gets highest award of Chechnya

  Adam Kadyrov, a son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the chief of the security department of the head of the republic, has been awarded with the Order of Kadyrov, the highest award of the republic.

August 26, 2024 23:16

• Authorities report number of victims of hostage-taking in penal colony near Volgograd

  Thirteen people were killed as a result of the hostage-taking in a penal colony in the city of Surovikino in Volgograd Region. One of the penal colony employees died in the hospital, and two more victims stay in severe condition, the “Kommersant” reported with reference to the Volgograd Region Committee for Public Health.

August 26, 2024 22:49

• Resident of Dagestani village of Tlokh tortured, his advocate claims

  Magomed Shamsudinov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Tlokh, was detained on suspicion of using force against his acquaintance, and the victim initially testified that Magomed Shamsudinov was not guilty, advocate Aidemir Ismailov reported.

August 26, 2024 22:15

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 19-25, 2024

  Hostage-taking in a penal colony, fires in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, President Putin’s visit to the Caucasus, a ferry with diesel fuel sinks, 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 19-25, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 26, 2024 21:59

• Observers report violations during election campaign in Southern Russia

  At least eight reports of violations during the campaign in the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories were received by the "Election Violations Map".

August 26, 2024 21:35

• Chechen native charged within case of hostage-taking at Rostov SIZO

  Magomed Alkhanov, a native of Chechnya, who had been kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers, has been charged with organizing an escape from the SIZO.

August 26, 2024 19:13

• Krasnodar resident suspected of repeated discrediting Russian Army

  Dmitry Polyakov, a resident of Krasnodar, fined for his pacifist picket, has become a figurant in a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Army.

August 25, 2024 23:33

• Chechen MP reports 115 conscripts returned from captivity in Ukraine

  A total of 115 conscripts, who had served in the Kursk Region, have returned to Russia as a result of an exchange of prisoners of war (POWs). This was reported by Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya.

August 25, 2024 22:26

• Mother of Cherkessk native killed at SMO seeks in court to have him declared perished

  The body of Khamzet Gogov, a native of Cherkessk, who perished in the special military operation (SMO) zone, has not been evacuated from the battlefield for almost a year; his mother is trying in court to have him declared perished.

August 25, 2024 21:34

• Environmentalists assess consequences of attack on Port Kavkaz

  As a result of drone attack on Port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar Territory, 30 fuel tanks sank, which poses a significant threat to the environment. The situation is complicated by the fact that authorities would not disclose the type of fuel that is in the tanks; and therefore it is impossible to take measures to prevent the consequences, the environmentalists, Valery Brinikh and Evgeny Vitishko, have stated.

August 25, 2024 19:11

• Activists demand to clear out fate of Seda Suleimanova, who escaped from domestic violence

  Actions demanding an inquiry into the fate of Seda Suleimanova were held in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tbilisi and Yerevan. Lena Patyaeva, her girlfriend, has asked the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to take control over the investigation.

August 24, 2024 21:14

• Volgograd activist Ruslan Nurushev complains about ignoring his requests to return seized equipment

  During a search conducted at home of Ruslan Nurushev, a Volgograd activist, law enforcers seized his computer, phones and other equipment. He has appealed to the investigating bodies demanding to have his gadgets back, but his complaints were ignored.

August 24, 2024 19:09

• Blogger Sofia Angel-Barokko receives threats after leaving SIZO

  Sofia Angel-Barokko, a blogger from Maikop, was released from a SIZO (pre-trial prison) under recognizance not to leave the city. After her release, the blogger complained about receiving threats on social networks.

August 24, 2024 18:47

• Ombudsperson treats information about Dagestanis' rights violation at Smolensk colony as unreliable

  The conducted check failed to reveal any violations of the rights of natives of Dagestan kept in the Smolensk Penal Colony No. 2, Zapir Alkhasov, the Degastani Ombudsperson has informed. There is only one prisoner from Dagestan kept there; and the colony has no dungeons (punishment cells).

August 23, 2024 23:41

• Hostage-taking incident becomes second in Southern Federal District within less than three months

  An incident with taking hostages by prisoners at the Surovikino penal colony was preceded by a similar incident that occurred in June at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don. In both cases, attackers declared themselves to be supporters of the “Islamic State”*.