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January 18, 2024 16:02

• KBR's POC announces check after arson in penal colony

  The prisoners who had set fire to mattresses in a colony in the Chegem District were placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) legally, a check is underway, the Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) and the local Public Oversight Commission (POC) have reported.

January 18, 2024 15:57

• Video with apologies from relatives of man suspected of Gakaev’s murder posted on Internet

  Relatives of a resident of Chechnya, suspected of murdering mullah Abdurakhim Gakaev, asked for forgiveness from relatives of the murdered man.

January 18, 2024 10:16

• Relatives of suspect in killing Mullah offer reconciliation to Gakaevs

  Relatives of the man accused of murdering the Mullah, Abdurakhim Gakaev, have stated that they were disgraced by their relative's actions and expressed a desire to reconcile with Mullah's relatives. It follows from the video record of the gathering that took place in the village of Komsomolskoye.

January 17, 2024 23:59

• Resident of Volgograd Region convicted for fakes about Russian Army

  The Kotelnikovsky District Court of Volgograd has sentenced Vasily Melnikov, a local resident, to five years in jail with a three-year-long ban on administering Internet sites within the case of spreading fakes about the Russian Army.

January 17, 2024 23:51

• At trial in Zhuravel’s case, court listens to testimonies of two prosecution witnesses

  A fellow student of Nikita Zhuravel has stated in his testimony that he did not ask the defendant about his attitude to Islam and does not know on whose instructions Nikita Zhuravel burned the Koran.

January 17, 2024 23:14

• In Dagestan, court upholds decision in activist Larisa Bochieva’s case

  A court of appeal upheld the decision to extend the pre-trial restriction measure for Larisa Bochieva, a resident of Makhachkala, accused of creating a cell of an extremist organization.

January 17, 2024 22:50

• Natives of Ingushetia suspected of kidnapping resident of Dagestan

  Two suspects have kidnapped, for mercenary reasons, a resident of Dagestan and held him in a Psychological Assistance Centre in Ingushetia, investigators have reported.

January 17, 2024 22:15

• Atmosphere of cruelty in Chechnya leads to Gakaev's murder

  The supposed killer of Imam Gakaev looks like an unhealthy person, who took a far-fetched motive as a guide to action, but with a similar motive of fighting against sorcerers, he had appealed to Chechen authorities and sought their support.

January 17, 2024 21:17

• Another policeman suspected of involvement in Dalgatov's death

  A court in Makhachkala has placed a policeman suspected in the death of the detainee, Kurban Dalgatov, under house arrest. He became the third law enforcer arrested in January in connection within this case.

January 17, 2024 18:10

• Journalist Magomed Magomedov treats his detention at picket as result of provocation

  The police have planned the detention of Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), at a picket in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev by preparing a provocation, the journalist himself believes.

January 17, 2024 16:29

• Convicted activist Daria Polyudova not in contact with her family for six months

  Krasnodar activist Daria Polyudova, who is serving her sentence in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria, has not sent letters or called her relatives for six months already, her mother says.

January 16, 2024 23:57

• ECtHR treats convoying conditions of Ruslan Rakhaev to colony as inhumane

  For the torturous conditions of transporting to the colony, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded Ruslan Rakhaev, an ex-deputy head of the Cherkessk criminal investigation division, compensation of EUR 8500.

January 16, 2024 23:17

• Relatives of riot participants at Makhachkala airport invited for questioning

  Elders and religious leaders are involved in preventive conversations with relatives of participants in the riots at an airport in Makhachkala, the administration of the Levashinsky District reports.

January 16, 2024 18:53

• Human rights defender Nagavkin complains about torture of prisoners at SIZO

  Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), spoke in court about cases when prisoners were subjected to torture at the SIZO. The prosecutor’s office agreed to accept the human rights defender’s complaint for verification.

January 16, 2024 17:37

• Journalist Magomed Magomedov released after his detention at picket in support of Gadjiev

  A court found no signs of wrongdoing in the actions of Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), who was detained at a solo picket in Makhachkala. The journalist has been released.

January 16, 2024 16:31

• In Volgograd, court refuses to recognize inaction of prosecutor’s office on claim of mobilized man’s wife

  The Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd did not grant a lawsuit filed by a spouse of mobilized Anton Stepanischev against the military prosecutor’s office.

January 15, 2024 23:27

• Details of Vitaly Zhuravlyov's case disclosed

  Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of the Akhtubinsky District of the Astrakhan Region, has placed a photo of the Russian President in the VKontakte social network and criticism of Russians, after which the court fined him by 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

January 15, 2024 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 8-14, 2024

  Authorities and opposition in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, scandal with an icon in 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 January 8-14, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 15, 2024 23:09

• Skorovarova's arrest for discrediting Russian Army challenged

  The defence has appealed against the court ruling to place Irina Skorovarova, a resident of the city of Taganrog, under house arrest; she was accused within a criminal case of discrediting the Russian Army. Under house arrest, she cannot buy foodstuffs and medicines for her minor daughter and elderly grandmother, her advocate has stated.

January 15, 2024 20:57

• In Makhachkala, law enforcers disrupt a picket in Gadjiev's support

  Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, tried to hold a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of his convicted colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but another picketer joined him, and law enforcers declared a violation of the rules for holding a solo action.