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December 31, 2023 18:10

• Police version about suicide of Chechen villager causes mistrust among human rights defenders

  The police considered the death of Denis Aliev, a resident of the Chechen village of Mairtup, a suicide. However, the victim’s body had signs of torture, and fellow villagers reported his disappearance before his death, the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights stated.

December 31, 2023 17:54

• Priest Pivovarov associates criminal case against him with his message to believers

  Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, associates criminal proceedings against him with his Christmas message to believers.

December 30, 2023 21:58

• Sirazhudinova notes favourable attitude towards “honour killings” in Chechnya

  In Dagestan and Ingushetia, officials try to hide data on “honour killings” by removing the information about such cases from court’s official websites. In Chechnya, citing a woman’s immoral behaviour as a motive for murder helps to obtain a more lenient punishment, human rights defender Saida Sirazhudinova has noted.

December 30, 2023 21:16

• Human rights defender summarizes differences in “honour killings” in regions of Northern Caucasus

  In her report dedicated to the problem of domestic violence human rights defender Saida Sirazhudinova notes that the problem of killings of women by their relatives remains acute in Dagestan, Ingushetia, and Chechnya. The problem of bride kidnapping also remains relevant in the republics.

December 30, 2023 20:33

• Human rights defenders voice probable motives for Chechen boxer Salamov’s release

  The fame of World and European Boxing Champion Umar Salamov could be one of the reasons for his release by the Chechen law enforcement bodies, human rights defenders note. They emphasize that when relatives of the people kidnapped by law enforcers refuse to communicate with human rights defenders and journalists, they hope for leniency from the law enforcement bodies towards their family members.

December 30, 2023 19:09

• Kalmyk activists draw public attention to incomplete rehabilitation of repressed people

  Public events on the anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyk people are predominantly formal in their nature and do not attract residents of the republic, although the memory of their repressed relatives is extremely important for them, public figures note.

December 30, 2023 14:12

• Court recognizes check of activist Olga Begretova at airport as legal

  In Pyatigorsk, the Garrison Military Court recognized as legal the actions of state border guards at an airport in Mineralnye Vody, who forced Olga Begretova, an activist from Nalchik, to have her fingerprints and biological material taken. The police refusal to investigate the incident was also found legal.

December 29, 2023 18:48

• Human rights defenders draw UN’s attention to practice of police preventive registration in Dagestan

  The “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights has informed the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia about the ongoing persecution of residents of Dagestan on religious grounds under the lists of the police preventive registration.

December 29, 2023 17:44

• Mobilized man’s wife asks leader of Kabardino-Balkaria for help to their family

  In her complaint to Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, a spouse of mobilized Murat Tutov has claimed that their family with many children found itself in a difficult situation due to lack of payments, and the father of the family was diagnosed with serious illnesses after his participation in the special military operation and needs medical treatment.

December 29, 2023 15:40

• Residents of Kalmykia pay tribute to memory of victims of deportation

  Prayer services in memory of victims of the deportation were held throughout Kalmykia. In Elista, residents of the republic, among whom were survivors of the deportation, gathered for a rally.

December 28, 2023 23:13

• Resident of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced in case on extremism

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a court sentenced a local woman to 4.5 years of imprisonment, finding her guilty of encouraging participation in the “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”* organization, banned by the court, and recognized as extremist.

December 28, 2023 22:12

• Contract soldier from Novorossiysk continues his struggle to raise his son

  Denis Neprokin, a 49-year-old military man from Novorossiysk, re-filed a claim demanding his dismissal from the army. The man has explained that he is a single father and is raising a teenage son.

December 28, 2023 22:11

• Kuban Archbishop Viktor Pivovarov accused of repeatedly discrediting Russian Army

  Viktor Pivovarov, Archbishop of the Slavyansk-on-Kuban and South Russian Russia’s Orthodox Church, has been accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for the institution of a criminal case became his published article condemning the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

December 28, 2023 21:58

• Volgograd resident suspected of vandalism placed in mental hospital

  A resident of the Svetloyarsky District in the Volgograd Region, who, according to the investigators’ version, broke a memorial plaque about the deportation of the Kalmyk people, has been under the supervision of a psychiatrist for more than 10 years and after the incident was placed to a specialized medical institution, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

December 28, 2023 16:03

• Kadyrov not satisfied with apologies from participants of “naked party” in Moscow

  The leader of Chechnya has called on participants of a “naked party,” a number of whom have the titles of Honoured and People’s Artists of Chechnya, to come to the Special Forces University in Gudermes and demonstrate the sincerity of their apologies by working for the benefit of volunteers.

December 27, 2023 23:15

• Dagestani leader calls for closing issue of unrest at Makhachkala airport

  Anti-Semitic actions in Dagestan were a failed provocation, announced republic’ leader Sergey Melikov. He has called for “putting aside” the topic of unrest at the Makhachkala airport.

December 27, 2023 22:48

• Resident of Rostov Region sentenced for state treason

  A court sentenced a resident of the Rostov Region to 12 years of imprisonment for state treason. According to the court’s version, the defendant collected data on the location of military vehicles and equipment at an airfield in the Krasnodar Territory and transferred the information to the Ukrainian army.

December 27, 2023 21:28

• Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin complains to court about provocation by SIZO administration

  During an interrogation of defence witnesses, Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), complained about provocation against him and pressure on witnesses. Prison staff denied the accusations.

December 27, 2023 17:31

• Well-known Ingush doctor Bagaudin Gaitukiev sentenced to probation

  A court sentenced Ingush doctor Bagaudin Gaitukiev, accused of aiding and abetting members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), to five years of probation.

December 27, 2023 10:30

• Chechen native Khumaid Khaidaev stops his hunger strike in SIZO

  Khumaid Khaidaev, a native of Chechnya, accused in a case on a riot in a penal colony in Angarsk, stopped his hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), which he declared in protest against discrimination on religious grounds.