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December 26, 2023 22:55

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria accused of promoting extremism because of his video in messenger

  Investigators considered a frame posted in a family chat showing tattoos with the symbols of an extremist organization as a reason to accuse Ruslan Bittuev, a resident of the Baksansky District, of repeated propaganda of extremism. The man said he posted the images “out of emotion” in connection with his brother’s death.

December 26, 2023 21:12

• Chechen boxer Umar Salamov released after being kidnapped in Alkhan-Kala

  Law enforcers released boxer Umar Salamov, who was kidnapped in January together with residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala. Most of the kidnapped people were convicted under the article of participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and are serving their sentences, the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights reported.

December 26, 2023 19:16

• Participant of clashes at Makhachkala airport charged with attempted murder of law enforcer

  According to the information released by the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan, at least one of those arrested in connection with the unrest at an airport in Makhachkala has been charged with an attempt on the life of a law enforcer. The article provides for a penalty of up to life imprisonment.

December 26, 2023 15:44

• Repressed residents of Kalmykia to receive one-time payments

  Residents of Kalmykia who suffered from the Stalinist repressions were assigned one-time payments of 10,000 roubles to mark the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyk people.

December 25, 2023 23:55

• Shootout in Ingushetia with law enforcers becomes second armed incident within 20 days

  An armed incident in the Sunzha District was preceded by a shelling attack on a police service car not far from the village of Yandare on December 5.

December 25, 2023 23:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 18-24, 2023

  Intensifying repression and presidential election in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, echoes of Nagorno-Karabakh, Palestine in Northern Caucasus, 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 December 18-24, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 25, 2023 23:10

• Journalist Yusupov* notes decrease in Makhachkala residents’ interest in pickets for Palestine

  Passers-by and drivers reacted less actively than earlier to the solo picket held by journalist Idris Yusupov* in support of Palestine. The picketer explained the decrease in the people’s interest by the emotional fatigue of the city residents from the news about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

December 25, 2023 21:24

• Astrakhan resident succeeds in seeking cancellation of Grozny court’s verdict in case on escaping from military unit

  A case against Samat Suleimanov, a mobilized resident of Astrakhan, sentenced for leaving his military unit without permission, has been returned for reconsideration. The judge in Grozny did not take into account that Samat Suleimanov was hospitalised after being beaten by his colleagues, the court of appeal indicated.

December 25, 2023 19:59

• Kuban resident complains about absence of medical care in SIZO

  Nikolai Nabiev, a resident of Kuban, accused in a case on preparing to destroy cell phone towers, has complained that the administration of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in which he is being kept refuses to provide him with medical treatment.

December 25, 2023 19:45

• Temryuk resident fined for his pacifist comments

  Alexander Bershadsky, a resident of Temryuk, was fined 30,000 roubles for the pacifist comments he voiced while at work.

December 25, 2023 16:20

• Sentence of Makhachkala resident upheld despite claim of case fabrication

  A court of cassation upheld the verdict against Shamil Idrisov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of possessing a grenade. The court found unconvincing the arguments that the case materials were fabricated for Shamil Idrisov’s refusal to secretly cooperate with the law enforcement bodies.

December 24, 2023 20:54

• Rights defenders note no progress in case of attacking journalists in Ingushetia

  For seven years, investigators have been unable to identify the attackers on journalists on the Chechen-Ingush border, the “Team against Torture” (TaT)* has stated.

December 24, 2023 20:51

• Court again refuses to consider Debishev’s complaint about torture

  A court in Grozny for the fourth time has refused to consider the complaint lodged by Timur Debishev, an actor, who is challenging the investigator’s decision not to initiate a criminal case about torture.

December 23, 2023 23:09

• Volgograd resident fined for sticker on his car

  The Sovietsky District Court of Volgograd has treated a pacifist sticker on the car window as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined Oleg Moiseenko, a Volgograd resident, by 30,000 roubles.

December 23, 2023 22:13

• Native of Chechnya convicted in Strasbourg for promoting terrorism

  A court in Strasbourg has sentenced a native of Chechnya to 15 months in custody, finding him guilty of promoting terrorism due to his videos and songs of the “Islamic State” (IS)* posted n social networks.

December 23, 2023 19:52

• Sources report increased security measures after calls for rally in Makhachkala

  Additional police forces have been deployed to the streets of Makhachkala following calls for a rally posted online, and several streets have been cordoned off, sources report.

December 23, 2023 19:37

• Advocates criticize investigation into riots at Makhachkala airport

  Most of those accused in criminal cases for participation in mass riots at an airport in Makhachkala have had their arrest periods extended until the end of March, while almost no investigative actions are being carried out, and a number of the arrestees are banned from being visited by their relatives and friends.

December 23, 2023 16:28

• Advocate Nemov, beaten in Chechnya, asks to transfer attack case to another region

  Advocate Alexander Nemov, who was beaten in Chechnya, requested Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to transfer the case on the attack to another region.

December 23, 2023 15:30

• Sentence of Ingush resident for attempting to murder his wife highlights problem of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus

  A court sentenced Kureish Timurziev to seven years of imprisonment for inflicting several knife wounds to his wife Nata Matieva, the head of the “Good People Club” charity foundation, because of her desire to get a divorce.

December 22, 2023 23:05

• In Rostov-on-Don, court pronounces verdict against Ukrainian combatant

  In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Vladimir Udovik to imprisonment under the article on participation in a terrorist community, recognizing him as a shooter of the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion*.