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October 20, 2023 15:11

• Residents of Chechnya uncover law enforcers' tricks used for recruiting into SMO zone

  Contrary to Ramzan Kadyrov's calls, residents of Chechnya are trying to protect their sons from being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine; and law enforcers are resorting to various tricks to force young people to go to Ukraine.

October 19, 2023 22:34

• Resident of the Volgograd Region demands payment from MoD for his wound received in Chechnya

  For three years, a disabled person from the Chechen war from the Volgograd region has been seeking insurance payments from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for his wound and disability. The claimant, who is partially paralyzed, needs money for treatment, Nikolai Renskov, a deputy, has explained.

October 19, 2023 22:09

• Daudov threatens to punish parents for beating teenager by their son

  Chechen authorities will not allow children to grow up cruel, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated in his comment on the video of a teenager beating up his peer; however, earlier, Daudov approved the beating of the arrested Nikita Zhuravel by Kadyrov's 15-year-old son.

October 19, 2023 21:50

• Krasnodar student expelled for criticizing SMO demands reinstatement at university

  Nikita Raichuk, a student from Krasnodar, has demanded to be reinstated at the university from which he was expelled after criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine in social networks. The court refused, but the student has filed an appeal.

October 19, 2023 20:14

• ECtHR accepts complaint of Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk for consideration

  Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi pensioner, sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against his criminal prosecution under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The ECtHR has responded that the complaint had been accepted for consideration.

October 19, 2023 19:17

• SC approves sentence to activist Darya Polyudova

  The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has refused to change the sentence passed to Darya Polyudova, an activist, who is serving her nine-year sentence within the case of creating an extremist community and publicly justifying terrorism. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

October 19, 2023 17:43

• Defence of those arrested within Dalgatov's death case claims that proofs remain unproven

  The three law enforcers from Makhachkala, who were the first to be detained within the case of the death at the police station of Kurban Dalgatov after interrogation, fell under the hot hand amid public outcry; there are no proofs of their involvement in the incident, Mirzakhan Gasanov, an advocate of one of them, has stated.

October 18, 2023 17:09

• In Makhachkala, police stop action of solidarity with Palestine

  Residents of Dagestan gathered in the centre of Makhachkala to hold an action in support of Palestine, but they were dispersed by the police, as follows from videos posted on the Internet.

October 18, 2023 17:08

• Dagestani MPs appeal to Putin concerning problem of Irganai resettlers

  More than 50 Dagestani MPs called on President Vladimir Putin to pay attention to the problems of residents of villages flooded during the commissioning of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant in 2008. Villagers have been seeking compensation during a long time.

October 17, 2023 23:12

• Residents of Chechnya performed namazes for Palestine Muslims

  In Chechnya, mosques have hosted collective namazes (prayers) in support for Muslims in Palestine, who are in danger after a sharp escalation of the conflict with Israel.

October 17, 2023 22:14

• Russian Embassy reacts to calls to expel Caucasian natives from France

  French authorities have actually curtailed cooperation with Russia in the law enforcement sphere, the Russian Embassy has stated in its comment on French authorities' statements about their intention to intensify contacts on possible expulsion of North-Caucasian natives.

October 17, 2023 18:53

• Dagestani journalists hold solo pickets in support of Gadjiev and Donogo

  Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to release convicted Abdulmumin Gadjiev and to stop the persecution of historian Khadjimurad Donogo.

October 17, 2023 16:51

• Court upholds sentence of a military man from Adygea for refusing to go to Ukraine

  A court of appeal upheld the verdict to Andrei Karachentsev, a contract soldier from Adygea, who was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony for refusing to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine. The defence announced the intention to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

October 16, 2023 22:55

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 9-15, 2023

  Azerbaijan and Armenia, verdict to Oleg Orlov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, knife attack on a school in France, 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 October 9-15, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 16, 2023 21:52

• MoJ announces two activists from Southern Russia to be foreign agents

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included Vitaly Votanovsky*, an activist from Krasnodar, and Anvar Kurmanakaev*, a Nogai activist, into the register of foreign agents; according to the MoJ, the disseminated information aimed at creating a negative image of Russia.

October 16, 2023 18:48

• Swiss authorities find Ali Bataev's return to Chechnya quite safe

  Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, was denied protection in Switzerland, whose authorities, contrary to the advocate's arguments, have concluded that Bataev's deportation to his homeland is quite safe for him. The "Vayfond" human rights organization has treated the Swiss authorities' conclusion that the human rights situation in Chechnya has improved as unacceptable.

October 16, 2023 00:00

• After school attack, natives from Caucasus face threats of expulsion from France

  After the attack on a school in the city of Arras, about 60 people, including natives from Northern Caucasus, will be expelled from France, the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced.

October 15, 2023 21:00

• Rights defender Igor Nagavkin complains of insult to his religious feelings

  Igor Nagavkin, a rights defender from Volgograd, has sent complaints to investigating bodies, in which he stated that the management of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) had insulted his feelings as a believer by prohibiting the use of icons during prayers.

October 15, 2023 17:47

• Sokurov reports refusal to issue distribution certificate for his film

  The Russian Ministry of Culture has refused to issue a distribution certificate for Alexander Sokurov's film "The Fairy Tale". The film director has stated that he is unaware of the reasons for the ban of his film and called this decision a new censorship stage.

October 14, 2023 21:14

• Analysts draw parallels of pig's head incident with Zhuravel's case

  The incident of throwing a pig's head at the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow and the beating up of Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, are links in one chain aimed at whipping up anti-Chechen sentiments in Russia. This is what Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and Yuni Uspanov, an entrepreneur, believe.