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August 14, 2024 23:47

• Two residents of Dagestan complain about torture

  Magomed Magomedov and Amir Makhmudov, residents of the village of Gergebil, filed complaints to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the use of torture by law enforcers, human rights defenders reported.

August 14, 2024 22:51

• Analysts assess combat training of “Akhmat” special forces and “Akhhmat-Chechnya” unit fighters

  The combined “Akhmat” battalion, commanded by Apti Alaudinov, is staffed with fighters from different regions, including volunteers and former fighters from the “Wagner” PMC (Private Military Company), experts say.

August 14, 2024 22:08

• Defence achieves comfortable custody conditions for blogger Kharchenko* at SIZO

  After his complaining about being kept in a damp basement of the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and absence of medical care, Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, was transferred to more favourable custody conditions.

August 14, 2024 19:39

• Memorial plaque to repressed Chechens and Ingushes broken on Solovki

  The memorial stones to prisoners of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (SSPC), including those dedicated to repressed Chechens and Ingushes, have been damaged.

August 14, 2024 18:11

• Mother demands inquiry into Djabrailov's death at police station

  A month after the death of Akhmed Djabrailov at one of Makhachkala police stations, there is no criminal case or detainees, despite the video records of torture, his mother was outraged in her appeal to President Putin. She called on the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to take control over the case.

August 13, 2024 23:59

• Rights activists recall activist Ataev's fight against election frauds in Dagestan

  The case against Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, was fabricated; it has to do with his active struggle for compliance with the law at all election levels, activists and journalists have stated after human rights defenders recognized Ataev as a political prisoner.

August 13, 2024 23:56

• Kuban female streamer accused of discrediting Russian militaries

  Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Army against Maria Borzova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), for criticizing the participants of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine during a live broadcast on the Internet.

August 13, 2024 23:16

• Servicewoman detained in Rostov-on-Don under treason case

  A Rostov resident, who is a servicewoman of one of the units of the Southern Military District, used to transfer information about military facilities that are part of the District to the Ukrainian side, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed.

August 13, 2024 21:35

• Krasnodar law enforcers detain activist for posting stickers

  Igor Karnaukhov, a resident of Krasnodar, has been detained for posting stickers of "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov"; in his actions, law enforcers saw a demonstration of extremist symbols.

August 13, 2024 18:48

• Volgograd resident convicted of calls for extremist activity

  In Volgograd, a court sentenced 34-year-old Dmitry Zubkov to one and a half years of imprisonment in a penal colony for calling for violent actions against citizens of Russian nationality because of the special military operation in Ukraine.

August 12, 2024 23:38

• Dagestani MIA’s report about terrorist in niqab fits into trend of fighting against religious clothing

  A report from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs about the search for a terrorist hiding his identity using a niqab continues the trend of fighting against religious clothing, Dagestani journalists suggest.

August 12, 2024 23:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 5-11, 2024

  Five-Day War, twenty-five years since Basaev and Khattab’s invasion, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, 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 5-11, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 12, 2024 22:27

• Krasnodar resident arrested for 15 days for his posts on social network

  In Krasnodar, a court has sentenced Andrei Goncharov to administrative arrest, finding him guilty of posting on the Internet prohibited symbols.

August 12, 2024 22:11

• Pacifist inscription results in fine for resident of Rostov Region

  A fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces was imposed on Victoria Radchenko, a resident of Novocherkassk in the Rostov Region. The woman explained that she had fell victim to a fraudster and acted after receiving threats from him.

August 12, 2024 19:50

• Dagestani Gashimova's advocate and bridegroom tell about her custody conditions at SIZO

  At the trial of the case of Ulker Gashimova, a Makhachkala native, proofs are studied; the trial was delayed due to the judge replacement; the case had to be re-opened, said Nikita Buklov, an advocate.

August 12, 2024 18:41

• Acquittal of KBR advocate Diana Tsipinova cancelled

  The Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk has overturned the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) within the case of attacking a law enforcer. This was reported by the Russian Federal Bar Association in its Telegram channel.

August 11, 2024 23:57

• Initiation of criminal case over Djalaganiya's beating denied

  Denis Djalaganiya, an animal rights defender from the Krasnodar Territory, was denied opening a criminal case against the men who beat him up during his visit to a dog shelter. According to law enforcers, Djalaganiya should personally file a lawsuit against his offenders in the magistrate's court.

August 11, 2024 23:20

• Oleg Orlov* declares his intention to continue human rights activities in Southern Russia

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, who was taken away from Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Western countries, has stated that his human rights activities in the regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) were the reason for his staying in Russia despite his criminal prosecution.

August 11, 2024 22:57

• SMO fighter from Yessentuki sentenced softly for beating a person

  A court in Yessentuki has sentenced Sergey Chudentsov, a local resident, to three years of conditional imprisonment (probation) for causing grave bodily harm, treating his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance.

August 11, 2024 22:16

• Residents of Chechnya treat paid education at madrasahs as being in demand

  The paid teaching of the Koran and the Arabic language is in demand in Chechnya; and the demand to introduce free education at madrasahs was a Muftiate's attempt to gain control over this area, local residents and a Caucasus expert have stated.