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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.

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.