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November 07, 2024 19:16

• Activist detained in Dagestan

  In Makhachkala, law enforcers have placed Ramazan Rabadanov, an activist, into the isolation facility. He intended to go to the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories to observe the trials within the case of the riots at the Uytash Airport.

November 07, 2024 10:58

• Court dismisses cassation appeal of Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* in case on his detention

  In Pyatigorsk, a cassation court refused to recognize the detention of journalist Idris Yusupov* at a rally against mobilization in Makhachkala as illegal.

November 06, 2024 23:31

• Drone attack becomes first in Dagestan since beginning of SMO

  An attack with a drone shot down in Kaspiysk has become the first incident in Dagestan since the beginning of the special military operation (SMO). The incident occurred eight days after Chechnya was attacked by a drone for the first time during the hostilities in Ukraine.

November 06, 2024 21:59

• Court allows figurant in Dalgatov's death case to go to SMO zone

  A court in Makhachkala has allowed Marat Babaev, one of the defendants in the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov, who was detained by law enforcers, to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone.

November 06, 2024 19:02

• Denial of medical care to disabled man in Novocherkassk highlights problem of violation of detainees' rights

  The court has refused to satisfy the complaint about the denial of medical care to Pyotr Golovnyov, a disabled person arrested in the city of Novocherkassk. A human rights defender and a lawyer have treated this as a manifestation of the systemic problem of violation of detainees' rights.

November 06, 2024 12:18

• Human rights defenders report about “cleanups” in Chechnya after attack on law enforcers

  After an attack on a column of the “Rosgvardia” (National Guard of Russia), law enforcers in Chechnya detain men and offer them to go to the special military operation. Dozens of such cases have been reported by people. The detention of Rizvan Batyrov, a disabled resident of Argun, was explained by law enforcers by the contents of his mobile phone.

November 05, 2024 23:56

• Kabardino-Balkarian Minister of Resorts comments on dress code for tourists

  The introduction of a dress code for tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria is a forced measure. Such recommendations had to be issued after local residents saw two topless young women sunbathing on a bank of a river.

November 05, 2024 23:38

• Rights defenders declare Laurent Vinatier*, French researcher, who wrote about Chechnya, a political prisoner

  The human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" has pointed out the politically motivated nature of the prosecution of Laurent Vinatier*, a French researcher, and demanded his release.

November 05, 2024 23:08

• Woman from Astrakhan publicly apologizes for violating traffic rules

  The Astrakhan Regional Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a local woman publicly apologized for the fact that, while driving her child to the hospital, she was in a hurry and failed to give way to pedestrians.

November 05, 2024 22:16

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev announce stopping their weekly pickets

  After the decision pronounced by the cassation court, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), refused to hold weekly solo pickets. The activists explained that they decided to use other measures of support.

November 04, 2024 23:48

• Songs of Rostov musicians anger pro-government activists

  After musicians from the “Kasta” band from Rostov-on-Don presented their new album, the “Veterans of Russia” public movement found a reason to request an investigation into the musicians’ activities for their alleged assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

November 04, 2024 23:39

• Kadyrov cancels his order not to take POWs in SMO zone

  Ramzan Kadyrov has explained the cancellation of his ban on taking prisoners of war (POWs) in the special military operation (SMO) zone by numerous requests from residents of Ukraine.

November 04, 2024 23:13

• Protraction of murder case of 19-year-old Sultanov in Dagestan outrages his relatives

  The court that considers the murder case of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of Dagestan, has again postponed the decision on conducting an expertise, which has outraged the casualty's relatives.

November 04, 2024 21:50

• Sentence of Dagestani natives Atimagomedov and Kuramagomedov upheld despite torture applications

  The cassation instance has upheld the verdict to Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, Dagestan natives, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a colony employee in Kalmykia. The instance has treated the convicts' arguments about self-incrimination under torture as unconvincing.

November 04, 2024 20:49

• MIA announces publicist Boris Stomakhin wanted

  Boris Stomakhin, a publicist, who has served prison terms for publications about the terror acts in Volgograd and the armed conflict in Chechnya, has been declared wanted. The RIA "Novosti", citing a source, has reported that Stomakhin is a figurant in a criminal case for spreading fake news about the Russian Army in connection with his posts in social networks.

November 03, 2024 21:30

• Analysts comment on calls to support Makhachkala rioters

  The calls to release those accused of taking part in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport were initiated by their relatives or friends.

November 03, 2024 18:18

• Court slightly reduces sentences of Gadjiev, Rizvanov, and Tambiev

  In his final speech, Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev has requested court to fully acquit him in the case on financing terrorism. However, the military court of appeal only reduced by two months the sentences for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

November 02, 2024 22:13

• Priest Pivovarov calls news of his death a provocation

  Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has been subjected to stalking after the start of a criminal prosecution in a case on fakes about the Russian Army. The stalker threatens Viktor Pivovarov, insults him online, and disseminate false messages about him.

November 02, 2024 22:11

• Activists in Kalmykia support "Names Return" action

  In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, several activists joined the "Names Return" action of commemorating victims of political repressions.

November 01, 2024 23:54

• Court dismisses complaint of Dagestani activist Ataev against his verdict

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the verdict passed to Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, within the case of possessing a grenade and narcotic drugs, ignoring the arguments of the defence and Ataev's statements of his innocence.