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September 27, 2023 12:44

• Chechen propagandists start justifying Kadyrov and his son

  After Ramzan Kadyrov has posted the video, in which his son Adam beats up Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in the case of burning the Koran, a petition appeared on the Internet demanding to bring Ramzan and his son to justice. Network users have stressed the inadmissibility of such actions, while Chechen propagandists are trying to whitewash Kadyrov and his son.

September 26, 2023 17:52

• Human rights defenders criticize Kadyrov after video with beating of Zhuravel

  Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrated his disdain for the Russian laws by posting a video of his son beating arrested Nikita Zhuravel and approving that action, emphasize Marina Akhmedova and Eva Merkachyova, members of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia.

September 26, 2023 17:20

• Kadyrov praises his son for beating in SIZO a young man who burned Koran

  Ramzan Kadyrov posted a video with beating of Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in Grozny in a case on burning of Koran. Nikita Zhuravel was beaten by Adam Kadyrov, wrote the leader of Chechnya and approved his son’s action.

September 25, 2023 23:56

• Social network users support demand of Caucasian activists to confiscate history textbooks

  The Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations and the Council of Ingush Elders have criticized the school textbook on Russian history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations was explained by their collaboration with German fascists, while the Congress of the Karachay People has demanded to confiscate all the copies of the textbook.

September 25, 2023 23:06

• Adoptive father of singer Dani Milokhin complains of pressure from Anapa authorities

  The city administration of Anapa has demanded to demolish two houses and to close the store, while local advocates are afraid to take on this case, Dmitry Tyulenev, the adoptive father of Danya Milokhin, a singer, has complained. In their turn, Anapa authorities assert that their demands are justified by the results of the conducted check.

September 25, 2023 17:55

• Canada imposes sanctions against Children's Ombudspersons of two regions in Southern Russia

  Marina Yezhova, the Commissioner for Children's Rights (Ombudsperson) in Dagestan, as well as Svetlana Adamenko, her colleague from the Stavropol Territory, have got under Canadian sanctions.

September 25, 2023 12:45

• Kadyrov demands to rewrite chapter on nations' deportation in school textbook

  Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to rewrite the chapter of the new school textbook on Russia's history, in which the deportation of Caucasian nations is explained by their collaboration with German fascists.

September 25, 2023 12:40

• Journalist Nozdrinov accuses law enforcers of trying to exert pressure

  Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist, has reported in a letter to his wife that at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), he was not allowed to see his advocate and was searched. Nozdrinov is sure that in this way they wanted to put pressure on him, since he did not admit his guilt.

September 24, 2023 19:39

• Rights defenders assess progress of Orlov's trial

  Oleg Orlov, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, considered it important to add the documents of the UN General Assembly to the case files. Yan Rachinsky is confident that the prosecution's arguments are based only on a poorly conducted expertise.

September 24, 2023 19:10

• Orlov tells court about his work in Northern Caucasus

  Oleg Orlov, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, was questioned in a Moscow court. He explained that human rights defenders are not enemies of the state, but are obliged to criticize it if it violates human rights, recalling his human rights activities in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

September 24, 2023 17:16

• Court in Elista fines activist for failed rally

  The Elista City Court has obliged Tseren Basangov to pay a fine of 10,000 roubles for calling for participation in an unauthorized rally. At the same time, the court has ignored the fact that the rally never took place, Valery Badmaev, a journalist, has noted pointing out that this issue should be considered by the Constitutional Court.

September 23, 2023 18:15

• Chechen Zara Murtazalieva removed from list of terrorists

  Zara Murtazalieva, a native of Chechnya, who has served 8.5 years in a Mordovian colony on charges of terrorism, has been removed from the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) list of terrorists and extremists.

September 23, 2023 18:10

• Father with many children from Rostov Region fails to achieve dismissal from SMO zone

  For three months already, Maxim Krivko, who was mobilized from the Rostov Region, cannot achieve dismissal from military service. Instead, he has been sent to the frontline.

September 22, 2023 23:15

• Rights defenders' opinions included into Oleg Orlov's case files

  At the request of Oleg Orlov's defence, the court has added his characteristics compiled by his colleagues, including those from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, to the case materials.

September 22, 2023 22:10

• Volgograd court denies conscript a right to alternative civilian service

  Conscript Yegor Zorin was seeking the right to alternative civilian service in connection with his religious beliefs, but the military registration and enlistment office considered that the young man had failed to prove his beliefs.

September 22, 2023 19:59

• 68-year-old Jehovah’s Witness* from Maikop sentenced to three years of imprisonment

  In Maikop, a court sentenced Nikolai Voischev, a 68-year-old member of the Jehovah’s Witness* religious community, to three years of imprisonment, recognizing him an organizer of the activities of an extremist organization.

September 22, 2023 19:54

• Trial of three Novocherkassk Jehovah’s Witnesses* declared to be held behind closed doors

  In Novocherkassk, a court declared the trial in a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Yeritsyan, and Lyubov Galitsyna, accused of extremism, to be held behind closed doors. The period of their detention in custody has been extended by six months.

September 21, 2023 18:17

• Judge's dissenting opinion encourages Gadjiev's relatives

  The dissenting opinion issued by Judge Rizvan Zubairov, in which he criticized the sentence passed to the "Chernovik" journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, may become the basis for their acquittal.

September 21, 2023 18:02

• Kuban resident fined for his post in social network

  The Khosta District Court of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has fined Evgeny Salnikov by 2000 roubles for his post placed in the "VKontakte" social network about a Ukrainian organization banned in Russia.

September 21, 2023 13:45

• Kadyrov explains his visit to Moscow hospital as a visit to his uncle

  Ramzan Kadyrov has released a video of his visit to a Moscow hospital. The leader of Chechnya has explained that his uncle is being treated there, while he himself “is alive and healthy.”