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May 02, 2023 21:10

• Native of Dagestan loses cassation in terrorism case

  The cassation instance has upheld the sentence to a native of Dagestan, sentenced to 11 years in prison for trying to convince his acquaintances to commit terror acts.

May 02, 2023 00:00

• Journalist Idris Yusupov holds solo picket in Makhachkala

  Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov has held a solo picket, during which he demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

May 01, 2023 17:38

• Citizen of Ukraine arrested in Sochi apologizes for her posts in social network

  Svetlana Matukhnova, a citizen of Ukraine living in Sochi, has apologized for her words about Russians posted in a social network. Five days ago, the court arrested her for eight days, finding her guilty of inciting hatred.

May 01, 2023 17:32

• Kadyrov announces plans to create his own army

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated that is thinking about creating an army that "will protect the interests of oppressed nations."

April 30, 2023 23:58

• Activist Alipat Sultanbegova reports details of her detention

  Alipat Sultanbegova, a Krasnodar activist, said that she was detained at her workplace, while law enforcers behaved correctly with her. She intends to appeal against the new protocol on discrediting the Russian Army drawn up on her.

April 30, 2023 23:34

• Ingush activist Barakh Chemurziev points to absence of proofs of his guilt in the verdict

  The accusation of involvement in an extremist community is not supported by proofs; and the sentence is based on the assumptions that contradict witnesses' testimonies and experts' conclusions, Barakh Chemurziev, an Ingush activist, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, has stated.

April 30, 2023 22:37

• Activist from Novorossiysk complains about law enforcers' pressure

  Law enforcers have repeatedly visited the mother of Stepan Kosolapov, a resident of Novorossiysk, trying to get her son's phone number and address. After the court imposed a fine on him for discrediting the Russian Army, he filed an application for coercion to testify.

April 29, 2023 22:57

• Pensioner arrested in Volgodonsk for posting video with swastika

  The Volgodonsk District Court has arrested Dmitry Lyagushkin, a pensioner, for seven days for posting a video about the celebration of the Victory Day, in which a swastika was shown.

April 29, 2023 22:36

• Case of rights defender Oleg Orlov on discrediting Russian Army sent to court

  The prosecutor's office has approved the indictment in the criminal case opened against Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, accused of discrediting militaries. The case has been sent to a Moscow court.

April 29, 2023 21:15

• Scam with "Kadyrov's money" damages opposition bloggers' reputation

  The publication that Chechen oppositional bloggers received money from a representative of the Chechen authorities for staging their deaths and stopping criticism has hit their reputation, social media users and readers of the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

April 29, 2023 18:49

• Ingush activists justify their demand to revise verdicts

  Musa Malsagov, Barakh Chemurziev, Malsag Uzhakhov and their advocates have presented their appeal complaints to the court, treating their verdicts as ungrounded and demanding to cancel them with the right to rehabilitation.

April 29, 2023 04:50

• Musaeva’s defence claims falsification of evidence in her case

  The study of nail sections in Zarema Musaeva’s case was accompanied by gross violations and suggests that the samples were substituted, the defence has claimed in court.

April 29, 2023 04:43

• Law enforcers conduct searches at homes of employees of “Team Against Torture”*

  In Nizhny Novgorod, the office of the “Team Against Torture”* and three lawyers from the human rights organization were searched on Friday. The police explained the searches with a criminal case instituted in North Ossetia.

April 28, 2023 23:58

• After chatting, Sochi resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The court has fined a resident of Sochi, whom the police detained at his work after he wrote in a chat on what was happening in Ukraine, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.

April 28, 2023 23:56

• AI points UN to human rights violations in Chechnya

  The situation with human rights violations in Russia has worsened, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated in a submission to the UN High Commissioner, highlighting the cases of persecution of critics of the authorities and human rights defenders in Chechnya.

April 28, 2023 23:50

• Female natives of Northern Caucasus go on hunger strike in Iraqi prison

  About 30 natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya, convicted under terrorist articles, are on hunger strike in a Baghdad prison, demanding a revision of their cases and return to Russia.

April 28, 2023 19:33

• Politico cites the number of Chechens fighting for Ukraine

  Some 150-200 Chechens are fighting on the side of Ukraine in hostilities there; they are mostly descendants of former militants who fought against federal troops in the first and second Chechen campaigns; they are among the personnel of three units, the Politico, an US-based outlet, reports.

April 28, 2023 19:25

• Rights defenders tell about fate of kidnapped Alkhan-Kala villagers

  After kidnapping, residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala were accused of links with militants, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, has stated.

April 28, 2023 18:12

• ECtHR recognizes violations of rights of activists from three cities in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered the claims filed by six residents of Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, and Sochi, who were detained at protest actions in 2017-2018, and obliged Russia to pay them compensation for their illegal detentions and lack of fair trials.

April 28, 2023 16:13

• Court decides to liquidate “SOVA” Centre*

  In Moscow, a court pronounced a decision to liquidate the “Sova” Centre*, engaged in dealing with problems of xenophobia and nationalism.