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March 15, 2023 17:48

• Mobilized locksmith from Volgograd Region demands reservation through the court

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has begun to considering the claim of Andrei Davydenko, who was mobilized to the zone of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. He demands that his conscription be recognized as illegal, since he had a reservation at the enterprise where he worked.

March 15, 2023 17:44

• Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia calls persecution of believers unfair

  The Urupsky District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia is considering a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Irina Perefilieva and Svetlana Gergokova, charged under extremist articles.

March 15, 2023 17:42

• Dagestani resident fined under article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In the Akhtynsky District of Dagestan, the court imposed a fine on local resident Arsen Burzhaliev, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 14, 2023 23:18

• Kadyrov warns SMO participants against complaints

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has called on the military servicemen involved in the Russian special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine not to complain about their problems in social networks, but to solve them on their own.

March 14, 2023 22:16

• Prosecution slows down trial of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, has been protracted due to the absence of examination results of Gadjiev's articles, which was again requested by the prosecution.

March 14, 2023 14:38

• Court in Grozny sends contract soldier to colony for evading service

  The Grozny Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Samsonov, a contract military serviceman, to 2.5 in colony for his absence from service during the mobilization period.

March 14, 2023 14:34

• Dagestani journalists hold pickets in Gadjiev's support

  The journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov have held two solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, one of the editors of the "Chernovik" weekly outlet.

March 14, 2023 13:35

• Kadyrov boasts to Putin of Chechen authorities’ achievements

  At a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov reported about the growth of economic indicators in Chechnya, the implementation of national projects, and the reduction of unemployment.

March 14, 2023 13:30

• Human rights defenders argue about importance of pacifist pickets for residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Activist Pavel Ulibegov was released after being arrested for failure to obey law enforcers at a solo picket. Pacifist actions help residents of Kabardino-Balkaria to reconsider their attitude towards the special military operation, human rights defender Valery Khatazhukov points out.

March 13, 2023 20:37

• Dagestani's defence achieves opening new case on his torture in Kalmyk colony

  More than half a year after Magomed Atimagomedov, a prisoner from Dagestan, testified, his defence managed to initiate another criminal case on his torture against Baatar Bakanov and Arman Sagipov, employees of the colony in Kalmykia known as IK-2.

March 13, 2023 18:31

• Activist from Astrakhan faces employment problem after release

  After serving his sentence in the form of forced labour, Konstantin Zavalin, an Astrakhan activist, was not given his work record book; and this prevents him from reinstatement at work. A lawyer asserts that the work record book should be given out to the convict after his release.

March 13, 2023 15:16

• Defence treats decision in blogger Alibekov's case as consequence of his refusal to testify

  A court in Novorossiysk has denied Askhabali Alibekov's request to consider his case under special procedure that provides for punishment mitigation. His advocate believes that this was because the blogger's refusal to testify.

March 12, 2023 17:41

• Kadyrov boasts of his daughter's award from president of South Ossetia

  Alan Gagloev, the president of South Ossetia, has decorated Aishat Kadyrova, the Chechen Minister of Culture, with the Order of Friendship for her great contribution to the development of the Chechen-South-Ossetian relations, Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted.

March 11, 2023 23:04

• Defence challenges toughened charges against the Ingush doctor Gaitukiev

  An advocate, who defends Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a doctor, has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia against the investigator's decision to add terrorist charges to the case. The investigator's version contradicts the witness' testimony and the defendant's alibi, the advocate has pointed out.

March 11, 2023 21:59

• Two KBR women complain about the searches within extremism case

  Two women-residents of the city of Tyrnyauz (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR)) have sent a complaint to the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) about the searches conducted in their apartments.

March 11, 2023 21:51

• Details of case against Vladikavkaz resident on discrediting army reported

  Dmitry Boev, a resident of the city of Vladikavkaz, has been fined for a social network post, in which he compared the symbols of the special military operation (SMO) with fascist symbols.

March 11, 2023 21:45

• Sum of fines for discrediting army in Kuban exceeds 7 million roubles

  In 2022, the courts of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) received 254 administrative cases under the article on discrediting Russian militaries; the overall amount of imposed fines has exceeded 7 million roubles; it follows from the report of the territorial judicial department.

March 11, 2023 21:41

• Activist from Nalchik arrested after pacifist picket

  Pavel Ulibegov was detained at a pacifist picket in the city of Nalchik and arrested for five days on charges of disobeying the police. Also, a protocol was drawn up against the activist for discrediting the Russian Army.

March 11, 2023 03:43

• Residents of Dagestan and Chechnya reject version of discrimination in “Wildberries”

  When commenting on the information about discrimination against natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in the “Wildberries” Company, employees of pickup points in Dagestan and Chechnya said that they never encountered prejudice during their employment with the “Wildberries” Company.

March 11, 2023 03:38

• Court sentences to imprisonment participant of protest action against mobilization in Makhachkala

  Adam Gadjiev was sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment in a case on the use of violence against a public officer during protests against mobilization in Makhachkala.