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December 22, 2022 12:47

• Court closes case of gay propaganda at a fashion show in Makhachkala

  A court in Makhachkala has dismissed the administrative case against Elnara Askerova, a designer, accused of gay propaganda after a video of a private fashion show was circulated in social media.

December 21, 2022 22:00

• Court supports woman from Grozny in her dispute with Chechen MIA

  In Grozny, a court granted a request of Grozny resident Malkan Radueva, whose parents were deported in 1944, and obliged the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs to issue her a certificate of rehabilitation as a victim of political repression.

December 21, 2022 21:47

• Astrakhani law enforcers’ case highlights practice of planting drugs

  When commenting on a case instituted against former policemen, an advocate has stated that the fabrication of criminal cases on possession of drugs is being practiced by the law enforcement bodies in connection with the availability of wild-growing cannabis in the Astrakhan Region and the possibility of getting promotion.

December 21, 2022 18:05

• Court imposes new fine on Volgograd activist

  The court has fined Tamara Grodnikova, a Volgograd activist, by 40,000 roubles for her failure to pay the earlier imposed administrative fine under the article on discrediting the army; now she must pay 70,000 roubles within two months.

December 21, 2022 17:58

• Dagestan: cancellation of verdict to law enforcers in Kurashova's case fits into trend of torture investigations

  The defence has not yet received the reasoning part of the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which had overturned the verdict passed in the case of torture of Yulduz Kurashova, Khasavyurt resident, while Kurashova herself was never taken under state protection, Magomed Alamov, a lawyer, has noted.

December 21, 2022 17:48

• Wife of mobilized Kuban resident comes out to picket demanding to return her husband from frontline

  At her solo picket held near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), Ksenia Abramova has demanded to return home her husband, who has multiple spinal traumas.

December 21, 2022 17:46

• MoJ files lawsuit on liquidation of Moscow Helsinki Group

  The claim for the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) has been submitted to the Moscow City Court; the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to liquidate the organization on a formal basis, Eva Merkacheva, a human rights defender, believes.

December 21, 2022 17:10

• Residents of Urus-Martan tell about law enforcers' checks

  The checks conducted in the roads of Urus-Martan and nearby settlements by masked armed law enforcers are intended to intimidate local residents after the conflict involving a GIBDD (traffic police) inspector, locals believe.

December 20, 2022 23:55

• Authorities announce dispatch of a new group of Chechen militaries to Ukraine

  Another group of volunteers left the Grozny airport for the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

December 20, 2022 23:17

• Ingush law enforcer’s wife complains of being regularly beaten

  A woman from Ufa complains that her former husband, an employee of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), regularly beat her and her two sons, one of whom was about a year old.

December 20, 2022 22:58

• Krasnodar woman fined for her comment in Telegram

  A court has fined a resident of Krasnodar by 30,000 roubles for an approving comment in the Telegram to the post about setting fire to a banner with the letter Z.

December 20, 2022 22:41

• Video about Chechen women's readiness to defend homeland sparks commentators' bewilderment

  Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Information, has posted a video in social networks with female employees of law enforcement bodies. The video states that Chechen women are ready to support men in defending the interests of their homeland.

December 20, 2022 10:28

• Dagestan: Gadjiev's colleagues tell about law enforcers' attempts to disrupt pickets

  Policemen tried to hide the posters from passers-by and distracted the picketers, said Idris Yusupov, a journalist with the "Novoye Delo" outlet.

December 20, 2022 10:16

• Police report continuation of raids in Urus-Martan

  Armed law enforcers continue examining cars in the roads of the Urus-Martan District. The information about sending violators to the military operation zone is not true, the head of the district police has stated.

December 19, 2022 23:59

• In Dagestan, journalists support Gadjiev and Donogo with solo pickets

  In Makhachkala, Dagestani journalists held solo pickets with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik”, (Rough Draft), and historian Khadjimurad Donogo.

December 19, 2022 20:57

• Descendants of Volga Germans share memories of victims of Stalinist repressions

  Some of the Germans who had lived near the Volga River, and who suffered from deportation during Stalin's time, after returning to Russia found their houses occupied and settled in other territories, the members of the German community in the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, Volgograd Region, have reported.

December 19, 2022 20:16

• Astrakhan resident fined for discrediting Russian militaries

  A court in Astrakhan has fined Sergey Bataev, a local resident, by 35,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Army.

December 19, 2022 02:20

• Kuban authorities report resettlement of 62 people from emergency housing

  The Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) administration has announced that in the Tikhoretsky District, 62 persons were resettled from apartment buildings that are in the state of emergency.

December 18, 2022 23:59

• In the Volgograd Region, orphan complains about provided housing

  Anastasia Khodosevich, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Rudnya, has complained that officials provided her, as an orphan, with an apartment with a broken roof and without hot water and heating.

December 18, 2022 23:57

• Kadyrov's daughters and cousin fall under EU sanctions

  The ninth package of sanctions of the European Union (EU) included 49 organizations and 141 individuals, including the daughters of the head of Chechnya, Aishat and Khadizhat Kadyrovas, and his cousin Turpal-Ali Ibragimov.