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October 31, 2023 14:12

• Israeli authorities treat its citizens' stay in Southern Russia as dangerous

  The Israeli National Security Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have raised the level of danger for country's citizens in Northern Caucasus and a number of neighbouring regions up to the maximum, recommending their fellow countrymen not to travel to these regions or leave them as soon as possible.

October 30, 2023 22:49

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 23-29, 2023

  Northern Caucasus chooses Palestine, fire at the Afipsky Oil Refinery, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are unravelling the knots, new awards for Adam Kadyrov, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 23-29, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 30, 2023 21:52

• Pro-Ukrainian slogan turns into fine for Kuban resident

  In the village of Pavlovskaya, the court has fined Dmitry Tertitsa, a local resident, by 40,000 roubles, finding that the slogan he wrote on the stele in support of Ukraine discredited Russian militaries.

October 30, 2023 21:39

• Hundreds take part in anti-Israeli rally at Makhachkala Airport

  Hundreds of Dagestani residents gathered at the "Uitash" Airport for the arrival of the flight from Tel Aviv, following the calls released in anonymous Telegram channels. The crowd declared that they would not allow Jews to enter the republic. Young people even inspect law enforcers' cars trying to find those arriving from Israel.

October 30, 2023 19:37

• Vladikavkaz: about 100 people commemorate repression victims

  Activists and descendants of those repressed have held an action in Vladikavkaz dated to the Remembrance Day of Victims of Political Repressions.

October 30, 2023 19:15

• Volgograd students support commemoration of victims of repression

  Volgograd university students have taken part in the all-Russian action "Names' Return" by gathering at the monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions and reading out the names of those repressed.

October 30, 2023 15:15

• Muftis of Northern Caucasus speak against anti-Semitic actions

  The Coordination Centre for Muslims of Northern Caucasus (CCMNC), while commenting on the action in Cherkessk with calls not to allow refugees from Israel into the republic, has treated anti-Semitic actions as unacceptable and called not to regard the opinion of their participants as the opinion of the whole nation.

October 29, 2023 18:12

• Law enforcers stop action in Khasavyurt against Israelis' arrival

  Hundreds of people gathered outside a hotel in Khasavyurt after reports in social networks that refugees from Israel had been accommodated at the hotel. Law enforcers allowed the protesters to get convinced that only tourists from Russia were among the hotel guests, after which the protesters dispersed.

October 29, 2023 01:37

• Dagestani Muftiate reports on thousands of those who prayed for Palestinians

  In Makhachkala, thousands have taken part in collective prayer for the Muslims of Palestine, the Muftiate of Dagestan has reported. Mass prayers for Palestinians were also held in mosques in Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya.

October 29, 2023 01:31

• Case of Baksan resident about discrediting Russian militaries reaches court

  A court in Baksan has taken for proceedings the criminal case initiated against Khusen Gukov, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.

October 28, 2023 22:27

• Four military servicemen convicted in Southern Russia for evading service

  The Makhachkala Military Court has sentenced two military servicemen to 5 and 5.5 years in colony accordingly for being absent from their military unit for more than a month.

October 28, 2023 22:18

• Human rights defenders assess motives for creating Sheikh Mansur Battalion in Chechnya

  The figure of Sheikh Mansur is very significant for the Chechens, and by naming a new battalion in his honour, Ramzan Kadyrov seeks to break the association of the above name with the Ichkerian battalion operating in Ukraine since 2014.

October 28, 2023 20:24

• Prosecution requests 7.5 years in prison for Dagestani activist Ataev

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has demanded to sentence Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, to 7.5 years in prison on charges of possessing an explosive device and narcotic drugs.

October 28, 2023 20:16

• ECtHR awards compensation to natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg awarded compensation to Magomed Abadiev, a convicted resident of Ingushetia, and Dalgat Gamzatov, a resident of Dagestan, who were subjected to inhumane treatment while being transferred to a penal colony.

October 28, 2023 19:46

• Makhachkala resident sentenced for participating in “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”*

  A court sentenced Makhmud Ibadulaev, a resident of Makhachkala, to two years and two months of imprisonment, recognizing him as an active participant of the extremist organization “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”*.

October 28, 2023 19:36

• Hidden threats to rabbis of Southern Russian revealed

  Anonymous Telegram channels have published the addresses of synagogues and the names of the rabbis in Stavropol, Krasnodar, Sochi, Nalchik and Derbent, accompanied by anti-Semitic statements. There are no direct calls for violence, but mentions are made of "Israeli terrorists" in the Caucasus, who "are closing our mosques and building their own synagogues."

October 28, 2023 17:51

• PO demands tougher punishment for human rights defender Oleg Orlov

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has appealed against the verdict passed to human rights defender, Oleg Orlov, who was fined on charges of discrediting the Russian Army, and demanded to sentence him to three years in colony.

October 28, 2023 17:35

• Woman from Dagestan seeks compensation for denial of medical care and disclosure of medical confidentiality

  A former employee of the Gunib District Hospital is claiming 7 million roubles from her employer and the Republican Centre for Infectious Diseases, which failed to notify her of her HIV-positive status. Her colleagues knew about her diagnosis, but hid this information from her and did not prescribe her the proper treatment, human rights defenders have reported.

October 27, 2023 23:58

• Court approves transfer of Ingush native Albagachiev to prison regime

  The Astrakhan Regional Court refused to cancel the decision to transfer Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, to prison, the “Public Verdict” Foundation* reported in its Telegram channel.

October 27, 2023 23:12

• Publicity of information about torture pits near Volgograd creates threat to military personnel

  The military prosecutor’s office is to investigate the information about illegal punishments in torture pits at a training ground in Volgograd, but law enforcers are likely to direct more efforts to search for the informant who reported them, note military lawyers.