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June 24, 2023 19:43

• Heads of three regions of Southern Russia and Chechen officials get under EU sanctions

  The heads of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), Stavropol Territory and Adygea, as well as the head of the government of Chechnya and the Chechen Ombudsperson, have been included into the sanctions list of the European Union (EU).

June 24, 2023 19:18

• Law enforcers take equipment away from Rostov activist

  During searches at home of Tatiana Sporysheva, a Rostov activist, law enforcers took away her equipment, explaining that the searches were conducted in connection with calls for extremism.

June 24, 2023 15:09

• Residents of Dagestan argue on appropriateness of making remarks to tourists

  Remarks to tourists who violate the behaviour norms adopted in Dagestan are quite appropriate and necessary, some residents of the republic have stated. Others object believing that remarks to visitors can only be made in most egregious cases; they are commenting on the release in Dagestan of a new memo with conduct rules for tourists.

June 23, 2023 23:12

• Public prosecutor requests 19 years of imprisonment for defendants in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev’s case

  A public prosecutor requested court to sentence Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, and Kemal Tambiev, who were accused of financing terrorism, to 19 years of imprisonment.

June 23, 2023 22:59

• Chechen resident gets suspended sentence for his posts on social media

  The Naursky Сourt of Chechnya recognized posts of a local resident on the social media to be public calls for extremism and sentenced him to a year of suspended imprisonment.

June 23, 2023 20:35

• Ulker Gashimova, who escaped from Russia, arrested in Dagestan

  Ulker Gashimova, a resident of Derbent, who tried to leave Russia, is at the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison). The girl's family has no money for an advocate, her bridegroom has informed.

June 23, 2023 11:56

• Stavropol activist detained after her picket in Moscow

  In Moscow, policemen have detained Valentina Velichkina, an activist from the city of Mineralnye Vody who was holding a solo picket in defence of the nature reserve named "Beshtau Mountain".

June 22, 2023 22:48

• Court returns case of KBR resident on discrediting Russian Army back to police due to violations

  Because of admitted violations in the case files, The Maisky District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has returned to the police the administrative case opened against Vadim Podkolzin, a local resident, under the article on discrediting the Russian Army.

June 22, 2023 19:29

• Third daughter of Chechen leader awarded Order of Akhmat Kadyrov

  Khutmat Kadyrova, a Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter, who was appointed a supervisor of the Chechen healthcare system in March, has been awarded the Order of Akhmat Kadyrov, which is awarded for exceptional services related to the development of statehood and achievements in work.

June 22, 2023 15:23

• Lawyer: relatives have right to seek investigation into circumstances of Berezikov’s death

  Activist Anatoly Berezikov, who died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, was buried by his relatives. Investigators instituted a case on incitement to suicide. The relatives of Anatoly Berezikov have the right to request holding an investigation into the circumstances of his death, lawyer Galina Tarasova points out.

June 21, 2023 16:13

• Activist Melikhova detained in Sochi

  In Sochi, law enforcers have detained Marina Melikhova, an activist, within a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Army.

June 21, 2023 16:06

• Court refuses to toughen Makhachkala citizen's sentence in extremism case

  The appellate instance has refused to satisfy the prosecutor's request to toughen the punishment for Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov, a resident of Makhachkala, convicted of creating a cell of the banned extremist organization "At-Takfir wal-Hijra".

June 21, 2023 16:02

• "Alternativa" reports man's liberation from slavery in Dagestan

  Victor Ryzhkov, a resident of the Altai Territory, has been freed from slavery at a brick factory in Dagestan. However, he refused to write an application against those who kept him in slavery, the "Alternativa" movement against slavery has informed.

June 20, 2023 23:58

• Gadjiev's colleagues note growing interest in his case

  Residents of Dagestan are increasingly reacting to pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the solo picketers, Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov, have noted. Believers and the progressive part of the population are interested in Gadjiev's case, Djambulat Gasanov, an activist, has added.

June 20, 2023 23:49

• Dagestani's advocate claims identification falsification in robbery case

  The defence of Nurmagomed Labaev, a native of Dagestan, has appealed against the extension of his arrest in the robbery case, claiming numerous violations in the case. According to the advocate, the victim described the criminal as having a Slavic appearance, while Labaev has a characteristic Caucasian one.

June 20, 2023 23:11

• Decision to liquidate CEBP upheld

  The court of appeal in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to satisfy the appeal complaint against the decision to liquidate the Council of Elders of the Balkar People (CEBP).

June 20, 2023 22:47

• ICRF reports on check after three sisters' death in KBR

  Investigators are considering several versions of the death of three sisters in the Chegem District, including suicide and an accident. The women died after a conflict with their relatives, sources report.

June 20, 2023 12:55

• Court appoints forensic psychiatric examination of Kuban activist Sokolov

  In the Scherbinovsky District of the Krasnodar Territory, a court granted a public prosecutor’s request and appointed a new forensic psychiatric examination of activist Maxim Sokolov, who had earlier been forcibly placed in a psychiatric clinic.

June 20, 2023 12:43

• Delay in case on restricting parental rights of Dagestani native angers her relatives

  In Kaliningrad, a court takes an unreasonably long time to consider a claim to restrict the parental rights of Nina, a native of Dagestan, and that prevents the children from leaving for the republic with their father’s family, woman’s relatives point out.

June 20, 2023 12:38

• Court upholds sentence of Dagestani resident in case on terrorism

  A court of cassation has upheld the sentence of Elnar Amirbekov, who was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment on the charge of terrorism and preparation of an attack on a road-and-patrol police (known as DPS) checkpoint in Dagestan. The court found unfounded the arguments of the defence about the falsification of evidence.