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February 16, 2023 23:48

• Court softens freedom restraint measure for policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova

  A court in Khasavyurt has released Shamil Aliev, the policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest.

February 16, 2023 23:27

• Rights defenders claim threat of torture for the Chechen detained in Moscow

  Idris Arsamikov, who left Chechnya after persecutions because of his homosexuality, was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport upon arrival from the Netherlands, and then handed over to Chechen law enforcers.

February 16, 2023 13:08

• Analysts discuss versions of poisoning Chechen general Alaudinov

  People from his entourage may be behind the attempted poisoning of Chechen general Apti Alaudinov, human rights defenders, Oyub Titiev and Svetlana Gannushkina*, have pointed out.

February 16, 2023 12:53

• Defence points to signs of fabrication in Eduard Ataev’s case

  There are signs of falsification in the materials of the case instituted against Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny’s* office in Makhachkala, accused of possessing an explosive device and drugs, the defence points out.

February 16, 2023 12:49

• Kadyrov criticizes heads of regions for their reports about deaths in Ukraine

  The heads of the regions should not report about the number of compatriots who perished in the special military operation in Ukraine, but they should simply provide assistance to the families of the deceased, states Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 15, 2023 17:19

• Amid authorities' reports on reconciliation of spouses, Chechnya faces growth of divorces

  Chechnya, along with Dagestan and Ingushetia, was among the regions where the number of divorces increased sharply in 2022, while the number of new marriages decreased, the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has informed amid authorities' assurances about their successful work of reconciling spouses in Chechnya.

February 15, 2023 17:09

• Ingush blogger reports law enforcers' visit to his father

  Law enforcers have summoned the elderly father of Ruslan Youloy, a blogger and an activist, for questioning. Ruslan links this interrogation with his oppositional statements.

February 15, 2023 17:07

• In Chechnya, investigators 10 times refused to open Khasan Islamov's torture case

  By using torture, law enforcers have forced Khasan Islamov, a resident of Chechnya, to confess to organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF). The court sentenced him to 6.5 years in colony by ignoring Islamov's statements about torture and his innocence.

February 15, 2023 16:10

• Djumaev, native of Chechnya, placed into dungeon for second time in a month

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years in prison for using violence against law enforcers, has been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) for the second time within a month.

February 15, 2023 14:51

• Chechen residents report about methods of commissions for preservation of marriages

  The commission for the harmonization of family relations created by the authorities of Chechnya helps to reduce the number of divorces, the republic’s Muftiate announces. In Chechnya, the problem of preserving families was previously solved thanks to the traditions of reconciling spouses without the participation of officials, an NGO activist notes.

February 15, 2023 14:43

• Court fines resident of Novorossiysk for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novorossiysk obliged single father Stepan Kosolapov to pay a fine of 40,000 roubles for holding a pacifist picket in front of the city administration.

February 14, 2023 19:58

• On February 6-12, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 6 to February 12, 2023, at least four people perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there were no reports about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 14, 2023 17:21

• Defence reports deterioration of Zarema Musaeva's health condition

  Zarema Musaeva's health condition has deteriorated at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where she is not receiving the necessary medical treatment, her advocate has stated.

February 14, 2023 17:16

• Verdict to employees of Makhachkala SIZO is unique for Dagestan

  The sentence to Daud Davydov, the head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his subordinates rendered within the case of extortion and torture is unique for Dagestan and will contribute to the observance of prisoners' rights, journalists have noted.

February 14, 2023 03:32

• Colleagues of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev hold solo pickets in Makhachkala

  Journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

February 14, 2023 03:26

• “Circassian Congress” reports about 150 Circassians perished in earthquake in Turkey

  At least 150 Circassians were killed as a result of the earthquake in Turkey, reported the head of the “Circassian Congress”.

February 13, 2023 19:34

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 6-12, 2023

  Public activity of the Chechen authorities, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, reaction of the Caucasus to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, official data on the natives of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, struggle of the Azerbaijani oppositionists, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 6-12, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 13, 2023 16:37

• SC sides with authorities in Dagestani's dispute about compensations

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the denial of compensation to Surupasha Khakiev, a resident of the Novolaksky District, for his house confiscated during the Stalinist deportation of the Akkin Chechens.

February 13, 2023 16:35

• Court in Chechnya upholds contract soldier's dismissal for refusal to service trip

  The command of the military was right by dismissing Zaur Kaimov, a contract soldier, for refusing to go on a service trip, a court in Grozny has ruled.

February 13, 2023 16:19

• Kadyrov reports attempt to poison Alautdinov

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, and two adjutants have been hospitalized in a Moscow clinic after their contact with an envelope soaked in a poisonous substance, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.