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January 18, 2023 23:57

• Rights defenders announce fundraising for Dagestani inmates at Kalmyk colony

  Relatives of Daud Kuramagomedov and Magomed Atimagomedov, the victims of torture in Kalmyk Colony No. 2, have no money to pay for advocates, the human rights project "Gulagu.net" has informed, calling on natives of Dagestan to help their fellow countrymen.

January 18, 2023 23:52

• After leaving colony, court forbids blogger Alexander Valov to leave Sochi

  The Angarsk City Court has satisfied the demand of the colony staff to establish supervision over Alexander Valov, a former editor-in-chief of the "BlogSochi" website, after his regaining freedom.

January 18, 2023 22:47

• French authorities threaten to deport a Chechen refugee

  Chechen refugee Zelimkhan O. may be deported to his homeland after being released from a French prison, human rights defenders report.

January 18, 2023 14:30

• Ex-commander of Ground Forces enters into controversy with Kadyrov

  Only the Defence Minister and the country's president can criticize the commander of a grouping of troops at the frontline, Vladimir Boldyrev, a former commander of the Russian Ground Forces, has told Ramzan Kadyrov, commenting on the criticism expressed by the head of Chechnya against Colonel General Lapin. Mr Boldyrev has suggested that Kadyrov's criticism of militaries' actions could be caused by the "undercover fuss."

January 18, 2023 06:45

• Analysts doubt preparation of Chechen theologians for real battles

  The military training of the staff of the Chechen Muftiate and theologians fits into the Ramzan Kadyrov’s policy of militarization and is hardly voluntary, Svetlana Gannushkina* and Oyub Titiev believe. They considered the probability of participation of religious figures in real battles doubtful.

January 18, 2023 06:45

• Advocate Mikhail Benyash* succeeds in removing marking of a foreign agent

  In Krasnodar, a court suspended the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice to include advocate Mikhail Benyash* in the register of foreign agents.

January 18, 2023 06:42

• Relatives of Malgobek resident inform about his arrest within case on explosives

  Kazbek Ataev, a resident of Malgobek, who has served a long term in colony under a terrorist article, has been detained after a search of his house; explosives were found there.

January 18, 2023 06:37

• Incident of whipping a cadet in Stavropol attracted law enforcers' attention

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Prosecutor's Office, as well as the authorities of Stavropol, have launched a check after the complaint of the parents of a pupil of a local cadet school that their son had been beaten with a whip at that educational establishment.

January 17, 2023 22:46

• Leyla Gireeva denied inquiry into domestic violence

  In Ingushetia, the police have refused to open a criminal case against relatives of Leyla Gireeva on the girl's application about regular domestic violence against her, human rights defenders have informed.

January 17, 2023 22:44

• Resident of Ingushetia suspected of abducting girl aiming to marry her

  In the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, an underage girl was abducted by a 37-year-old man with the aim of marriage; a search is underway for him, sources have reported.

January 17, 2023 21:38

• Natives of Chechnya report details of fellow countrymen's detentions in Balkans

  Prior to deportation, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the natives from Chechnya and Ingushetia, who had left Russia, were kept in dirty and cold containers; and in Croatia, law enforcers used to beat up those who had arrived, natives of Chechnya have told.

January 17, 2023 18:30

• In Dagestan, police disrupt picket in defence of journalist Gadjiev

  The police took to a police station journalist Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), who went out to solo pickets in Makhachkala.

January 17, 2023 16:12

• Ingush resident Leyla Chemurzieva’s case to be considered by court

  In Magas, a court began considering a case against Leyla Chemurzieva, who was accused of possessing an explosive device. The testimony which investigators insisted on was given by Leyla Chemurzieva after torture and threats, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reported.

January 16, 2023 20:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 9-15, 2023

  Continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, news about the Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case, threat to the life of Mikhail Saakashvili, verdict to Ingush activists and hunger strikes of Azerbaijani oppositionists, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 9-15, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 16, 2023 20:29

• Krasnodar activist manages to challenge the fine imposed for filming in pacifist clip

  The Krasnodar Court of Cassation has cancelled the decision to prosecute Alexei Mandrigelya, an activist.

January 16, 2023 20:24

• Dagestan SC cancels fine imposed on local resident for discrediting army

  Nazhmudin Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, has challenged at the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan the fine of 40,000 roubles imposed on him for his pacifist posts in social networks.

January 16, 2023 20:21

• Anti-mobilization protester convicted in Makhachkala

  The court sentenced Gafar Isaev, a participant in a protest rally against mobilization held in September 2022 in Makhachkala, to two years of conditional imprisonment after finding him guilty of using violence against a law enforcer.

January 16, 2023 10:53

• KBR scientists have their things seized at searches back

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), law enforcers have returned to the scientists the things seized during searches, but they gave no explanations about the reasons for the searches, one of the scientists have stated.

January 15, 2023 20:42

• Complaint to Putin about power supply problems in Dagestan sparks criticism of local authorities

  An open letter with a complaint about problems with power supplies in Dagestan was sent to the President of Russia by Polad Nametullaev, a deputy of the City Assembly of Derbent. After that, residents of Dagestan criticized the republic's authorities in the social network.

January 15, 2023 18:44

• Experts' conclusions prove defence's version of journalist Gadjiev's innocence

  At the trial, an expert of the forensic examination centre of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed the conclusions of his colleagues about the absence of any crime attributes in the publications by Abdulmumin Gadjiev; and this corresponds to the version of the journalist's innocence, his defence asserts.