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December 04, 2022 14:44

• Chechnya: Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended by two months

  A court in Grozny has rejected the defence's motion to release Zarema Musaeva from custody and extended her arrest until February 12, her advocate has informed. Her son has treated her health condition as satisfactory.

December 03, 2022 19:28

• ECtHR awards compensation to native of Ingushetia for violating prisoner's rights

  Russian authorities had violated the rights of Ruslan Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, who was kept in custody under excessively harsh conditions, and must pay him 3000 euros as compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

December 03, 2022 19:23

• Moscow court would not restore "Memorial"* in register of legal entities

  The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow has refused to satisfy the claim for the restoration of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* in the state register of legal entities for the period of liquidation of the Centre.

December 02, 2022 22:24

• ECtHR awards compensation to detained participant of rally in Makhachkala

  The detention of Dagestani activist Ruslan Rasulov at an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala in October 2011 violated his right to freedom of assembly, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled.

December 02, 2022 22:18

• Zarema Musaeva denies all accusations in court

  Zarema Musaeva, a spouse of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, denied accusations of attacking a policeman, recalling how she was forcibly taken away from home without medicines and clothes.

December 02, 2022 22:13

• Circassian Diaspora of Turkey comes out for defence of scientists from Kabardino-Balkaria

  Members of the Circassian Diaspora of Turkey have called on Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, to stop the persecution of scientists from the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research by the police.

December 02, 2022 22:10

• Ex-deputy director of Dagestani National Museum reports search of his home

  After conducting a search, law enforcers took away a phone and a computer with valuable historical materials, Hadji-Murad Donogo, a former deputy director of the Dagestani National Museum, has stated.

December 02, 2022 21:59

• Reports of Tumso's murder spark mistrust in Chechen Diaspora

  The publications in Telegram channels about the murder of the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden don't look reliable, the "Vayfond" Association and the Assembly of European Chechens have pointed out.

December 02, 2022 21:53

• Inclusion of Kadyrov's regiment into list of terrorist organizations attracts analysts' attention

  The statement about the inclusion of the Kadyrov's regiment "Sever" (North) into the list of terrorist organizations indicates the toughening of the position of the authorities of the European Union (EU) towards Chechen law enforcers and their actions; the appearance in this list can have both immediate consequences in the form of a ban on entry into Europe and arrest of assets, and distant ones in the form of prosecution, analysts have warned.

December 02, 2022 14:46

• Leyla Gireeva complains to police about regular domestic violence

  Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from her home in Nazran, filed a complaint to the police about regular violence from her parents and asked to be protected from harassment by her relatives.

December 02, 2022 14:45

• Journalist Totrov refuses to pay fines for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  The court’s decision on the fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces will be challenged, and an appeal will be filed against the previous similar court’s decision, journalist Ruslan Totrov reports.

December 01, 2022 23:26

• On anniversary of Cherek tragedy, Balkar villagers commemorate their perished fellow countrymen

  The participants of the mourning meeting held in the Balkar village of Sautu have marked the 80th anniversary of the Cherek tragedy, by commemorating the gorge residents killed in November 1942 by NKVD (Interior Commissariat) troops.

December 01, 2022 23:21

• Rights defenders achieve cancellation of Amina Gerikhanova's search through Interpol

  Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who received refugee status in Romania, has been removed from the Interpol wanted list, the "Vayfond" human rights association has informed.

December 01, 2022 23:14

• Defence rejects MIA's version about gay propaganda at fashion show in Makhachkala

  The information about the closed fashion show in Makhachkala with the participation of young men in effeminate images, which the police have treated as gay propaganda, was spread in social networks by the people who had nothing to do with the store, but were interested in disrupting its work.

December 01, 2022 23:14

• Chechen Press Minister praises Kadyrov’s new award

  The “Labour Valour of Russia” organization awarded Ramzan Kadyrov the “Valour of Inspired Labour” badge, and his mother also received the award. The insignia was accepted on behalf of Ramzan Kadyrov and his mother by Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Press.

December 01, 2022 13:48

• Heads of five regions of Southern Russia come under British sanctions

  The leaders of Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, and the governors of the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region are included in the UK sanctions list in connection with the special military operation in Ukraine.

December 01, 2022 13:31

• Volgograd contract soldier demands money for participation in special military operation

  Corporal Sergey Frolov re-sent to the Volgograd Garrison Military Court a claim for non-payment of monetary allowance for his participation in the special military operation in Ukraine.

November 30, 2022 23:57

• Ramzan Kadyrov calls Pope a propaganda victim

  In his comment on the words of Pope Francis about the cruelty of Chechen combatants in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov called him "a propaganda victim."

November 30, 2022 23:55

• North Ossetia: sentence passed on kidnapping and murder case of deputy Torchinov

  Vitaly Torchinov has been found guilty of kidnapping and killing Tamerlan Torchinov, a deputy of the Beslan City Duma, and sentenced to 14 years in colony; Boris and Alan Torchinov have been found guilty of aiding the murder; they were sentenced to 8 and 9.5 years in colony, respectively.

November 30, 2022 23:53

• "Daptar" project tells escape story of Leyla Gireeva

  After facing domestic violence, Leyla Gireeva, asked for advice in social networks and decided to run away from home. The girl's mother said that her daughter was lying about the customs in the family, suggesting that the girl "was seduced by an organization sponsored by America."