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September 13, 2022 13:03

• Prosecutor demands 15 years in colony for Anatoly Rykov

  The state prosecutor has demanded 15 years in a high security colony and a fine of 120 million roubles for Anatoly Rykov, a former Vice-Mayor of Sochi, who is accused of receiving a multi-million rouble bribe.

September 13, 2022 10:28

• Ingush resident blames doctors for his son's death

  After falling from the horizontal bar, a son of Alikhan Kharsiev, a resident of the Malgobek District, felt unwell. Several doctors examined him, but for several days they failed to diagnose him correctly. The boy died on the surgery. Kharsiev seeks punishment for the doctors, whom he accuses of negligence and non-professionalism.

September 13, 2022 10:16

• Owner claims presence of all permits to operate quarry in Ardon District

  The allocation of a site in the outskirt of the city of Ardon for the development of a sand and gravel quarry was coordinated with all the ministries, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of North Ossetia has announced. In his turn, the owner of the quarry has confirmed that all the necessary permits to operate the quarry had been obtained.

September 13, 2022 08:45

• Lawyers assess chances of legally punishing election commission employee in Gelendjik

  The law provides for up to four years in prison for electoral frauds, but the female employee of the election commission in Gelendjik, who had hid the completed ballots, is unlikely to be punished, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

September 13, 2022 08:32

• Candidate for deputy links arrest of Stavropol activist Fokin with elections

  The reason for the administrative arrest of the eco-activist, Andrei Fokin, was his meeting with residents of the village of Ostrogorka, but his arrest has to do with the elections of deputies to the Lermontov council, Marina Kardash, a candidate, whose confidant at elections was Fokin, has stated.

September 12, 2022 22:43

• Lawyers of Knyazev and Levdik appeal against verdict to law enforcers in case on torture

  Advocate Vitaly Zubenko filed an appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria against the verdict of the Nalchik City Court in a case on the use of violence against Nalchik residents Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik. The advocate called the punishment imposed on the law enforcers to be too lenient.

September 12, 2022 22:30

• During his solo picket, Gadjiev’s colleague tells passers-by about political prisoners

  During his solo picket in Makhachkala, journalist Idris Yusupov told passers-by about political prisoners on the example of the case against his colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism.

September 12, 2022 19:40

• Kadyrov announces return of Delimkhanov to Ukraine

  Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov returned to Ukraine and led Chechen fighters there. The Chechen military units are ready to carry out any order, Adam Delimkhanov reports.

September 12, 2022 18:08

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 5-11, 2022

  Elections in Southern Russia; persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; an attack on a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent in Elista, – see the review of these events in the Caucasus during the week of September 5-11, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 12, 2022 14:22

• Social network users link growth in divorces in Dagestan with receiving benefits

  Dagestan has faced a sharp increase in the number of divorces – it almost doubled within a year, the republic's government has announced. Many residents of Dagestan divorce fictitiously in order to apply for child benefits, commentators on the Telegram channel have suggested.

September 12, 2022 13:58

• Sochi pensioner Gudimov fined for discrediting army

  Konstantin Gudimov was fined by 30,000 roubles for jogging with a white-blue-white flag. According to law enforcers, his actions are discrediting the Russian Army. Gudimov disagrees with the imposed fine and intends to challenge it.

September 12, 2022 11:15

• Telegram users outraged by Dagestani official's words about hijab scandal in Tyumen

  The official representative of Dagestan in the Tyumen Region should have defended not the teachers who hadn't let a schoolgirl in a hijab to enter the school, but the girl who, according to religious beliefs, was wearing a headscarf, the commentators to the statement of the community member have pointed out.

September 12, 2022 11:02

• Pompous celebration of KBR's 100th anniversary sparks local residents' criticism

  The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) spend money on mass celebrations, although the problems with industry decline and bad roads have not been solved, local residents have noted.

September 12, 2022 10:44

• Observers report violations at polling stations in Anapa and Gelendjik

  At a polling station in Anapa, commission members did not allow making photos; and ballot stuffing is not ruled out there, observers assert.

September 12, 2022 10:32

• Kadyrov demands to change strategy of special operation in Ukraine

  Mistakes were made in the Kharkov direction, and if the strategy of the special military operation is not changed in the near future, it will be necessary to contact the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the country, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

September 12, 2022 00:00

• Parliamentary candidate from Gelendzhik complains to Pamfilova about pressure on observer

  Ilona Grachevskaya, a candidate to the Legislative Assembly in Gelendzhik, appealed to Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), with a request to intervene in the situation in Gelendzhik. According to Ilona Grachevskaya, observer Tatiana Mamentieva was subjected to pressure after she discovered that an employee of the precinct election commission was hiding filled-in ballots.

September 11, 2022 04:15

• Dagestani representative in Tyumen supports school's refusal to cancel ban on wearing hijabs

  The school management in the city Tyumen would not change the internal regulations after a scandal with a Dagestan schoolgirl, who was not allowed to attend classes in a hijab.

September 11, 2022 04:10

• Rights defenders treat case of Chechen actor Debishev as investigators' escape from responsibility

  The case of the Chechen actor, Timur Debishev, who is trying to bring law enforcers to justice for torture, but because of the investigation, cannot reach the consideration of his complaint in court, is typical for Chechnya and other Russian regions, human rights defenders assert.

September 11, 2022 04:01

• Social network users criticize new textbooks of Kabardian language

  The new textbooks of the Kabardian language are morally outdated and too difficult for younger pupils, some Instagram* users have pointed out. Others noted that too little time is allocated in schools for learning the mother tongue.

September 11, 2022 03:56

• Law enforcers search Volgograd activist's friends

  The home of doctors from Volgograd, Angelina Neroznik and her husband Sergey was searched; after interrogation they were released after taking a non-disclosure obligation from them.