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August 09, 2024 19:39

• Prisoner in penal colony in Adygea sentenced to new term under article on aiding and abetting terrorists

  The Southern Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Rasul Ibragimov, a prisoner in a penal colony in Adygea, to ten years of imprisonment, finding him guilty of aiding and abetting terrorist activities.

August 09, 2024 19:26

• Resident of Stavropol Territory accused of ties with terrorists

  A 23-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory is suspected of attempting to recruit several of his acquaintances to participate in a banned terrorist organization.

August 09, 2024 18:11

• Chess player from Dagestan suspected of attempting to inflict harm upon her rival

  Amina Abakarova, a chess player from Dagestan, has been suspended from tournaments of the Russian Chess Federation after she spilled mercury under the board of her rival Umayganat Osmanova.

August 08, 2024 23:55

• Contract soldier from Makhachkala given lenient sentence for beating doctor

  The court has fined Renat Devirov, a contract serviceman from Makhachkala, for beating a hospital employee, treating his participation in the special military operation (SMO) as a mitigating circumstance.

August 08, 2024 23:48

• KBR villagers achieve ICRF's reaction to their complaints

  The head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has ordered to initiate a criminal case on the complaints of residents of the village of Urvan about the operation of a landfill and the construction of a garbage disposal factory.

August 08, 2024 22:59

• Aishat Magomedova, who escaped domestic violence, returns to Moscow

  At investigator's demand, Aishat Magomedova's father, returned her phone to her, and then allowed her to return to Moscow. The girl is safe, human rights defenders gave informed.

August 08, 2024 22:55

• Parents of Dagestani Djabrailov, who died after being detained, call on to punish those responsible for his death

  In their appeal to President Putin, parents of deceased Makhachkala resident Akhmed Djabrailov, who was detained by the police, have claimed that those involved in his death are trying to avoid responsibility and that the deceased man’s relatives are being subjected to pressure.

August 08, 2024 22:19

• Twenty-five years pass since invasion of Basaev’s militants into Dagestan

  A quarter of a century has passed since the attack on Dagestan of the militants led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab. A memorial rally and re-enactment of the events of 1999 were organized in the Botlikh District.

August 08, 2024 19:39

• Human rights defenders outraged by investigators’ actions in relation to Aishat Magomedova, who fled from domestic violence

  In Makhachkala, an investigator questioned Aishat Magomedova and recorded the signs of beatings, and then he took Aishat to her relatives in Kizilyurt, human rights defenders reported.

August 08, 2024 12:45

• Kevin Lik, convicted of treason, tells details of his liberation

  The transfer from the colony to the airport to participate in the exchange of prisoners with Western countries occurred suddenly, and before that, law enforcers offered to write a clemency petition, said Kevin Lik, a 19-year-old resident of Maykop, after his release.

August 07, 2024 21:59

• Activist Marina Melikhova challenges fine for poem

  In her appeal complaint, Marina Melikhova has demanded to stop her administrative prosecution for a poem she wrote, which the court treated as discrediting the Russian Army.

August 07, 2024 21:49

• Chechen Muftiate's call to commercial madrasahs surprises Telegram users

  The Muftiate of Chechnya has called on the heads of commercial madrasahs to provide training free of charge and explained this recommendation by numerous complaints. In their turn, Telegram users have objected that a refusal to take money for their services will deprive madrasahs of an income source.

August 07, 2024 21:48

• Resident of Stavropol Territory put on wanted list within case of fakes about Russian Army

  Law enforcers have declared Danila Kharchenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, wanted, as suspected of spreading fakes about the Russian Army based on political hatred.

August 06, 2024 22:38

• Kadyrov boasts of his personal participation in development of “Akhmat-mobile”

  The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to call the new type of armoured vehicle an “Akhmat-mobile”, noted Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. He has stated that he personally participated in changing the design of the armoured vehicle and insisted on its name.

August 06, 2024 22:27

• Journalist Marshenkulova put on international wanted list

  Investigators have put journalist Zalina Marshenkulova from Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of justifying terrorism, on the international wanted list.

August 06, 2024 21:48

• Court mitigates verdict to Khasavyurt resident for fakes about Russian Army

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has reduced the term of forced labour by two years for Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a resident of Khasavyurt, within his case of military fakes.

August 06, 2024 19:18

• Natives of Caucasus claim increased discrimination when visiting Turkey

  Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

August 05, 2024 23:56

• Relatives of defendants in “prison jamaat” case claim violation of detainees’ rights at Taganrog SIZO

  After the hostage-taking at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, relatives lost contact with natives of Dagestan Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov, involved in the “prison jamaat” case as defendants. Law enforcers took Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov to a SIZO in Taganrog and refuse to let them being visited by advocates, their relatives complained.

August 05, 2024 23:39

• Chechen natives’ claims to prisoner exchange seem to be justified, Oleg Orlov* notes

  Human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, who was released in the prisoner exchange, called the discontent voiced by members of the Chechen diaspora in Europe justified, as there were no prisoners from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia on the prisoner exchange list.

August 05, 2024 23:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29-August 4, 2024

  Exchange of Khangoshvili’s killer, major fire in Azov, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan spread to Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 29-August 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.