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October 21, 2024 23:45

• Blogger from Bashkiria convicted for video about "Motherland Calls!" monument

  The Volgograd Regional Court has sentenced Rasul Akhiyaretdinov, a blogger and a resident of Bashkortostan, to a year of forced labour, finding him guilty of rehabilitating Nazism in his video about the "Motherland Calls!" monument.

October 21, 2024 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 14-20, 2024

  Echo of threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, parliamentary elections in 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 October 14-20, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 21, 2024 23:16

• Novosibirsk: activist demands inquiry into Seda Suleimanova's abduction

  Elena Tardasova-Yun, an activist from Novosibirsk, has held a solo picket demanding an investigation into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova in Chechnya.

October 21, 2024 21:58

• Advocate reports poor health condition after surgery of Zaripov, convicted of appealing to Kadyrov

  Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, is feeling poor after the surgery he underwent for his stage four cancer, but despite this, he is being prepared for transfer to the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The defence's motions to transfer Zaripov to house arrest remained unanswered.

October 21, 2024 21:21

• Verdict to Volgograd woman for attempted arson of military commissariat mitigated

  The appellate court has reduced the suspended sentence imposed on Tatiana Lebedeva, a Volgograd resident, within the case of attempted arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office).

October 20, 2024 23:56

• Krasnodar court refuses to place pensioners-suspected IAF members under house arrest

  The Uspensky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has refused to transfer pensioners, Marina Zakharova, Nikolai Nabiev and Sergey Kuzovenko, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF) under house arrest.

October 20, 2024 23:34

• Student Daniil Vodolagin, convicted of spreading fakes about Russian Army, convoyed to penal colony

  Daniil Vodolagin, a Volgograd student, has been sent to a penal colony, where he will serve a five-year sentence for spreading fake news about the Russian Army. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"* with reference to his advocate.

October 20, 2024 21:36

• Kadyrov boasts of another award

  Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the receipt of a jubilee medal in connection with the 25th anniversary of re-establishment of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) Branch in Chechnya, emphasizing that his medal is No. 1.

October 20, 2024 20:45

• Victory at ECtHR inspires former police colonel Salikh Gadjiev

  Salikh Gadjiev, an ex-police colonel, has expressed his satisfaction with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaint about his dismissal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan for criticism.

October 20, 2024 20:05

• Request to investigate Suleimanova's case in Saint Petersburg transferred to Chechnya

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has forwarded Elena Patyaeva's request to take the case of Seda Suleimanova or to investigate it in Saint Petersburg, where Seda was detained under the federal control, to the its Chechen Branch.

October 19, 2024 23:53

• Former senator Arashukov refuses to reveal reasons for apologizing to Kadyrov

  Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, did not want to explain what he apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov for and called the reasons for the apology “personal.”

October 19, 2024 23:08

• Rizvanov points out to court of appeal numerous violations in case

  Abubakar Rizvanov, convicted together with Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev in the case on financing terrorism, spoke in the military court of appeal, emphasizing multiple violations and inconsistencies in the case and the verdict.

October 19, 2024 22:46

• Court extends arrest of singer Sharlot, who apologized to Kadyrov

  In Samara, a court has pronounced to keep singer Eduard Sharlot, who apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov in January, in custody until March 25, 2025.

October 19, 2024 21:46

• Analysts believe that Arashukov's appeal to Kadyrov aims to soften his sentence

  The appeal of the life-sentenced Rauf Arashukov to Ramzan Kadyrov was caused by his desire to gain support and achieve a verdict mitigation, analysts have suggested.

October 18, 2024 23:54

• Court cancels verdict to law enforcers in case on torture of Dagestani native Yulduz Kurashova

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has cancelled the verdict in the case on torture of Khasavyurt resident Yulduz Kurashova by policemen and returned it to the prosecutor’s office, human rights defenders report.

October 18, 2024 23:37

• Blogger Askhabali Alibekov offered contract with Russian MIA

  Officials from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) offered blogger Askhabali Alibekov, an author of the “Dikiy Desantnik” (Wild Paratrooper) YouTube channel, convicted in a case on an attack on a policeman, to go to the zone of the special military operation (SMO).

October 18, 2024 22:16

• Human rights defenders explain consequences for Marshenkulova* of being included in list of terrorists and extremists

  Zalina Marshenkulova* was involved in human rights activities in Moscow, and therefore she is little known in Kabardino-Balkaria. The inclusion of Zalina Marshenkulova* in the list of terrorists and extremists have significantly limited her rights, including with respect to banking operations and real estate transactions, human rights defenders explained.

October 18, 2024 20:56

• Woman from Krasnodar Territory complains about beating by judge

  Valeria Kandaurova, who lives in the city of Ust-Labinsk in the Krasnodar Territory, has filed a complaint with the police claiming that she was beaten up by a judge in response of her demand to remove his car. A video of the beating was posted by Telegram channels.

October 18, 2024 20:47

• Believer's case from KChR reaches the court

  A Jehovah's Witness* from the village of Zelenchukskaya will stand trial on charges of involvement in an extremist organization.

October 18, 2024 17:55

• Dagestani analysts assess Melikov’s words in support of Kerimov

  When speaking out in support of Suleiman Kerimov after the threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan, has reduced the degree of the conflict, journalists believe. At the same time, Dagestani public figure Bulach Chankalaev reported criticism from officials because of his statement about the need to reconcile Suleiman Kerimov and Ramzan Kadyrov.