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February 07, 2024 00:00

• In Nalchik, mobilized man repeatedly convicted for evading military service

  The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced a mobilized local resident to eight years of imprisonment for evading military service. Earlier, the man has been sentenced to a probation under the same article.

February 06, 2024 21:37

• Alaudinov attacks critics of idea of "Akhmat" Children's Academy

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" Special Forces, has treated those who criticised the idea of the "Akhmat" People's Friendship Academy as "armchair heroes", suspecting them of having links with Ukraine and LGBT* people. Activists of the "Rusich" unit, commenting on Alaudinov's indignation towards "Russian nationalists", refused to apologize.

February 06, 2024 19:37

• Volzhsky resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  In the Volgograd Region, a court sentenced Dmitry Vanifatiev to a fine, recognizing his pacifist comment posted on a social network as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

February 06, 2024 18:07

• Dagestani MMA fighter Mutaev’s murder motivated by personal hostility, ICRF reports

  According to the investigators’ version, a man suspected of murdering mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Magomedrasul Mutaev committed the crime, as he had a personal dislike for the athlete. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

February 06, 2024 17:34

• House arrest of suspect in Dalgatov's death case cancelled

  The court has overturned the ruling to place one of the suspects in the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov at the Makhachkala police station under house arrest. Another case figurant is left under house arrest.

February 05, 2024 23:31

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 29-February 4, 2024

  Changes in Georgian government; nepotism, power, and awards in Chechnya; persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia; decisions pronounced by the ECtHR; 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 January 29-February 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 05, 2024 22:49

• Chechen authorities report about reconciliation of feudist families

  The Achkhoi-Martan District has hosted a reconciliation ceremony of two families that were at war over a person's murder, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya has informed.

February 05, 2024 18:58

• Grozny Mayoralty's call to tolerate water outages outrages social network users

  The Grozny Mayoralty has called on townspeople to endure water outages that accompany repairs of water supply networks. Shutdowns occur without warning and for a long period of time, Instagram* users have expressed their outrage.

February 05, 2024 18:14

• Government announces military centres in seven higher schools in Southern Russia

  It was decided to set up students' military training centres at higher schools of Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya.

February 05, 2024 17:10

• Six-year-old comment gives rise to criminal case against Krasnodar resident

  A criminal case has been opened against a resident of Krasnodar for his comment in a social network that he placed back in 2018 about the murder of Alexander Zakharchenko, the then head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

February 04, 2024 19:27

• Rostov-on-Don: chief physician of prison hospital convicted for patient's death

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Tigran Mkrtchyan, the chief physician of the FSIN's tuberculosis hospital to two years in prison, finding him guilty of negligence resulting in the death of Dmitry Baksheev, a prisoner.

February 04, 2024 19:07

• Resident of Astrakhan Region fined for discrediting militaries

  The Akhtubinsky District Court has fined Nadir Mamedov, a resident of the Astrakhan Region, by 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

February 04, 2024 18:37

• Telegram users criticize idea of "Akhmat" Friendship Academy

  The Peoples' Friendship Academy should not be set up created under the auspices of "Akhmat", since Russia is a multinational country, while methods of the Chechen authorities and the incident with Adam Kadyrov cast doubt on the successful children's upbringing in Chechnya, Telegram users have stated.

February 04, 2024 18:13

• Case of Khasavyurt resident on fakes about Russian Army returned for review

  Due to the found violations, the appellate court has overturned the sentence passed to Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a resident of the city of Khasavyurt, and returned the case of fakes about the Russian Army to the city court.

February 04, 2024 13:08

• Residents of Chechnya complain about problems due to power outages

  Regular power outages and voltage surges lead to failures of household appliances and additional expenses, residents of Chechnya have complained. The electricity supplier is responsible for the caused damages, an advocate has pointed out.

February 03, 2024 22:07

• Resident of Volzhsky fined for his post with rainbow flag

  For his post with a rainbow flag placed in a social network, a court in the city of Volzhsky has fined a local resident under the article of demonstrating extremist symbols. The young man has deleted his post and admitted his guilt, referring to his "stupidity."

February 03, 2024 20:12

• Woman from Astrakhan Region convicted for fakes about Russian Army

  Natalia Beliavskaya from the town of Znamensk, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Armed Forces, has been sentenced to eight months of correctional labour.

February 03, 2024 18:58

• Close people of Sofia Angel-Barokko report worsening of her health condition at SIZO

  Despite deterioration of her health condition and absence of due medical treatment, the blogger from Maykop, Sofia Angel-Barokko, accused of insulting believers' feelings and justifying terrorism, remains at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), her relatives and friends have reported. Her mother has added intimidation.

February 03, 2024 18:26

• Militaries from Southern Russia sentenced for absence from their service units

  The Southern District Military Court has refused to commute the sentences passed to the militaries for leaving their units, namely, to Ruslan Uteev, a mobilized man, sentenced to 5.5 years in colony by a court in Chechnya, and Pavel Trusov, a contract soldier, sentenced in Stavropol to six years.

February 03, 2024 15:52

• Leyla Gatagazheva, accused of links to Syrian militants, transferred to SIZO

  A court granted a request of investigators to return Leyla Gatagazheva, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of links to Syrian militants, into custody from house arrest.