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December 20, 2023 12:49

• Kabardino-Balkarian authorities ignore activists’ appeals in defence of scientists

  Authors of the appeal in defence of the scientists of the Institute for Humanitarian Research sent it to the leader and the government of Kabardino-Balkaria, the republic’s Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the prosecutor’s office, but received no response from all the above-mentioned institutions.

December 19, 2023 22:53

• ECtHR awards compensation to activists from Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensations to the following activists from Rostov-on-Don: Olesya Bakhtiyarova, Konstantin Maklyak and Maxim Murugin; to activists from Volgograd, Vladimir Lygin and Vladimir Doronin; and Oleg Ivanov, an activist from Stavropol.

December 19, 2023 21:28

• Rights defenders declare resident of Volgograd Region as political prisoner

  The prosecution of Vasily Melnikov, a resident of the Kotelnikovsky District, on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army is unlawful and politically motivated. This was stated by the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial", demanding to release the arrested man.

December 19, 2023 21:04

• Chechen authorities announce launching date of mass production of "Jihad" vehicles

  The start of mass production of "Jihad" vehicles for the needs of the special military operation (SMO) is planned in 2024 at the "Chechenavto", Chechen authorities have reported.

December 19, 2023 17:21

• Resident of Volzhsky challenges decision to draft him into army

  A conscript from Volzhsky filed a claim to court against the decisions of the military registration and enlistment offices, which declared him fit for military service, despite his serious illnesses.

December 18, 2023 23:50

• Law enforcers ask Gadjiev's acquaintances about their presence at picket venue

  Policemen have demanded explanation from Abdulmumin Gadjiev's friends and colleagues, who came to the venue of the solo picket in Makhachkala held by Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet. The law enforcers' reaction to the picket itself was calm, Mr Magomedov has noted.

December 18, 2023 23:16

• Residents of village near Makhachkala complain to Putin about absence of water

  In the village of Bogatyryovka, due to the lack of running water supply, people have to buy drinking water or use technical water from wells, while local authorities do not solve the problem. That has been reported by villagers in their appeal to President Putin.

December 18, 2023 22:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 11-17, 2023

  Intensifying repression and presidential election in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Zarema Musaeva’s case, Temur Karbaya’s death, 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 December 11-17, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 18, 2023 22:29

• Journalist Gadjiev's colleague holds picket in Makhachkala

  Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, has held a solo picket in Makhachkala demanding the release of the convicted Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

December 18, 2023 21:31

• Verdict to KBR resident for evading military service upheld

  The appellate instance has upheld the sentence of Islam Margushev, who had been mobilized from the Zolsky District and earlier sentenced to five years in penal colony on charges of leaving his military unit without permission.

December 18, 2023 18:17

• Reposting extremist material criticizing "United Russia" results in arrest of Pyatigorsk resident

  A court in Pyatigorsk has found Oleg Vasilenko, a local resident, guilty of spreading extremist materials because of his posting a manifesto in a social network that recalled the promises of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party announced before the 2002 elections.

December 17, 2023 16:27

• Dagestani villagers complain to Putin about infrastructure problems

  In their video message to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, migrants from the village of Tsumilyukh in the Tlyaratin District, who live in distant pastures in the Babayurt District, have asked him to help in solving the problems of bad roads, an emergency school and gasification of their village.

December 16, 2023 23:54

• Vladikavkaz resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The Promyshlenny District Court of Vladikavkaz has imposed a fine on Sergey Sidorenko, treating his words spoken in support of the people of Ukraine in the presence of his neighbours as discrediting the Russian Army.

December 16, 2023 23:16

• Rights defenders declare Dagestani resident convicted of fakes about Russian Army to be political prisoner

  The prosecution of Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a Khasavyurt resident, under the article on fakes about the Russian Army is unlawful and politically motivated. This was stated by the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial", which has demanded to release the convict and stop the criminal case against him.

December 16, 2023 22:54

• Sochi activist sentenced for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in the city of Adler has sentenced Marina Melikhova to 1.5 years in penal colony, treating the videos she had published in social networks as discrediting Russian militaries. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"* with reference to Maria Spasibukhova, an advocate.

December 16, 2023 20:36

• Daniil Vodolagin, accused of fakes about Russian Army, left at Volgograd SIZO for six months

  The Sovietsky District Court of Volgograd has extended the arrest of Daniil Vodolagin, accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Army, by six months. The judge has rejected the advocate's arguments in favour of mitigating the young man's freedom restriction measure.

December 16, 2023 17:06

• Witnesses refuse to testify in case against human rights defender Nagavkin

  At a court hearing in a case against Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender from Volgograd, prosecution witnesses recanted their testimonies given during the preliminary investigation. The judge did not grant the defendant’s request to question a linguist specialist who conducted an examination on the investigator’s instructions.

December 16, 2023 15:10

• In Dagestan, Gerkhmakhi villagers explain reasons for their appeal to President Putin

  In Dagestan, residents of the Gerkhmakhi village suffer from regular power outages. There is no kindergarten in the village, and the buildings of local school and paramedic station are in need of repair. The above has been explained by local residents when they made another attempt to attract the authorities’ attention to the problems of their village.

December 15, 2023 22:49

• Sochi resident Roman Kharitonov challenges fines imposed on him for posted video

  The court in Sochi has considered three administrative cases against Roman Kharitonov formally and in his absence, Kharitonov has noted, demanding that the ruling be cancelled. Three fines totalling 100,000 roubles hit his family's small budget, he has stated.

December 15, 2023 21:14

• Twelve years since murder of Dagestani journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov

  Today marks 12 years since the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet. He was killed on a symbolic date – the Remembrance Day of Perished Journalists.