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April 23, 2025 23:50

• Rostov resident Elena Popova recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have announced Elena Popova, a resident of the Rostov Region, sentenced to 12 years for transferring money to journalist Arkady Babchenko*, to be a political prisoner.

April 23, 2025 23:46

• Absence of Adam Kadyrov’s official appointment to new post underscores nepotism in Chechnya

  Adam Kadyrov, the 17-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, was mentioned in the position of Secretary of the Security Council, although there was no official announcement of the appointment. The appointments of Ramzan Kadyrov's children, in particular Adam, who cannot officially hold this post, are a "family matter," human rights defenders have noted.

April 23, 2025 22:02

• Human rights defenders face threats after reporting about girl’s beating in Khasavyurt

  The “Caucasus Without a Mother” movement, which reported about the beating of a 16-year-old girl by her father, has faced threats and demands for an apology. People posing as family members and their acquaintances are demanding to remove the post.

April 23, 2025 21:58

• Ingush imam Tamaskhanov highlights reasons for his persecution

  A criminal case against Ingush imams is related to their religious activities, including the construction of mosques and support for the “Antilirika” movement, Mukhammad Tamaskhanov states.

April 22, 2025 23:58

• On April 14-20, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 14 to 20, 2025, one person perished in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 22, 2025 23:55

• Protesters clash with law enforcers in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, a protest action has turned into protesters’ clashes with law enforcers; policemen detaining at least one person.

April 22, 2025 19:53

• Kadyrov’s patronage does not help Bakalchuk keep “Wildberries” Company

  In Moscow, a court has considered a case on division of property and obliged Vladislav Bakalchuk to pay compensation to his former wife Tatiana Kim. Despite support from Chechnya, Vladislav Bakalchuk received only 1/7 of the total couple’s property, and his share in the “Wildberries” Company went to Tatiana Kim.

April 22, 2025 19:45

• Defendants in two resonant cases in Rostov Region decide to go to SMO

  Three of the defendants in the case on the shootout between Chechen farmers in the Chernozubov farm yard have already left for the special military operation (SMO), and Anastasia Potorochina, a former psychiatrist of the Rostov tuberculosis hospital of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) wrote a letter asking for permission to conclude a military contract.

April 21, 2025 23:55

• More than 1000 people request ICRF to take control of Seda Suleimanova’s case

  Activists have sent 1011 appeals to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with the demand to take control over the investigation into the Seda Suleimanova’s case. Signatures are being collected in Russian cities under an appeal to the country’s presidential administration in connection with the Seda Suleimanova’s disappearance in Chechnya.

April 21, 2025 23:34

• “SK SOS” Crisis Group* names motives for campaigning to submit appeals in Chechen Suleimanova’s case

  The organizers of sending online appeals to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a call to take control of the inquiry into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen native, have hope for some progress in the case, since they have positive experience of such campaigns.

April 21, 2025 21:56

• Bailo's relatives state protraction of inquiry into cause of his death

  A month after the death of Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness*, at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), his body is in the morgue; its examination is not over; and the advocates and relatives have received not a single official response. Problems in investigating deaths in custody have become systemic, human rights defenders have indicated.

April 21, 2025 21:22

• Kadyrov's eldest son is honorary citizen of Grozny

  For his significant contribution to sports development, Akhmat Kadyrov was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Grozny".

April 19, 2025 23:58

• Kadyrov outraged by idea of banning namaz in one of districts in Stavropol Territory

  When commenting on a document banning namaz (prayer) in the Andropovsky District of the Stavropol Territory that had already been cancelled by the district’s authorities, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called the ban an “open discrimination and legal lawlessness.” The leader of Chechnya has suggested that the authorities of other regions should build more mosques if they do not want namaz in the street.

April 19, 2025 23:40

• Participation in meeting with Emir of Qatar emphasizes Kadyrov's role in Kremlin's Middle East policy

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, acts as an informal mediator in relations with Islamic states, but has little freedom of manoeuvre in building personal relations with Middle-Eastern leaders.

April 19, 2025 23:17

• Vitaly Zhuravlyov’s new case sent to court

  Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of Akhtubinsk, has been charged with two episodes of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces for his comments posted on a social network.

April 19, 2025 22:43

• Analysts assess popularity of detained Ingush Imams

  The Ingush Imams, Mukhammad Tamaskhanov and Magomed Sultygov, were released after detention under recognizance not to leave the place. Both of them are popular among the followers of Salafi Islam.

April 19, 2025 21:44

• Believer from Astrakhan returned to penal colony unit after 20 days in punishment cell

  Anna Safronova, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Astrakhan, who complained about cruel treatment in a penal colony in Stavropol, has been released from a punishment cell. The administration of the penal colonies often uses placement to punishment cell specifically in relation to prisoners who are believers.

April 18, 2025 23:58

• Vitaly Zhuravlyov, accused of discrediting Russian Army, declared political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have recognized Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of the Astrakhan Region, convicted under the article on repeated discrediting the Russian Army, as a political prisoner and demanded that his criminal prosecution be stopped and he be released.

April 18, 2025 23:56

• Imams report about pressure on Tamaskhanov

  Law enforcers used brute force to detain Imam Magomed Tamaskhanov and used pressure to get a confession from him concerning his alleged ties to a terrorist grouping, religious leaders claimed. They demanded from the Ingush authorities to intervene in the situation.

April 18, 2025 23:16

• Lawyer names criteria for prosecuting Astrakhan teens under sabotage article

  Schoolboys from the Astrakhan Region have pleaded guilty to committing a sabotage act. In order to prosecute them under this article, investigators must prove that the aim thereof was to undermine the country’s economic security, a lawyer has emphasized.