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August 05, 2023 18:48

• Abramov from Krasnodar faces risk of sending to SMO zone

  The medical commission has found Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, mobilized with spinal hernias, as partially fit for military service. His wife has stated that he is being prepared for sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

August 05, 2023 17:10

• After complaint to Chechen Ombudsperson, Chechens from Dagestani village achieve authorities' attention

  After complaints from the Chechens living in the village of Kemsi-Yurt and Mansur Soltaev's talks with local authorities, it was decided to build a kindergarten and a medical facility in the village, as well as to construct a road from Khasavyurt.

August 04, 2023 21:50

• Nikolin's case reminds of illegal weapons problem and combatants' adaptation

  The illegal circulation of the weapons originating from the special military operation (SMO) zone is widespread among all fighters; sometimes entire units can be involved therein, analysts have pointed out in their comments on the case of the shooting of a "Wagner" fighter at law enforcers in the Rostov Region.

August 04, 2023 18:40

• Advocate Akhilgov reports being called to Centre “E” due to accusation report

  The reason for an accusation report against advocate Kaloi Akhilgov was his comments in the media, recognized as foreign agents. An author of the accusation report suggested that Kaloi Akhilgov and his colleagues refuse to speak in the media.

August 04, 2023 18:36

• Court cancels sentence to Rostov resident for graffiti about Putin

  In Krasnodar, a court of cassation cancelled the verdict to Mikhail Selitsky, who was sentenced to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital in a case on vandalism motivated by political hostility. The court sent the case for retrial. That was reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project with reference to advocate Rustam Mukhamadeev.

August 04, 2023 13:21

• Posting photo with statement about president turns into fine for Krasnodar woman

  The court has treated the photo of a bag with an expression about the death of the country's president, posted by a 21-year-old woman from Krasnodar on the Internet, as discrediting Russian militaries and fined her by 30,000 roubles.

August 03, 2023 23:12

• Judge refuses to consider torture case of Chechen actor Debishev

  The complaint against the refusal to initiate a case of torturing Timur Debishev, an actor, has been once again returned by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny. However, the judge who had received the complaint has withdrawn himself by using a formal pretext, Ekaterina Vanslova, a human rights defender, has informed.

August 03, 2023 20:57

• Kadyrov boasts of his mother's award

  The President of Russia has decorated Aimani Kadyrova with the Order of Honour for her active social work, the head of Chechnya has informed.

August 03, 2023 19:43

• In Volgograd, court refuses to consider prisoner’s complaint about conditions in SIZO

  Convicted Konstantin Fokin filed to court a claim against the Federal Penitentiary Service and demanded to pay him 500,000 roubles in compensation for moral damages for poor conditions in a Volgograd SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court refused to consider the claim, as the statute of limitations had been missed.

August 03, 2023 16:51

• Sources report about clash between local residents on Dagestani-Chechen border

  More than a hundred young people gathered at night on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya after a domestic conflict between two persons, and the situation required the intervention of the police, sources reported.

August 02, 2023 23:35

• Stavropol Territory: contract soldier sentenced to six years for service evasion

  The Stavropol Territorial Military Court has sentenced a contract soldier to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

August 02, 2023 22:38

• Tepsurkaev's wife wins appeal at Chechen SC for the third time

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has obliged the first-instance court in Grozny to correct the violations committed when considering the complaint of the widow of Salman Tepsurkaev about the refusal to recognize her as a suffered party; however, the latter didn't do it.

August 02, 2023 21:37

• SC mitigates arrest terms of figurants in Tskaev's death case

  The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has softened the conditions and terms of arrest for former law enforcers Alan Khokhoev, Georgy Tsomaev, Shota Maisuradze and Soslan Sitokhov, accused within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a citizen of Vladikavkaz, which occurred after he was questioned at the police station.

August 02, 2023 20:13

• Intervention of authorities formalizes reconciliation of blood feud enemies in Chechnya

  When commenting on the news about the forgiveness of blood feud after a road traffic accident in the Sheikh-Mansurovsky District of Grozny, Ruslan Kutaev has pointed out that reconciliation of blood feud enemies after a fatal road traffic accident often occurs under pressure from the authorities, but enmity may continue in such cases.

August 02, 2023 17:19

• Grozny Mayoralty’s report highlights practice of forcing residents of Chechnya to participate in subbotniks

  More than five hundred people from thirty departments took part in a series of subbotniks (volunteer unpaid work on Saturdays) in the “English Castle,” the Mayor of Grozny reported. Social media users questioned the voluntary decision of city residents to take part in cleaning up the destroyed building.

August 01, 2023 23:54

• Zarema Musaeva hopes for Supreme Court

  Zarema Musaeva, convicted in the case of attacking a law enforcer, has stated that she hopes for the Russian Supreme Court (SC), from which she expects a positive decision on her complaint against the court verdict passed in Grozny, the "Novaya Gazeta" outlet has informed.

August 01, 2023 20:42

• Tsipinova's case fits into trend of persecuting advocates

  Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who has been charged with assaulting a law enforcer, will not be able to work in her profession, if the court finds her guilty. In the past 10 years, cases of persecuting advocates for their professional activities have become more frequent, Tsipinova's colleagues have pointed out.

August 01, 2023 19:54

• Resident of Ingushetia complains about law enforcers' inaction in a car scam case

  Murat Baimurziev, a resident of Ingushetia, has fallen victim to a malefactor, who had rented a truck from him and refused to return it. The courts sided with Baimurziev' and law enforcers are protracting the inquiry into the case, Pavel Misharin, an advocate, has informed.

July 31, 2023 23:50

• Prosecutor’s office challenges verdict to advocate Tsipinova

  An officer of the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the verdict to Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, who was acquitted in a case on an attack on a law enforcer. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre of Kabardino-Balkaria on its Telegram channel with reference to a post of the “Advokatskaya Street”*.

July 31, 2023 22:11

• Resident of Adygea left in custody despite complaint of torture

  A court in Adygea has refused to release a local resident, who complained of torture and beatings at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), under house arrest. Information about torture has not yet been confirmed, the court has explained.