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July 04, 2023 22:48

• Journalist Milashina reports details of attack on her in Chechnya

  On the way from an airport to Grozny, a driver of a taxi, in which journalist Elena Milashina and advocate Alexander Nemov were traveling, was forced to stop by unidentified persons. Then the strangers tied Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov up, beat them, and put guns to their heads, Elena Milashina reported.

July 04, 2023 21:43

• Advocate Nemov and journalist Milashina receive serious traumas in attack

  Unidentified armed men have kicked Alexander Nemov, a lawyer, and Elena Milashina, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", who had arrived in Chechnya to cover the trial of Zarema Musaeva.

July 04, 2023 21:19

• Expert demonstrates lack of professionalism at court hearing in human rights defender Orlov’s case

  When speaking in court in a case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, expert Natalia Kryukova failed to explain the base for her conclusions that Oleg Orlov was an anti-Russian human rights defender. The expert was also unable to substantiate the contradictions in the text of her conclusion.

July 04, 2023 19:34

• Zarema Musaeva sentenced to 5.5 years in jail

  A court in Grozny has sentenced Zarema Musaeva to 5.5 years of freedom deprivation after finding her guilty of assaulting a policeman.

July 04, 2023 10:19

• Activists support Abdulmumin Gadjiev with their pickets

  In Makhachkala, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), held solo pickets with the demand to release him. The police wrote down their personal data and demanded an explanation.

July 03, 2023 23:54

• Stavropol court refuses to consider law suit about mobilization of a large family father

  The claim lodged by Shakir Ragimov to cancel the decision to mobilize him was not considered by the Kirovsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory. The Territorial Court has upheld the decision.

July 03, 2023 18:14

• Dagestani bloggers harass psychologist for seminar on women's rights

  In social networks, Dagestani bloggers have criticized Khava Shaidullina, a psychologist from Kazan, who intended to hold a seminar in Makhachkala on women's rights in Islam. They explained their position by stating that Shaidullina's viewpoint fails to correspond to religious canons and can mislead residents of Dagestan.

July 03, 2023 15:17

• Nalchik: contract soldier convicted for service evasion

  The Military Court in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has sentenced a military serviceman under contract to five years in jail after finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

July 02, 2023 23:59

• "Important Stories"* tell about financing Special Forces University in Gudermes

  The Russian Special Forces University located in the Chechen city Gudermes, which has become one of the training centres for fighters to participate in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, is funded by Chechen businessman Movsadi Alviev, the "Important Stories"* have informed.

July 02, 2023 23:54

• Political analysts treat support for "Wagner" fighters in Rostov-on-Don as low

  During the day of Prigozhin's rebellion, the support for fighters of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) by Rostov-on-Don townspeople was not massive; people came to the city centre more out of curiosity, political analysts believe.

July 02, 2023 23:40

• Residents of Dagestan appreciated the importance of Eid al-Adha

  The celebration of Eid al-Adha in Dagestan is not as scaled as of the Eid al-Fitr, but gradually the number of believers who understand the significance of this holiday and participate in sacrifices is increasing, residents of the republic have noted.

July 02, 2023 23:07

• Makhachkala: torture of girl in family outraged social network users

  A Makhachkala woman is suspected of torturing her husband's nine-year-old daughter, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed. Instagram** users have called for the girl's father to be punished, suggesting that he had admitted the torture.

July 02, 2023 21:39

• Advocate treats decision to close Nozdrinov's trial as unlawful

  The acting chairman of the Novokubansk Court has banned visiting the trial of the Krasnodar journalist and blogger, Alexander Nozdrinov. Such a ban is illegal and interferes with interrogation of witnesses, a Nozdrinov's advocate has stated.

July 01, 2023 16:51

• Former military man from Vladikavkaz fined for discrediting Russian army

  Konstantin Yefremov, a former commander of a motorized rifle division stationed in Chechnya, who left Russia, was fined in absentia in Vladikavkaz. A court recognized his interview to the “Gulagu.net” human rights project about the actions of Russian militaries in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

July 01, 2023 02:39

• PO demands tougher punishment for rights defender Igor Nagavkin

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender has stated numerous violations and falsifications at the trial of the theft of gold jewellery by the first-instance court. The Volgograd Regional Court, where his appeal is considered, has rejected all of his motions.

June 30, 2023 23:19

• Volgograd court obliges MIA to consider case of refugees from Afghanistan

  A large family of refugees from Afghanistan, named Sh(...), has demanded in court to extend their temporary asylum in Russia due to the threat of persecution in their homeland. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) insists that the couple failed to provide reasons why they can't return to Afghanistan.

June 30, 2023 22:17

• Coordinator of Navalny's office** in Krasnodar put on federal wanted list

  Lev Gyammer, a former coordinator of the Krasnodar office of Alexei Navalny*, an oppositional politician, has been put on the federal wanted list.

June 30, 2023 20:11

• Defence of Ingush oppositionists remind about real culprits of crisis in republic

  The mass protests in Ingushetia were provoked by the actions of the republic's leadership, and the riots that onset during the rally were an attempt to forcefully disperse the demonstrators, Askhab Uzhakhov, an advocate, has noted.

June 30, 2023 19:53

• Investigators have no evidence, advocate of Ingush activist Nalgiev claims

  In Pyatigorsk, a court continued to consider an appeal filed in the case of Ingush activists. Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of Ismail Nalgiev, emphasized that investigators had no evidence that the activists had organized riots during the rally in Magas. However, there is evidence proving that the defendants tried to stop the violence.

June 30, 2023 19:49

• Human rights defenders announce release of Magomed Abubakarov in Chechnya

  Magomed Abubakarov, a citizen of the United Kingdom, who had been kept by Chechen law enforcers for several weeks, has been released.