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April 19, 2024 16:07

• Kadyrov’s law enforcer harshly detained in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, at least six persons took part in the detention of a driver in a state of alcoholic intoxication. According to media reports, the drunk driver was identified as Major General Alikhan Tsakaev, Chechen Minister for Emergencies, a classmate of Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 19, 2024 16:03

• Activist Votanovsky* accused of ignoring foreign agent marking

  The police drew up two protocols against Vitaly Votanovsky*, an activist from Krasnodar, accusing him of ignoring the requirement to mark his entries on the Internet with a note that they were produced by a foreign agent.

April 19, 2024 15:01

• Bogdan Abdurakhmanov confesses to idea of setting fire to military registration and enlistment office

  Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, accused in a case on arson of a military registration and enlistment office building in the city of Goryachy Klyuch, confirmed the testimony voiced by Boris Goncharenko, the second defendant in the case. Bogdan Abdurakhmanov said he was ready to carry out the plan alone.

April 18, 2024 23:58

• Rights defenders declare Valery Bailo as political prisoner

  In violation of international legal norms, Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, was arrested on charges of extremism. The human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated that his prosecution is politically motivated.

April 18, 2024 23:49

• "Memory Project" reports consequences of forced disappearances in Chechnya

  The traumatic experience obtained by relatives of those who went missing in Chechnya doesn't pass without traceless. Families find themselves in a difficult financial situation; and children of those missing often face problems with law enforcement bodies, since authorities classify them as at risk of radicalization.

April 18, 2024 23:27

• Rights defenders don't treat sending migrants from Rostov Region to front as massive

  Sending migrants to the front does not look like a mass phenomenon, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments to Rostov law enforcers' reports about serving summonses to local migrants following the raids conducted after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall.

April 18, 2024 20:44

• Blogger from Anapa punished with fine and public apologies for his words about Russian militaries

  The official Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) posted a video with apologies voiced by a blogger from Anapa, who was charged under the administrative article for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces for his statements voiced during video streaming.

April 18, 2024 17:28

• Analysts link scandal around music tempo in Chechnya to poor professionalism of idea authors

  The initiative of subordinates of the head of Chechnya to limit the tempo of Chechen national music was intended to demonstrate their importance, but due to officials' low professionalism the initiative resulted in Kadyrov's apologies, analysts believe.

April 18, 2024 17:24

• Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk arrested on charges of extremism

  The court has placed into custody a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk, suspected of taking part in activities of an extremist organization and involving his girlfriend in it.

April 17, 2024 23:47

• Advocate checks conditions of Orlov*’s detention at SIZO

  Oleg Orlov* has been placed in a three-person cell in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Samara, and the human rights defender does not complain about the conditions of his detention, an advocate reports. The defender suggests that Oleg Orlov* will be transferred to Syzran or Togliatti.

April 17, 2024 23:43

• Creation of Putin District strengthens cult of Russian President in Chechnya

  In the conditions of tyranny with the implantation of the cults of Kadyrov's family and Russian President, the residents of Chechnya could not speak out against the creation of the Putin District, human rights defenders have stated after the report of the Grozny Mayoralty on almost unanimous approval of the above initiative.

April 17, 2024 23:07

• Zalina Marshenkulova put on federal wanted list

  Investigators have put Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, on the federal wanted list. The journalist is accused in absentia of justifying terrorism in public.

April 17, 2024 19:38

• From April 8 to April 14, two persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 8 to April 14, 2024, two suspected militants were killed during the 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 17, 2024 19:07

• KBR native accused of treason

  The case of Vladislav Poruchikov, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of attempted treason and links with a terrorist organization located in the territory of Ukraine, has arrived at a Moscow court.

April 16, 2024 22:37

• Lawyers assess chances of man mobilized in Rostov Region to avoid prison

  Mobilized Dmitry Setrakov, a native of the Rostov Region, who was taken out of Armenia by Russian law enforcers, has agreed to cooperate with investigators, but this fact is unlikely to help him avoid criminal prosecution, notes an activist of the “Idite Lesom” (Get Lost!) project.

April 16, 2024 20:19

• Police report death of resident of Rostov Region at detention

  A resident of the Aparinsky Farm in the Ust-Donetsk District has died at detention by policemen who used force against him. A check is underway.

April 16, 2024 17:10

• Tourist’s photo in Kaspiysk inflames moral fighters

  A resident of Kaspiysk took a photograph of a tourist in a bathrobe resting on a balcony of a local hotel, after which moral fighters distributed the picture on social networks. The tourist said she would file a lawsuit, while social media users wrote comments criticizing moral activists for invading the tourist’s privacy.

April 16, 2024 16:56

• KBR woman is seeking punishment of law enforcer for beating her son

  The head of the police department has hit his son and then his friend because they skipped school, said the mother of the teenager living in the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

April 15, 2024 21:06

• Human rights defender Oleg Orlov* convoyed from Moscow

  Oleg Orlov*, found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, has been convoyed from Moscow to another region. He is now in Samara. Oleg Orlov* notes that he was not notified of the transfer.

April 15, 2024 20:43

• Volgodonsk resident found guilty of discrediting Russian Army

  In Volgodonsk, a court found Irina Ponomaryova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.