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October 31, 2023 23:15

• Kadyrov threatened participants of any unauthorized rallies to be shot in forehead

  In the event of protests in Chechnya, security forces must fire several warning shots in the air, and if the participants of the riot do not respond to the demand, then open fire on them, said the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 31, 2023 22:58

• Kremlin commented on riots in Dagestan

  Mass unrest in Makhachkala was provoked from outside, said Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Vladimir Putin has scheduled a closed meeting in the Kremlin related to the unrest, he said.

October 31, 2023 22:50

• Melikov: riots aim at destabilizing situation in Dagestan

  Behind the riots at the Makhachkala airport are people who oppose socio-economic transformations in Dagestan, since they deprive them of illegal income, and the riots themselves were supervised from abroad, including through “pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels,” said the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov.

October 31, 2023 18:30

• Picket in support of Gadjiev disrupted by police search at journalist Yusupov’s house

  A weekly picket in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev did not take place, as the protest posters were stored at Idris Yusupov’s house, searched by the police in connection with the riots at an airport in Makhachkala.

October 31, 2023 16:48

• In Dagestan, synagogues taken under police protection after riots

  The police took under protection the synagogues in Makhachkala, Buynaksk, Derbent, and Khasavyurt after riots at an airport in Makhachkala.

October 31, 2023 14:54

• RJC treats anti-Semitic protests in NCFD as atypical

  The events at the Makhachkala Airport and the anti-Semitic actions held in Khasavyurt, Cherkessk and Nalchik are atypical for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Russia as a whole; they threaten the interreligious and interethnic harmony in the country, the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) has stated.

October 31, 2023 14:12

• Israeli authorities treat its citizens' stay in Southern Russia as dangerous

  The Israeli National Security Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have raised the level of danger for country's citizens in Northern Caucasus and a number of neighbouring regions up to the maximum, recommending their fellow countrymen not to travel to these regions or leave them as soon as possible.

October 30, 2023 21:52

• Pro-Ukrainian slogan turns into fine for Kuban resident

  In the village of Pavlovskaya, the court has fined Dmitry Tertitsa, a local resident, by 40,000 roubles, finding that the slogan he wrote on the stele in support of Ukraine discredited Russian militaries.

October 30, 2023 21:39

• Hundreds take part in anti-Israeli rally at Makhachkala Airport

  Hundreds of Dagestani residents gathered at the "Uitash" Airport for the arrival of the flight from Tel Aviv, following the calls released in anonymous Telegram channels. The crowd declared that they would not allow Jews to enter the republic. Young people even inspect law enforcers' cars trying to find those arriving from Israel.

October 30, 2023 19:37

• Vladikavkaz: about 100 people commemorate repression victims

  Activists and descendants of those repressed have held an action in Vladikavkaz dated to the Remembrance Day of Victims of Political Repressions.

October 30, 2023 19:15

• Volgograd students support commemoration of victims of repression

  Volgograd university students have taken part in the all-Russian action "Names' Return" by gathering at the monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions and reading out the names of those repressed.

October 30, 2023 15:15

• Muftis of Northern Caucasus speak against anti-Semitic actions

  The Coordination Centre for Muslims of Northern Caucasus (CCMNC), while commenting on the action in Cherkessk with calls not to allow refugees from Israel into the republic, has treated anti-Semitic actions as unacceptable and called not to regard the opinion of their participants as the opinion of the whole nation.

October 29, 2023 18:12

• Law enforcers stop action in Khasavyurt against Israelis' arrival

  Hundreds of people gathered outside a hotel in Khasavyurt after reports in social networks that refugees from Israel had been accommodated at the hotel. Law enforcers allowed the protesters to get convinced that only tourists from Russia were among the hotel guests, after which the protesters dispersed.

October 29, 2023 01:37

• Dagestani Muftiate reports on thousands of those who prayed for Palestinians

  In Makhachkala, thousands have taken part in collective prayer for the Muslims of Palestine, the Muftiate of Dagestan has reported. Mass prayers for Palestinians were also held in mosques in Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya.

October 29, 2023 01:31

• Case of Baksan resident about discrediting Russian militaries reaches court

  A court in Baksan has taken for proceedings the criminal case initiated against Khusen Gukov, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.

October 28, 2023 22:27

• Four military servicemen convicted in Southern Russia for evading service

  The Makhachkala Military Court has sentenced two military servicemen to 5 and 5.5 years in colony accordingly for being absent from their military unit for more than a month.

October 28, 2023 22:18

• Human rights defenders assess motives for creating Sheikh Mansur Battalion in Chechnya

  The figure of Sheikh Mansur is very significant for the Chechens, and by naming a new battalion in his honour, Ramzan Kadyrov seeks to break the association of the above name with the Ichkerian battalion operating in Ukraine since 2014.

October 28, 2023 20:24

• Prosecution requests 7.5 years in prison for Dagestani activist Ataev

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has demanded to sentence Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, to 7.5 years in prison on charges of possessing an explosive device and narcotic drugs.

October 28, 2023 20:16

• ECtHR awards compensation to natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg awarded compensation to Magomed Abadiev, a convicted resident of Ingushetia, and Dalgat Gamzatov, a resident of Dagestan, who were subjected to inhumane treatment while being transferred to a penal colony.

October 28, 2023 19:46

• Makhachkala resident sentenced for participating in “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”*

  A court sentenced Makhmud Ibadulaev, a resident of Makhachkala, to two years and two months of imprisonment, recognizing him as an active participant of the extremist organization “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”*.