Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) North Caucasus

March 26, 2025 21:40

• Relatives demand to disclose cause of death of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo

  In Novorossiysk, employees of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), tried to give out the body of Jehovah’s Witness* Valery Bailo to his relatives without a forensic examination. However, the relatives and defence requested the SIZO administration to disclose the cause of the man’s death.

March 26, 2025 20:57

• Resident of Dagestan complains to Putin about corrupt law enforcers

  The members of a public association that built an apartment building in Dagestan are being subjected to extortion and blackmail by law enforcers and judges who are preventing the building legalization. This was stated by Gadjimurad Abdulmazhidov, the initiator of the construction.

March 25, 2025 23:48

• Thirteen Dagestani residents sentenced to imprisonment in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  In the Stavropol Territory, two courts sentenced thirteen residents of Dagestan to terms of imprisonment ranging from 7 to 10.5 years. Two of the defendants, in addition to participating in mass riots and violating transport safety rules, have been found guilty of attacking police inspectors.

March 25, 2025 22:57

• ICRF deprives Chechen Umarov’s mother of chance to seek truth in case of her son's disappearance

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has overturned the decision of its employee who refused to provide the case materials on the disappearance of Movsar Umarov. This led to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya stopping the consideration of the complaint of Umarov's mother.

March 25, 2025 22:41

• Jehovah's Witness* Valery Bailo dies at SIZO

  Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness* of 67, has died at the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison). His relatives assert that he complained about his health, but no medical care was provided to him.