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April 09, 2023 16:06

• Court refuses to exclude Rizvanov's testimony from proofs in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case

  The court that considers the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev has rejected the petition lodged by Rizvanov, who asked to treat his identification in a photo by a secret witness as inadmissible proof.

April 09, 2023 16:03

• Villagers explain new protests in Dagestani Chirkei by poor authorities' attention

  The villagers' protest action against the construction of fish farms on the Chirkei Reservoir was caused by the authorities' insufficient reaction and fears that the above construction would still begin, residents of the village of Chirkei have stated.

April 08, 2023 22:39

• Court refuses to return Ingush activists' case to first instance

  At the court session that considered the complaint against the verdict in the so-called "Ingush case", the defendants-activists asked to send their case to the first-instance court because of the violations, but the court has dismissed the petition.

April 08, 2023 17:18

• Chechen SC refuses to re-open investigation into disappearance of Movsar Umarov

  A mother of Movsar Umarov requested the law enforcement bodies to resume the investigation into the case on her son’s disappearance in the summer of 2020, but the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya rejected the request, a lawyer of the “Team Against Torture”* reported.

April 08, 2023 15:14

• Moscow mosque scandal gives Kadyrov reason to demonstrate his influence

  Ramzan Kadyrov got involved in the construction of a mosque in Moscow in order to highlight himself as the main defender of Russia’s Muslims and demonstrate his increased influence, although formally he has no right to interfere in any events in another region.

April 07, 2023 23:55

• ECtHR awards compensation to activist from Minvody for his arrest

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found a violation of the rights of Mikhail Nazarenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who was arrested after a spontaneous gathering in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) held in 2015.

April 07, 2023 23:43

• Inquiry into complaint against deportation of Chechen Magomed Gadaev launched in France

  A court in Paris has launched an investigation into the actions of the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and two other officials involved in the deportation of Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, who was then sentenced to imprisonment in his homeland.

April 07, 2023 16:44

• Mobilized person convicted in Kuban for leaving the unit

  The Krasnodar Garrison Military Court has sentenced Sergey Lyakh to 3.5 years in prison and stripped him of his military rank for two cases of leaving his unit during the mobilization period.

April 07, 2023 15:44

• Advocate treats harsh sentence to natives of Dagestan for brawl in metro as predefined

  The verdict in the case of three natives of Dagestan for beating a passenger in the Moscow metro was predetermined due to a media campaign against the defendants, their defence believes.

April 07, 2023 15:00

• Rights defender who worked in Chechnya appointed UN Human Rights Rapporteur in Russia

  Mariana Katsarova, a Bulgarian human rights defender, who worked as a journalist in the war zone in Chechnya and also took part in monitoring human rights violations in Northern Caucasus, has been appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia.

April 07, 2023 14:37

• Eleven victims of armed clash in Ingushetia become largest law enforcers’ loss within a day since August 2012

  The law enforcers’ losses during an armed clash in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt, including three killed and eight wounded persons, became the largest number of casualties within a day among the law enforcers in Ingushetia after August 2012, the “Caucasian Knot” calculated.

April 07, 2023 14:23

• Tepsurkaev’s wife re-wins appeal in Supreme Court of Chechnya

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya again cancelled the decision of the instance court, which refused to consider common-law wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping.

April 06, 2023 23:49

• Ingushetia: law enforcers find explosive devices in houses of relatives of alleged militant

  Explosive devices and ammunition have been found in the houses of three residents of the Malgobek District, relatives of the alleged militant. All of them have been detained, the power structures of Ingushetia have informed.

April 06, 2023 21:51

• Law enforcers' losses in CTO in Ingushetia increase

  Three policemen have perished and eight wounded during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, a law enforcement source has informed.

April 06, 2023 20:53

• Blogger Vitaly Votanovsky leaves Russia after threats

  Vitaly Votanovsky, a blogger and an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), said that he had left Russia. Earlier, he received threats after filming the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine, and posting them in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar".

April 06, 2023 15:41

• Court in Nalchik doubles compensation to farmer Kardanova for criminal prosecution

  The court of appeal has increased from 500,000 to 1,000,000 roubles the compensation awarded for moral harm suffered by Djuliet Kardanova, a farmer from the city of Nartan, who was acquitted within the fraud case when receiving subsidies. Kardanova has treated the court's decision as fair.

April 06, 2023 15:31

• Court reduces fine for Dagestani journalist Magdi Kamalov for discrediting Russian army

  The court of cassation reduced from 100,000 to 30,000 roubles the fine imposed on Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 06, 2023 13:21

• Body of second alleged militant found in Ingushetia

  The second of six residents of Ingushetia, whom the law enforcement bodies consider involved in an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint, has been found dead today. Presumably, this is Movsar Kottoev, sources report.

April 05, 2023 18:46

• Krasnodar resident arrested for seven days for action at territorial administration

  A resident of Krasnodar has parked his car stylized as an American patrol police car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. The court arrested him for seven days having treated his action as an unsanctioned rally.

April 05, 2023 18:41

• Father of Movsar Kottoev killed in CTO in Ingushetia disowns him

  Akhmad Kottoev has promised not to avenge the death of his son Movsar, who is wanted in Ingushetia as a militant.