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September 14, 2024 20:06

• Police report investigation into actions of Volgograd propagandists

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is investigating a complaint lodged by lawyer Roman Melnichenko about incitement of hatred and disclosure of personal data of Alexei Navalny’s supporters in Volgograd by employees of a TV Company. Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev filed an appeal against the police’s refusal of his complaint to conduct an investigation into the legality of the propagandists’ actions.

September 13, 2024 23:56

• At background of journalistic investigation, "Beslan Mothers" tell about meeting with ICRF head

  Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has met relatives of the victims of the terror act in Beslan. There are many blank spots in the case, the participants of the meeting have asserted. The meeting took place amid the inquiry into the circumstances under which the school building with hostages was stormed, conducted by journalist Elena Milashina.

September 13, 2024 22:40

• ECtHR finds rights violations of residents of Ingushetia and Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the violation of the rights of Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov, residents of Ingushetia, and of Murad Dingaev, a resident of Dagestan, to the prohibition of torture and has obliged Russia to pay compensation to them.

September 13, 2024 20:41

• Appeal court tightens verdict to rights defender Igor Nagavkin

  After considering the appeal complaints, the Volgograd Regional Court has replaced the conditional two-year freedom deprivation term appointed to Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, for a real one. Nagavkin treats the decision as unfair and intends to challenge it.

September 13, 2024 20:05

• Mother of military man from Kabardino-Balkaria to get compensation for his death

  Irina Gonokova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, requested court to oblige the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay 15 million roubles in compensation. However, the court reduced the requested amount tenfold.

September 13, 2024 17:38

• Kuban Jehovah's Witness* complains about absence of medical care at SIZO

  The advocate of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has filed complaints to the prosecutor's office about the absence of medical care, but was still unable to get treatment for his client, who is suffering from the consequences of a knee injury and acute toothache. The SIZO's medical unit has stated that Bailo needs no emergency care.

September 12, 2024 23:56

• Makhachkala resident to get compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution

  The Russian Ministry of Finance requested court to reduce the amount of compensation for Patimat Akhmedova, referring to the possibility of “unjust enrichment” of the victim.

September 12, 2024 23:28

• Unidentified persons set fire to car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan again

  At night, unidentified persons set fire to a car of Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan. This is the second arson of the car belonging to the blogger within a week.

September 12, 2024 21:07

• Details of extremism case against believers from the Kuban village revealed

  Investigators have charged Vladimir Lepsky from the village of Vyselki with reading aloud the books of Jehovah's Witnesses*. The husband of another defendant, Irina Ushakova, is involved in the case as the organizer of an extremist cell, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

September 12, 2024 19:30

• Historians treat draft to review rehabilitation decisions as part of propaganda

  The draft order by Igor Krasnov, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, to review rehabilitation decisions has no novelties, since rehabilitation of war criminals is prohibited by law. However, once adopted, it may result in cancelling some rehabilitation decisions, which may be used in propaganda, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

September 12, 2024 19:09

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident demands to punish law enforcers for kidnapping and torture

  Law enforcers kidnapped Asker Shetov and injured him, after which they falsified a criminal case against him, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complained. The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria found Asker Shetov not guilty, but the actions of the law enforcers remained unpunished.

September 11, 2024 23:16

• Journalist Saveliev* and activist Kankiya* comment on their inclusion into register of foreign agents

  Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* from Krasnodar do not agree with the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to include them into the register of foreign agents. However, the MoJ’s decision will not stop their activities.

September 11, 2024 22:48

• Vadim Kharchenko*’s advocate lodges complaint about being prosecuted for her professional activities

  Natalia Fedorenko, a defender of Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*, is accused of violating the privacy of one of the judges. During the consideration of a case on illegal construction, the advocate challenged the judge because he was treating his dog in a veterinary clinic located in an “illegally constructed” building.

September 11, 2024 22:13

• Dagestani policemen suspected of fabricating drug case

  In the Nogai District of Dagestan, four policemen officers are suspected of fabricating a criminal case on drug possession, which they had planted on a local resident, investigators have stated.

September 11, 2024 21:46

• Police report on distribution of summonses in Rostov Region

  During the raids conducted in the Aksaysky District (Rostov Region), law enforcers found about 50 violators of the migration legislation; ten of them were banned from entering Russia; other 39 received summonses for the military service.

September 11, 2024 17:29

• Blogger Sophia Angel-Barokko sentenced to probation

  A court in Maykop has found Sophia Angel-Barokko, a video blogger, guilty of justifying extremism and insulting believers' feelings and sentenced her to two years of conditional imprisonment (probation) and a fine.

September 10, 2024 22:32

• In case on riots at Makhachkala airport, defendant rejects his involvement in riots

  Driver Magomed Irbeinov partially admitted guilt. The man emphasized that he was at the Makhachkala airport, but did not take part in the riots. The statement of Magomed Irbeinov has been confirmed by video recordings, his advocate reported.

September 10, 2024 20:41

• On September 2-8, one person killed and another wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from September 2 to September 8, 2024, one militant was killed and one law enforcer was wounded in 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.

September 10, 2024 20:20

• Zoo rights defender Denis Djalaganiya accused of discrediting Russian Army

  After a denunciation that was made against Denis Djalaganiya, a public animal welfare inspector, that he had allegedly discredited the Russian Army in his pacifist publications posted in an animal rights group chat, an administrative protocol was drawn up against him.

September 10, 2024 20:02

• Rights defender from Rostov-on-Don complains about delay in opening attack case

  In Rostov-on-Don, the police dragged out the decision to open a criminal case about an attack on the female lawyer who defended militaries' rights, who had refused to take part in military operations. The police said that an additional check was needed, she has stated.