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December 24, 2022 20:51

• Journalist Sevrinovsky draws public attention to Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case

  Journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky released his documentary “Beyond of the Republic” reporting about the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

December 23, 2022 23:58

• Defence of Dagestani resident achieves reduction in his penalty for helping militants

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has reduced the prison term of Shamil Daitbekov, convicted on charges of helping militants. Daitbekov will be released on December 28 this year; his defence intends to seek his rehabilitation.

December 23, 2022 23:56

• Parents of emigrant blogger detained in Astrakhan

  Vasily Shevtsov, a blogger who left Russia after the announcement of mobilization, has reported the detention of his parents in Astrakhan. He associates the persecution of his relatives with his oppositional publications.

December 23, 2022 23:53

• Dagestan women with many children treat mobilization of their husbands as unfair

  Two Dagestani residents, the only breadwinners for their families with three children, were sent to participate in the military operation in Ukraine; attempts to challenge their mobilization were unsuccessful, their wives have stated.

December 23, 2022 23:49

• Chechen Gerikhanova's case shows changes in Interpol work

  The cancellation of the search for Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, became possible thanks to the recent reform of the Interpol, human rights defenders believe.

December 23, 2022 23:00

• Leyla Gireeva’s sister denies allegations of domestic violence

  Khava Gireeva, a sister of Leyla Gireeva, an 18-year-old resident of Nazran, says that there has always been a normal situation the house of their parents. She also notes that the relatives have taken care of her sister as well and treated her.

December 23, 2022 22:00

• Analysts: in Chechnya, women may be forcibly recruited into law enforcement bodies

  Chechen Minister of Press Akhmed Dudaev has posted a video reporting about the willingness of Chechen women to support men in protecting the interests of their homeland.

December 22, 2022 21:59

• Lawyers assess prospects for charges against Leyla Gireeva

  The accusations of a theft brought by relatives often fail to reach the court and return the runaway girls back into families. But in the case of Leyla Gireeva, a native of Ingushetia, such a charge could become an obstacle for the girl to go abroad, lawyers and human rights defenders have pointed out.

December 22, 2022 21:30

• Lawyers explain secrecy of trying case of plotting murder of Tumso's brother

  Mukhammad, Tumso Abdurakhmanov's brother, continues taking part in the trial that considers the preparation of his assassination. The trial is being held in secrecy due to fears for the safety of the victim and state security, since a member of the German intelligence service is involved in the case.

December 22, 2022 12:47

• Court closes case of gay propaganda at a fashion show in Makhachkala

  A court in Makhachkala has dismissed the administrative case against Elnara Askerova, a designer, accused of gay propaganda after a video of a private fashion show was circulated in social media.

December 21, 2022 22:00

• Court supports woman from Grozny in her dispute with Chechen MIA

  In Grozny, a court granted a request of Grozny resident Malkan Radueva, whose parents were deported in 1944, and obliged the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs to issue her a certificate of rehabilitation as a victim of political repression.

December 21, 2022 21:47

• Astrakhani law enforcers’ case highlights practice of planting drugs

  When commenting on a case instituted against former policemen, an advocate has stated that the fabrication of criminal cases on possession of drugs is being practiced by the law enforcement bodies in connection with the availability of wild-growing cannabis in the Astrakhan Region and the possibility of getting promotion.

December 21, 2022 18:05

• Court imposes new fine on Volgograd activist

  The court has fined Tamara Grodnikova, a Volgograd activist, by 40,000 roubles for her failure to pay the earlier imposed administrative fine under the article on discrediting the army; now she must pay 70,000 roubles within two months.

December 21, 2022 17:58

• Dagestan: cancellation of verdict to law enforcers in Kurashova's case fits into trend of torture investigations

  The defence has not yet received the reasoning part of the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which had overturned the verdict passed in the case of torture of Yulduz Kurashova, Khasavyurt resident, while Kurashova herself was never taken under state protection, Magomed Alamov, a lawyer, has noted.

December 21, 2022 17:48

• Wife of mobilized Kuban resident comes out to picket demanding to return her husband from frontline

  At her solo picket held near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), Ksenia Abramova has demanded to return home her husband, who has multiple spinal traumas.

December 21, 2022 17:46

• MoJ files lawsuit on liquidation of Moscow Helsinki Group

  The claim for the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) has been submitted to the Moscow City Court; the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to liquidate the organization on a formal basis, Eva Merkacheva, a human rights defender, believes.

December 21, 2022 17:10

• Residents of Urus-Martan tell about law enforcers' checks

  The checks conducted in the roads of Urus-Martan and nearby settlements by masked armed law enforcers are intended to intimidate local residents after the conflict involving a GIBDD (traffic police) inspector, locals believe.

December 20, 2022 23:55

• Authorities announce dispatch of a new group of Chechen militaries to Ukraine

  Another group of volunteers left the Grozny airport for the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

December 20, 2022 23:17

• Ingush law enforcer’s wife complains of being regularly beaten

  A woman from Ufa complains that her former husband, an employee of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), regularly beat her and her two sons, one of whom was about a year old.

December 20, 2022 22:58

• Krasnodar woman fined for her comment in Telegram

  A court has fined a resident of Krasnodar by 30,000 roubles for an approving comment in the Telegram to the post about setting fire to a banner with the letter Z.