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December 11, 2022 16:47

• Criminal case on discrediting militaries opened against Valery Badmaev, journalist from Kalmykia

  Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Sovremennaya Kalmykia" outlet, has become a suspect within a criminal case of discrediting Russian militaries; the court forbade him to use the Internet, telephone and mail.

December 11, 2022 13:46

• Kadyrov boasts of sending new group of volunteers to SMO zone

  A group of volunteers trained at the Russian Special Forces University has departed from Grozny Airport to the special military operation (SMO) zone, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

December 10, 2022 23:58

• Pacifist posts draw law enforcers' attention to couple from Sochi

  Valeria and Alexander Dudnikov from Sochi left Russia after the announcement of the partial mobilization. Valeria's pacifist posts in social networks have attracted law enforcers' attention, who visited the Dudnikovs' parents and at their place of registration.

December 10, 2022 23:47

• Defence of Krasnodar activist claims violation of her rights at mental hospital

  Irina Grigorieva, a Krasnodar activist, has recorded a video appeal from the psychiatric hospital, where she was forcibly taken for examination.

December 10, 2022 23:45

• Around 500 journalists and NGO activists sign appeal of "Meduza" in defence of "Dozhd"

  The "Caucasian Knot" has joined the statement regarding the revocation of the Latvian license from the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel and expressed its support for the TV Channel.

December 10, 2022 19:29

• Swedish radio station announces Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov alive

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov is alive and will testify in court in Munich, a Swedish radio station reports with reference to a court representative.

December 10, 2022 19:25

• In Rostov-on-Don, deputy chief of prison hospital accused of organizing torture

  In Rostov-on-Don, the case against Alexander Lyakh, the former deputy chief of the tuberculosis hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), accused of organizing the torture of prisoners, has been brought to court.

December 09, 2022 15:22

• Author of graffiti about Putin in Rostov-on-Don seeks to cancel the verdict

  The defence intends to appeal against the verdict to a Rostov citizen, whom the court sentenced to restriction of freedom and compulsory psychiatric treatment because of the graffiti about President Vladimir Putin he made in Rostov-on-Don.

December 09, 2022 15:17

• Leyla Gireeva's defence demands to close the theft criminal case

  The criminal case on the theft of gold jewellery was initiated against Leyla Gireeva, who had run away from home at the application of her mother, who was seeking her daughter's return to Nazran. This application was not supported by facts, the girl's defence has pointed out and demanded to cancel the resolution on opening the case.

December 09, 2022 15:13

• Volgograd resident fined heavily for discrediting army

  Ruslan Narushev, a resident of Volgograd, has been fined by 85,000 roubles for placing two banners, the inscriptions on which the court treated as discrediting Russian militaries. The man refused to plead guilty.

December 09, 2022 15:08

• Human rights defenders surprised by lawsuit of dismissed contract soldier in Chechnya

  Contract soldier Magomed Elemkhanov, who lost in Grozny a trial in the case on his dismissal for refusing to go to the special military operation zone, had the right by the law not to participate in battles outside of Russia, but after the annexation of new territories to Russia, a soldier who refuses to go there can face criminal prosecution, a lawyer and human rights defenders note.

December 09, 2022 14:58

• Akhmadov attacks Zakaev with accusations of Chechen blogger Tumso’s murder

  The possible murder of Tumso Abdurakhmanov could be organized by Akhmed Zakaev, who was criticized by the blogger. This was announced by Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the “Grozny” TV Channel, who ignored the fact that Tumso Abdurakhmanov was criticizing the Chechen authorities for years.

December 09, 2022 14:53

• Defenders of Lake Ak-Gyol point to builders' absence of permit to construct the temple

  The construction of the temple near Lake Ak-Gyol has been actually launched, but no building permit had been issued, activists of the "City Is Ours" movement have stated. The Diocese has not yet applied for a building permit, the Makhachkala Mayoralty has confirmed.

December 09, 2022 14:50

• Chechen activists doubt links of blogger Tumso's disappearance with presentation of his party

  The establishment by Tumso Abdurakhmanov of his party could not significantly increase the threat to his security, since he had long been declared as Kadyrov's enemy, moreover that the new political force had no time to manifest itself.

December 08, 2022 16:57

• Rights defenders support renaming of two streets in Nalchik

  The activists' demands to rename the Nalchik streets named in honour of Soviet generals Zakharov and Kozlov are reasonable, Valery Khatazhukov and Zaur Shokuev, activists of the human rights centre of Kabardino-Balkaria, have pointed out.

December 08, 2022 16:55

• Case of believer from Cherkessk sent for reconsideration

  A court in Pyatigorsk has overturned the verdict to Elena Menchikova, a resident of the city of Cherkessk, who was sentenced to five years of conditional imprisonment on charges of participation in an extremist organization, and sent the case for a new trial at the first-instance court.

December 07, 2022 23:58

• Chechen contract soldier from Chechnya loses case on dismissal for refusing to go to Ukraine

  In Grozny, the garrison military court refused to reinstate contract soldier Magomed Elemkhanov, who was dismissed after he failed to comply with the order to leave “for a trip to perform service and combat missions.”

December 07, 2022 23:55

• Ingush lawyer describes specific features of mobilization in Northern Caucasus

  The religious factor has become a distinctive feature of mobilization in Northern Caucasus. In fact, the participation of religious figures in recruiting and the practice of putting pressure on relatives excluded the option of alternative service for residents of Chechnya, while in Ingushetia, it is possible against the background of a different position of religious leaders on the special military operation, the lawyer says.

December 07, 2022 23:52

• Human rights defenders associate silence of Tumso’s relatives with Chechen traditions and realities

  When commenting on the silence of Tumso Abdurakhmanov’s relatives after the version of his murder had appeared, human rights defenders Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev have pointed out that according to the local traditions, no mourning events for a deceased person are held in Chechnya if the body of the deceased is not delivered home.

December 07, 2022 23:45

• Social network users support protest against development of park near Lake Ak-Gyol in Dagestan

  Dagestani authorities have ignored townspeople's statements in defence of the park area near Lake Ak-Gyol; activists have stated in connection with the laying of a stone at the construction site of the temple in the park. Instagram* users have supported the call to build the temple elsewhere.