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December 07, 2022 23:43

• Parents complain about systemic torture at Vladikavkaz kindergarten

  Children have returned more than once from a private kindergarten in Vladikavkaz with bruises and abrasions; they wouldn't go there, but only after watching video records, the fact of beating children up there became known for certain, parents have stated.

December 07, 2022 22:09

• Rights defender Cherkasov treats threat to Chechen political emigrants in Europe as systemic

  It is impossible to comment on the rumours about the murder of the Chechen oppositional blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, without relying on confirmed information, but Chechen political emigrants have been killed in Europe for more than a decade; however, European authorities fail to perceive the threat to their lives as systemic. This was stated by Alexander Cherkasov, a board member of the "Memorial" Centre for Defence of Human Rights*.

December 07, 2022 22:00

• Human rights defenders lose contact with close relatives of Tumso and Mokhamad Abdurakhmanov

  The law enforcement agencies of Germany do not comment on the whereabouts of Mokhamad, a brother of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Deutsche Welle* reports. There is also no contact with the Abdurakhmanov brothers’ closest relatives, the ‘Vayfond” human rights association reports.

December 07, 2022 12:33

• Law enforcers release Adler resident detained for pacifist sticker

  Policemen have detained a resident of Adler because of a pacifist sticker on his car; they demanded to remove the sticker and released him without drawing up a protocol.

December 07, 2022 12:30

• Chechen authorities greet with silence reports about possible death of blogger Tumso

  The authorities of Chechnya and the media do not comment on the possible death of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, although the assassination attempt on him two years ago caused a flurry of comments from propagandists. Lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev suggests that Tumso Abdurakhmanov is under the protection of the Swedish authorities.

December 06, 2022 17:44

• Disappearance of Chechen blogger Tumso gives rise to versions about special services' operations

  Anzor Maskhadov, who has announced the death of the blogger, is not sure of the reliability of his sources; and Shamil Albakov, a member of the Assembly of European Chechens, hopes that an operation conducted by Swedish special services is behind the Tumso's disappearance.

December 06, 2022 17:38

• Chairman of Ingush Council of Teips steps down

  Murad Daskiev, who headed the Council of Teips (family clans) of Ingushetia after the arrest of Malsag Uzhakhov, has announced his resignation.

December 06, 2022 16:36

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on November 28-December 4, 2022

  Reports on the murder of a Chechen blogger; change of power in Makhachkala; sentence to Magomedov brothers and their partners; Leyla Gireeva's statements about domestic violence; and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – read about these events in the review of the developments in the Caucasus prepared by the "Caucasian Knot" for the week from November 28 to December 4, 2022.

December 06, 2022 16:30

• Appellate instance upholds compulsory treatment for author of graffiti about Putin in Rostov-on-Don

  The court of appeal has reduced by a month the term of freedom restriction of Mikhail Selitsky, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, under the case of vandalism motivated by political hostility, but upheld his compulsory psychiatric treatment.

December 06, 2022 16:25

• Police ignore ultimatum on return of books and equipment to Dagestani historian Donogo

  The equipment and information carriers confiscated during the search were promised to be returned only after their examination, but no terms of return were mentioned, Khadji-Murad Donogo said after the expiration of the activists’ ultimatum to the law enforcement bodies.

December 06, 2022 15:13

• Silence of Chechen blogger Tumso’s relatives raises doubts about his death

  Information about the murder of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov was not confirmed by either relatives or the authorities of Sweden, note journalist Mairbek Vachagaev, lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev, and Ingush journalist Isabella Evloeva.

December 06, 2022 15:00

• In Makhachkala, picket held by journalist Gadjiev’s colleague attracts attention of police and passers-by

  Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), held a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of his colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

December 05, 2022 23:34

• Chechen law enforcers publicly scold driver for dangerous driving

  In the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, law enforcers detained and reprimanded to the video recording a young man who violated traffic rules.

December 05, 2022 21:45

• Sources confirm Tumso Abdurakhmanov's murder

  Information about the murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, committed in Sweden has been confirmed by his associates.

December 05, 2022 18:16

• Kadyrov treats return of POWs as achievement of Chechen MP

  A group of prisoners of war (POWs), including an officer from Kalmykia, has returned home thanks to the competent negotiating work performed by Shamsail Saraliev, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has proudly stated.

December 04, 2022 15:10

• Forced expulsion of genies from Leyla Gireeva conflicts with Islam

  Islam envisions no forced exorcism, moreover with the use of force, Leonid Syukiyainen, an Islamic scholar, and Imam Rasul Akhmadov have pointed out after the complaint announced by Leyla Gireeva, a native of Ingushetia, about attempts by her relatives to expel genies from her with the help of violence.

December 04, 2022 15:04

• Authorities confirm deaths of 1000 residents of Southern Russia in Ukraine

  Since the start of the special military operation (SMO), authorities have confirmed the deaths in Ukraine of at least 613 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and 387 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD). Most of the casualties, 273 people, were from Dagestan.

December 04, 2022 15:00

• Subscribers of Chechen blogger Tumso alarmed by break in publications amid rumours of his murder

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov did not post any videos on his channel after November 7, when he announced the beginning of the activities of the “Voice of Chechenia” political party.

December 04, 2022 14:52

• Dagestani historian Donogo reports details of his interrogation after search

  After the search at the Khadji Murad Donogo’s house, the police asked questions about his participation in scientific conferences in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey and about his contacts there, the historian said.

December 04, 2022 14:47

• Two women from Chechnya publicly reprimanded for providing occult services

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief specialist of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, publicly reprimanded two women from Chechnya who were detained by the police for providing occult services.