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July 11, 2024 19:33

• KChR’s MIA requests teachers’ and pupils’ dress code data

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has demanded from heads of city and district administrations to provide information about the teachers and students who attend schools wearing clothes with religious attributes.

July 11, 2024 17:17

• Sochi pensioner Atamanchuk calls his new case fabricated

  A case on contempt of court was instituted against Vladimir Atamanchuk, a pensioner from Sochi, based on a complaint from a victim in a case on defamation. The activist was not informed what exact words became the reason for criminal prosecution.

July 10, 2024 23:57

• Krasnodar resident fined for pacifist picket

  A court in Krasnodar has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles by treating his solo picket with a pacifist slogan as discrediting the Russian Army.

July 10, 2024 23:34

• ICRF’s chair orders to re-institute case against Maria Smelaya’s husband

  The prosecutor of the Prikubansky District of Krasnodar has cancelled the decision to institute a criminal case against a husband of Maria Smelaya. The woman complained about beating by her husband and abduction of her child.

July 10, 2024 22:46

• Dagestani MIA head names number of figurants in unrest case in Makhachkala

  A total of 140 people are in custody under the criminal cases related to the unrests at the Makhachkala Airport; 1200 people have been brought to administrative responsibility, Abdurashid Magomedov, the head of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has informed.

July 10, 2024 20:09

• Convicted Dagestani woman claims self-incrimination under pressure from law enforcers

  In its complaint, the defence claimed that the police forced Khava Gadjimuradova, a resident of Dagestan, to sign a confession of her intention to leave for Syria. The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia recognized the court’s decision, which sentenced the young woman to five years of imprisonment, to be legal.

July 10, 2024 18:50

• ECtHR treats detention of rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina* at picket as violation

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the detention at a picket in defence of Oyub Titiev as a violation of the rights of the human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina*. The Court has obliged Russian authorities to pay her compensation of EUR 4000.

July 10, 2024 17:47

• Activist in Adygea fined for announcing action in memory of Caucasian War victims

  A court in Adygea has fined Ilyas Soobtsokov, a Circassian activist, by 15,000 roubles, treating his announcement of an action in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War as a violation. He has denied the charge of organizing an unsanctioned rally.

July 09, 2024 23:58

• North-Ossetian Muftiate supports banning niqabs

  The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM or Muftiate) of North Ossetia recommends that believers refuse to wear niqabs, the republic’s Deputy Mufti has stated, noting that a complete ban on niqabs would be contrary to the Russian laws.

July 09, 2024 23:54

• Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria voices out its position on niqabs

  Wearing niqabs is a custom and not an obligation of Muslim women, the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria has stated after the idea of banning niqabs was supported by Spiritual Administrations of Muslims (SAMs or Muftiates) of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.

July 09, 2024 23:09

• Activist attacked in Kabardino-Balkaria, sources report

  Zurab Khatsukov, an activist of the initiative group standing against the construction of a waste sorting complex near the village of Urvan, was attacked. As a result, the activist was brought to a traumatology ward in a hospital and diagnosed with a brain concussion.

July 09, 2024 21:48

• “RusHydro” Company requests public apologies from Nalchik resident for disrespect for Russian anthem

  An employee of the “RusHydro” Company’s branch in Nalchik disgraced his colleagues by disrespecting the Russian anthem at a school graduation event, the “RusHydro” Company claims. The employee has been requested to voice public apologies.

July 09, 2024 18:49

• Kuban Jehovah's Witness* sentenced to colony term

  The Abinsk City Court has found Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness*, guilty of taking part in the activities of an extremist association due to discussion of the Bible and sentenced him to 2,5 years of freedom deprivation.

July 09, 2024 18:09

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 1-7, 2024

  Explosion in Volgograd, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, about niqabs and hijabs, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 1-7, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 09, 2024 17:55

• Social media users surprised by apologies from military correspondent for his words about “Akhmat” special forces

  Military correspondent Vladimir Romanov has voiced public apologies after he called members of the “Akhmat” Chechen special forces “TikTokers” and said that their units stayed behind the units in which conscript soldiers serve. Social media users considered the apologies inappropriate and suggested that Vladimir Romanov recorded his video with apologies under pressure.

July 08, 2024 23:51

• Kalmykia: HIV-infected convict achieves his verdict commuted

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has commuted the sentence of an HIV-infected convict, assigning him four years of freedom restriction instead of forced labour.

July 08, 2024 23:38

• Defence of Dagestani Dalgatov's family reports defendants' role in his death

  The eleven Makhachkala policemen, whose case has been sent to court, are accused of torturing Kurban Dalgatov and attempts to hide his violent death, the advocate for Kurban's family has stated. Dalgatov's relatives treat the defendants' boss as also responsible for his death.

July 08, 2024 19:55

• Islamic scholars dispute on aim of banning niqabs in Dagestan and KChR

  The niqab problem is far-fetched for Russia, but the ban thereof introduced in Dagestan and the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) will be followed by attacks on hijabs and other attributes of Islam, the Islamic scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

July 08, 2024 19:38

• Concert organizers doubt need for dress code for performers in Northern Caucasus

  There is no need to introduce a dress code for the pop performers who come to give concerts in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), since the performers are sensitive to local traditions, tour organizers have commented on the officials' idea.

July 08, 2024 18:17

• Comedian apologizes to Dagestanis for statements about niqabs

  Omar Alibutaev, an actor and comedian, has apologized to the Dagestani people for his statements about the ban on wearing niqabs. Thus, speaking about niqabs, he said that nightclubs are also contrary to the Dagestani culture.