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November 04, 2024 23:48

• Songs of Rostov musicians anger pro-government activists

  After musicians from the “Kasta” band from Rostov-on-Don presented their new album, the “Veterans of Russia” public movement found a reason to request an investigation into the musicians’ activities for their alleged assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

November 04, 2024 23:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 28-November 3, 2024

  Explosion in Cherkessk, drone attacks, Gadjiev’s case, parliamentary elections in Georgia, 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 October 28-November 3, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 04, 2024 23:39

• Kadyrov cancels his order not to take POWs in SMO zone

  Ramzan Kadyrov has explained the cancellation of his ban on taking prisoners of war (POWs) in the special military operation (SMO) zone by numerous requests from residents of Ukraine.

November 04, 2024 23:13

• Protraction of murder case of 19-year-old Sultanov in Dagestan outrages his relatives

  The court that considers the murder case of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of Dagestan, has again postponed the decision on conducting an expertise, which has outraged the casualty's relatives.

November 04, 2024 21:50

• Sentence of Dagestani natives Atimagomedov and Kuramagomedov upheld despite torture applications

  The cassation instance has upheld the verdict to Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, Dagestan natives, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a colony employee in Kalmykia. The instance has treated the convicts' arguments about self-incrimination under torture as unconvincing.

November 04, 2024 20:49

• MIA announces publicist Boris Stomakhin wanted

  Boris Stomakhin, a publicist, who has served prison terms for publications about the terror acts in Volgograd and the armed conflict in Chechnya, has been declared wanted. The RIA "Novosti", citing a source, has reported that Stomakhin is a figurant in a criminal case for spreading fake news about the Russian Army in connection with his posts in social networks.

November 03, 2024 21:30

• Analysts comment on calls to support Makhachkala rioters

  The calls to release those accused of taking part in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport were initiated by their relatives or friends.

November 03, 2024 18:18

• Court slightly reduces sentences of Gadjiev, Rizvanov, and Tambiev

  In his final speech, Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev has requested court to fully acquit him in the case on financing terrorism. However, the military court of appeal only reduced by two months the sentences for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

November 02, 2024 22:13

• Priest Pivovarov calls news of his death a provocation

  Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has been subjected to stalking after the start of a criminal prosecution in a case on fakes about the Russian Army. The stalker threatens Viktor Pivovarov, insults him online, and disseminate false messages about him.

November 02, 2024 22:11

• Activists in Kalmykia support "Names Return" action

  In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, several activists joined the "Names Return" action of commemorating victims of political repressions.

November 01, 2024 23:54

• Court dismisses complaint of Dagestani activist Ataev against his verdict

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the verdict passed to Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, within the case of possessing a grenade and narcotic drugs, ignoring the arguments of the defence and Ataev's statements of his innocence.

November 01, 2024 22:56

• Police refuse to apologize to Kuban resident for illegal detention

  The detention of Evgeny Skidanov, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) in 2019 has been recognized as illegal, but the police would not apologize. Investigators refused to open a case on Skidanov's torture for 15 times.

November 01, 2024 22:17

• Zarema Musaeva faces new criminal case

  An investigator questioned Zarema Musaeva concerning an attack on a penal colony warder who accompanied her to hospital. Zarema Musaeva claims she did not attack anyone.

November 01, 2024 18:03

• Analysts: authorities of Chechnya violate POWs’ rights

  The statement voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov about the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in Gudermes as a result of a drone attack can be regarded as their use as a “human shield” and hostages.

October 31, 2024 23:40

• Advocate Timur Idalov detained in Grozny

  Chechen advocate Timur Idalov, accused in a case on threats to a public prosecutor, was detained in Grozny and taken to Moscow.

October 31, 2024 23:08

• Historians point to hushing up repression topic

  The work to establish the names of the repressed people and rehabilitate the victims in the Volgograd Region cannot be treated as complete, but in the conditions of the deliberate silencing the repressions by local authorities, there are no resources to continue the work.

October 31, 2024 21:14

• Internet users outraged by Delimkhanov's statements about hijabs

  Chechen authorities should not interfere with the decisions of the authorities of another region on the issue of wearing hijabs in schools, users of the public pages in the city of Vladimir are sure.

October 31, 2024 18:38

• Participants in action in Nalchik tell stories of repressed people

  Activists in Nalchik have commemorated victims of political repressions by recalling the fates of their family members who were repressed during the Soviet years.

October 31, 2024 14:18

• UN Special Rapporteur highlights "honour killings" among human rights problems in Northern Caucasus

  Authorities and law enforcers in Northern Caucasus are helping families in searching their relatives for the purpose of "honour killings", including LGBT* people. Transferring the inquiry into such cases to other countries could help solve the problem.

October 30, 2024 23:40

• Ingush residents pay tribute to memory of those who fell victim to conflict in Prigorodny District

  Hundreds of people gathered at the memorial complex to the victims of repression to honour the memory of the victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict which occurred in the autumn of 1992.