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April 10, 2024 22:59

• Zarema Musaeva takes increased dose of medication

  The health state of Zarema Musaeva in a penal colony is deteriorating: the woman has to take increased dose of insulin and painkillers. Zarema Musaeva was subjected to medical examination at the Republican Hospital of Chechnya, but is not receiving adequate medical treatment, her advocate reports.

April 10, 2024 21:06

• Dagestani authorities worry about searching for those missing at SMO zone

  The government of Dagestan has instructed local authorities and public organizations to provide support to relatives and friends of the militaries, who have gone missing in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

April 10, 2024 19:58

• Lawyers see threat of severe sentence for Balabanov for setting fire to military commissariat

  The announcement of the testimonies given by Mikhail Balabanov during the preliminary investigation could make the verdict heavier, since it contains a confession of hatred towards Russian leadership, lawyers have stated. In their opinion, the defence is unlikely to be able to challenge this confession.

April 10, 2024 19:37

• Stavropol resident complains about court bias in case of discrediting Russian Army

  Vitaly Fedorenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who was found guilty in six cases of discrediting Russian militaries, has stated that in some of his posts placed in the social network, he called for honourable burial of the soldiers who perished in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

April 10, 2024 17:32

• Seda Suleimanova's friend denies version of her repeated escape

  The version by Seda Suleimanova's relatives that she has run away again looks implausible, her friend, Lena Patyaeva, has stated. According to Lena, Seda had said more than once that her relatives could kill her.

April 09, 2024 22:03

• Chechen Seda Suleimanova’s friend summoned for questioning in murder case

  In Chechnya, an investigator summoned Lena Patyaeva for questioning in the case on the murder of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by relatives from Sankt Petersburg and stopped getting in touch with anyone.

April 09, 2024 21:10

• Priest Pivovarov sentenced to fine in case on discrediting Russian Army

  A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban sentenced Archbishop of the Russia’s Orthodox Church Viktor Pivovarov to a fine of 150,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. That was reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

April 09, 2024 18:47

• Healthcare workers from Dagestan complain to President Putin about lack of social benefits

  Employees of the children’s hospital in Buinaksk do not receive additional social benefits, healthcare workers complained in their video message to President Putin.

April 09, 2024 17:09

• Kuban activist Marina Melikhova accused of discrediting Russian Army

  The police drew up a report against Kuban activist Marina Melikhova under the administrative article about discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, her advocate said.

April 08, 2024 23:17

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

  Emergency incidents, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, prisons for Azerbaijani oppositionists, 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 April 1-7, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 08, 2024 22:58

• Southern Russia: dozens of migrants prescribed to leave the country

  As a result of the raids conducted by law enforcers after the terror act in the Crocus City Hall, 30 migrants in Krasnodar, 87 ones in the Volgograd Region, 46 citizens of Central Asia in the Rostov Region, seven citizens of Uzbekistan in Ingushetia and a group of foreign students in Astrakhan have been ordered to leave Russia.

April 08, 2024 21:36

• Details of six cases against Stavropol resident about discrediting Russian Army disclosed

  A court in the Stavropol Territory has imposed six fines of 30,000 roubles each on Vitaly Fedorenko, a local resident, treating his posts in the "VKontakte" social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

April 08, 2024 21:06

• Student fined for solo picketing in Elista

  A court in Elista (the capital of Kalmykia) has fined Dolores Nimgirova, a local student, by 5000 roubles, treating her solo picket held after Alexei Navalny's death as an offence.

April 08, 2024 17:18

• Authorities boast of paying off multimillion debts of Grozny residents to stores

  More than 100 million roubles have been spent from the Kadyrov Fund to pay off the debts of poor Grozny residents to grocery stores, Chechen authorities have reported. At the same time, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that the action to pay off debts has nothing to do with the large number of poor people in Chechnya.

April 08, 2024 15:37

• KBR authorities report on expenses on Palestinian refugees

  The government of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has allocated 24.3 million roubles for the six-month maintenance of 102 refugees from Palestine who had arrived in the republic.

April 07, 2024 23:56

• Rostov journalist complains about pressure

  Unknown people have broken a window in the apartment of Igor Khoroshilov, a Rostov journalist. He believes that in this way pressure is being put on him in order to force him to refuse from covering the case of beating up a young man at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

April 07, 2024 22:35

• Dagestani woman achieves compensation for medical care denial

  A court in Dagestan has awarded three million roubles in compensation to a former employee of the Gunib District Hospital, whose doctors hid her HIV-positive status from her for two years and did not prescribe the due treatment.

April 07, 2024 20:14

• Chechen authorities impose strict limits on tempo of musical works

  According to the new rules, all musical and dance compositions in Chechnya must comply with a certain tempo, the republic’s Minister of Culture announces.

April 07, 2024 19:58

• Human rights defenders comment on sentence for pensioner from Rostov Region for her reposts

  An appeal against the verdict to 72-year-old Yevgenia Maiboroda from Shakhty, who was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for her reposts on a social network, was sent to the court of appeal. The advanced age of defendants does not become an obstacle to the imposition of harsh sentences on them, human rights defenders note.

April 05, 2024 21:07

• German diplomats denied visit to 18-year-old Kevin Lik, convicted of high treason

  The verdict to Kevin Lik, an 18-year-old teenager from Maykop, will be challenged, says his mother Victoria. The woman notes that German diplomats were not allowed to attend the hearing at the court of appeal.