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April 03, 2024 16:53

• Astrakhan resident fined for LGBT* symbols

  A court in Astrakhan fined local resident Oksana Savich 1000 roubles for photographs posted on social networks that were recognized as LGBT* symbols.

April 02, 2024 23:48

• Blogger from Bataysk fined for statements against SMO fighters

  The court in Bataysk has treated the statements posted in a social network by Nelly Shtefan about the participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army and fined her by 30,000 roubles. The girl has apologized, linking her statements to medical drug effects, but then said that she had recorded the apology under pressure.

April 02, 2024 22:58

• Complaint of rights defender Nagavkin against verdict in theft case sent for revision

  The Court of Cassation in the Krasnodar Territory has overturned the ruling of the Volgograd Regional Court, which upheld the verdict of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin in the theft case. It was again sent for consideration to the appellate instance.

April 02, 2024 21:58

• Rights defenders declare Evgenia Maiboroda, an activist, a political prisoner

  Evgenia Maiboroda, a pensioner from the city of Shakhty, has been sentenced to imprisonment for her pacifist position; her persecution is politically motivated and must be stopped, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

April 02, 2024 21:18

• Rights defenders complaint to the ECtHR about Tepsurkaev's murder

  The "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanding that Russian authorities be held responsible for the murder of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and for the inefficient inquiry into his death.

April 02, 2024 19:29

• Lawyers treat the spring draft as creeping mobilization

  The introduction of electronic summonses and associated restrictions on person's rights have become the main features of the new draft; however, in Northern Caucasus, it will only result in an increase of the upper conscription age, lawyers have noted.

April 02, 2024 18:56

• Analysts assess reasons for underground activation in Northern Caucasus

  The activation of the radical underground in Northern Caucasus may be associated with external actors who are trying to worsen the situation inside Russia, but someone inside Russia is helping them, analysts have noted.

April 02, 2024 17:15

• Orlov* provided with no medical care at SIZO, human rights defender’s colleagues claim

  Oleg Orlov* asked for medical help due to a cold and hearing loss, but was not examined by medical officers at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) because of his daily trips to court. An advocate of Oleg Orlov* has not been able to have a confidential conversation with him for two weeks, the “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence** reported.

April 01, 2024 23:17

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 25-31, 2024

  CTO in Dagestan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, prisons for Azerbaijani oppositionists, news from 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 March 25-31, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 01, 2024 23:16

• Author of appeal to Kadyrov sentenced to five years in colony

  A military court has sentenced Zakhar Zaripov, a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, to five years in penal colony, having found signs of justification for terrorism in his public appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

April 01, 2024 22:09

• Sources report details of CTO in Dagestan

  During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Dagestan, law enforcers blocked five apartments at once, and two suspects were detained without opening fire, without attracting the attention of residents, a source reported.

April 01, 2024 19:56

• Volzhsky resident fined in case on discrediting Russian Army

  A court sentenced Vladimir Dronov, a resident of Volzhsky, to a fine, recognizing the inscription left by the defendant on a street banner depicting Russian militaries as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 01, 2024 18:57

• CTO in Makhachkala is the first since 2022

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) announced in Makhachkala and the neighbouring Kaspiysk was the first since May 2022, when law enforcers killed two people in a CTO introduced in the Leninsky District of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.

April 01, 2024 18:14

• Native of Chechnya released from deportation prison in Belgium

  Islam Albakov, a native of Chechnya, who had been kept in a deportation prison in Belgium since 2019, has been released, the "Vayfond" human rights association has in its Telegram channel.

April 01, 2024 17:37

• University teacher in Kuban challenges fine for discrediting Russian Army

  Evgenia Opalich, a former teacher of the branch of the All-Russian State Justice University, has managed to cancel the fine of 40,000 roubles imposed on her.

March 30, 2024 23:56

• Human rights defenders recognize arrested believer from Cherkessk as political prisoner

  The “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence** recognized Jehovah’s Witness* Vladimir Fomin from Cherkessk as a prisoner of conscience. The court placed the man in custody in a case on extremism, despite his disability.

March 30, 2024 23:24

• Rights defenders find it a must to release Musaeva for health reasons

  The deterioration of Zarema Musaeva's health condition is another reason to apply CER (conditional early relief) to her, but she is actually being held hostage by Chechen authorities, human rights defenders have pointed out. Her diabetic cataract requires treatment at a specialized clinic, the doctor asserts.

March 30, 2024 23:10

• Dagestani woman reports forced departure because of threats

  Aida Milaidi, around whose apartment in Derbent a local deputy has built a shopping centre, has reported that she received state protection in Makhachkala. However, she is dissatisfied with the reaction of law enforcement bodies to her appeals regarding threats.

March 30, 2024 19:20

• Revival Day of Balkar People celebrated without mass events after terror act at Crocus City Hall

  The Ministry of Culture of Kabardino-Balkaria explained the cancellation of entertainment events on the occasion of the revival day of the Balkar region by the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. Residents of the republic said that this year they refrained from celebrating because of the tragedy which occurred in the Moscow Region.

March 29, 2024 23:17

• Sochi resident fined for insulting President Putin

  A court fined Alexander Goncharov, a resident of Sochi, 50,000 roubles for reposting in Telegram critical publications about the authorities of Russia.