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March 04, 2024 23:35

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 26-March 3, 2024

  Funeral of Alexei Navalny* and Caucasus, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, six suspects killed in Ingushetia, sentence to Nikita Zhuravel, 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 February 26-March 3, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

March 04, 2024 21:55

• Film about helping victims of domestic violence in Caucasus included in “Artdocfest” programme

  The “Runaways” film by journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky is included in the programme of the “Artdocfest Online” documentary film festival.

March 04, 2024 18:59

• At least seven persons detained in cities of Southern Russia at rallies in memory of Alexei Navalny

  The police detained at least 105 people in Russian regions at rallies in memory of Alexei Navalny, including four in Astrakhan, two in Sochi, and one person in Vladikavkaz. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

March 04, 2024 18:31

• Deletions from Putin's speech stress Kadyrov's desire to please Muslims

  Ramzan Kadyrov has removed the approval of Judaists from Putin's speech so as not to cause discontent among Muslims amid the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, analysts have pointed out.

March 04, 2024 16:56

• Law enforcers prevent Sochi woman from laying flowers at monument to repressed people

  After Navalny's funeral, Sochi policemen did not allow a local woman to lay flowers at the monument to repression victims, stating that this was only allowed on the Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Repressions; and on other days it is treated as an administrative offence.

March 04, 2024 16:11

• Six people killed in shootout with law enforcers in Karabulak

  During a shootout in Karabulak, law enforcers have killed six militants, the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has reported. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been cancelled; the operative headquarters of Ingushetia has informed.

March 03, 2024 21:48

• Orlov's* advocate and wife tell about his custody conditions and health status at SIZO

  Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, has been placed under quarantine at the "Kapotnya" Moscow SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the custody conditions there can be treated as satisfactory, Oleg's wife and advocate have informed.

March 03, 2024 19:55

• Kadyrov censors Putin's address regarding Judaists

  While quoting President Putin's address to the Federal Assembly in his Telegram channel, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has censored the fragment, in which the Russian President mentioned in a positive way the militaries from among the followers of Judaism.

March 02, 2024 19:46

• Lawyers assess violations of Dagestani journalists’ rights by law enforcers

  Journalists from Dagestan Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov* request the authorities to bring law enforcers to responsibility for violating their rights during protest actions. Although the situations of Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov* are different, the law enforcers acted unlawfully in both cases, lawyers point out.

March 02, 2024 18:50

• At least 21 people detained at Navalny's commemorations

  In different Russian regions, including North Ossetia, at least 21 people were detained because of Alexei Navalny's funeral, human rights defenders have reported. According to their stories, about half of the detainees had tried to get to the farewell ceremony held in Moscow.

March 02, 2024 18:27

• Rights defender reports detentions at monument to repression victims in Astrakhan

  A young woman from Astrakhan, an activist of the "Russia behind Bars" (Rus Sidyaschaya) Fund*, was detained after laying flowers at the monument to victims of political repressions, Olga Romanova**, a human rights defender and the head of the Fund, has reported.

March 02, 2024 17:10

• Analysts assess impact of Western sanctions on heads of Caucasian regions

  The sanctions imposed by Western countries on the regional heads of Northern Caucasus are of a political nature; they have no real economic impact on them, since their interests are concentrated in the Middle East, analysts believe.

March 02, 2024 16:09

• Prisoner from Dagestan Omar Murtazaliev faces ban on his relatives’ visits

  An administration of a penal colony in the Kurgan Region regularly places in solitary confinement Omar Murtazaliev, a native of Dagestan, as punishment. About a month ago, the convict recorded a video message in which he complained about violations of the prisoners’ rights.

March 01, 2024 23:33

• Complaint of Dagestani journalist Yusupov* about arbitrary detention reaches court

  A court in Makhachkala has unreasonably refused to satisfy the claim of Idris Yusupov* against the police in connection with his detention at an anti-mobilization action; this is stated in the complaint, now considered by the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated that Yusupov* was not detained.

March 01, 2024 22:58

• Law enforcers detain several people wishing to bid farewell to Navalny

  Several people heading to the farewell venue for Alexei Navalny in Moscow were detained by law enforcers, human rights defenders have informed. The queue to the temple where the coffin with Alexei's body was delivered has reached a kilometre.

March 01, 2024 22:35

• Blogger Alibekov suspected of using violence against policeman

  Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, an author of the “Wild Paratrooper” YouTube channel, who is serving an arrest in Kazan, is suspected of using violence against a policeman, his advocate reports.

March 01, 2024 22:17

• “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights recognized as foreign agent three days after verdict against Oleg Orlov*

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) included the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights* in the register of foreign agents. The decision was made three days after the verdict against Oleg Orlov*, the co-chair of the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights*, under the charge of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 01, 2024 16:42

• Nineteen-year-old Volgograd resident accused of high treason

  FSB officers detained a 19-year-old resident of Volgograd at the local airport when he tried to leave for Turkey. Investigators have charged the detained young man with high treason, as they suggest that he was transferring money to a charitable foundation created by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

March 01, 2024 16:38

• Rights defenders demand to punish law enforcers beating up Anapa resident

  Investigators have refused four times to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcers involved in beating up Semyon Sukhinin, who was detained in the city of Anapa. The results of the checks show the investigator's reluctance to deal with the torture complaint, human rights defenders have pointed out.

February 29, 2024 22:07

• Contract soldier from Krasnodar Territory sentenced to six years for desertion

  After concluding his contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), Alexei Myshkin escaped from his unit four times. The Krasnodar Garrison Military Court has found him guilty of desertion and sentenced him to six years in penal colony.