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December 11, 2023 23:48

• Mobilized resident of Rostov Region sentenced for leaving his military unit

  The Novocherkassk Garrison Court found mobilized Vadim Idiyatullin guilty of abandoning his military unit. The convict himself explained his action by his wife’s serious health problems.

December 11, 2023 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 4-10, 2023

  Opposition and authorities in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, split in the “UNM” Party, Caucasus and Palestine, 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 December 4-10, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 11, 2023 22:16

• Two Ingush policemen accused of falsifying drug case

  In Magas, two policemen have been charged with falsifying a criminal case for drug possession against a local resident.

December 11, 2023 21:07

• Murder in Nazran recalls problem of "honour killings" in Northern Caucasus

  Despite the extremely negative perception in the society, "honour killings" continue in the republics of Northern Caucasus, including Ingushetia, and authorities and elders would not take an active part in the fight against them, Saida Sirazhudinova and Aida Mirmaksumova, human rights defenders, have noted.

December 11, 2023 19:58

• Muscovite detained in Krasnodar for laying a pig's head at monument to Kadyrov

  Dmitry Kudryashov has been detained in Krasnodar after in October laying a pig's head at the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow.

December 11, 2023 19:10

• After killing gay pride parade participant in Germany, native of Chechnya faces extradition

  A court in Germany decided to extradite the 21-year-old native of Chechnya, who, according to investigators, had beaten up a gay pride parade participant to death. His advocate claims that his client is homosexual himself, and he receives threats from other Chechen natives.

December 09, 2023 23:57

• Caucasus experts treat the cost of undertaking Hajj as unaffordable

  This year, the cost of making a Hajj trip starts at USD 4900. According to Caucasus experts, this cost is unaffordable for most residents; they will have to rely on sponsors who could pay for their trip.

December 09, 2023 22:55

• Female foreigner apologizes for brawl in Yerevan streets and "a grave for Kadyrov"

  In Yerevan, policemen have detained two foreigners on suspicion of hooliganism and damage to property. This was preceded by posting a video in which the woman apologized to Armenian people for the brawl in Yerevan and her words "Grave for Ramzan Kadyrov."

December 09, 2023 19:52

• Resident of Dagestan accused of attacking law enforcer during airport unrests

  According to information from the Dagestani Supreme Court (SC), at least one of those arrested because of unrests at Makhachkala Airport is accused of assaulting a law enforcer. The SC has received at least 74 complaints against the arrests due to above unrests.

December 09, 2023 18:51

• ECtHR recognizes violations of rights of participants in street protests in Sochi and Taganrog

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded compensation to five residents of Sochi and a resident of Taganrog, recognizing their detentions at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny* as illegal.

December 09, 2023 16:33

• Court’s decision in case against law enforcers gives hope to mother of beaten Krasnodar resident

  In Krasnodar, the court of cassation cancelled the acquittal of two former policemen and returned for reconsideration the case on beating of disabled person Evgeny Manchenko. The court’s decision gave hope for a fair verdict, states a victim’s mother.

December 08, 2023 23:58

• "Vyorstka": four Akhmat fighters removed from terrorist list ahead of time

  After taking part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as members of the "Akhmat" unit, four natives of Chechnya, Dagestan and the Bryansk Region have been prematurely excluded from the list of terrorists and extremists run by the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service), the outlet named "Vyorstka" (Layout) has reported.

December 08, 2023 23:50

• Kuban court treats talks about Islam as illegal missionary activities

  Ilesbek Baltaev, a citizen of Uzbekistan, has been fined in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) for illegal missionary work; the court has treated talks about Islam and prayers in a prayer room as such work.

December 08, 2023 23:25

• Rights defenders declare blogger Vadim Kharchenko* political prisoner

  The persecution of blogger Vadim Kharchenko* under the article of discrediting the Russian Army is politically motivated, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has informed and demanded his release and termination of the criminal case against him.

December 08, 2023 15:54

• Social network users dispute about reception of Palestinian refugees in Nalchik

  It is appropriate to accept refugees when the republic's own problems have been resolved, users of the Instagram* public have pointed out in connection with the arrival of refugees from Palestine in Nalchik. Their opponents treat such statements unacceptable and express their readiness to help Palestinians.

December 08, 2023 04:35

• Case on torture of Caucasian natives in Saratov prison hospital received by court

  The Saratov Regional Court received a case on torture of prisoners, including natives of Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, in the regional tuberculosis hospital No. 1 of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) in Saratov. Charges have been brought against two former employees of the FSIN and six prisoners.

December 07, 2023 22:52

• Court refuses to limit Nina Tseretilova’s parental rights despite protests of her children

  Relatives of Nina Tseretilova, a native of Dagestan, whose children have been living in a shelter for a year after refusing to live together with their mother, have expressed their indignation by a decision of the court which refused to limit the Nina Tseretilova’s parental rights.

December 07, 2023 22:11

• Resident of Dagestan convicted for spreading fakes about Russian Army

  The Khasavyurt City Court has found Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a Khasavyurt resident, guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and sentenced him to five years of freedom deprivation, but then commuted his sentence.

December 07, 2023 21:46

• Alexei Abramov's wife reports her husband's transfer to SMO zone

  Alexei Abramov, a Krasnodar resident, who is seeking to cancel his mobilization decision due to health problems, has been sent to Mariupol and has failed so far to receive a repeated referral to the military medical commission, his wife has informed, adding that Alexei can buy painkillers, but they are helpless in relieving his pains caused by multiple backbone hernias.

December 07, 2023 20:10

• Volgograd Region resident accused of spreading fake news about Russian Army

  A case against Daniil Vodolagin, a resident of the Volgograd Region, charged under the criminal article on disseminating fake news about the Russian Armed Forces, has been brought to court.