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November 27, 2023 21:25

• Native of Ingushetia claims falsification of his case in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, Alan Khamkhoev, a native of Ingushetia, has been sentenced to a year in penal colony for illegal possession of a pistol with cartridges that he had found. Alan has stated that Chechen investigators falsified the materials of his criminal case.

November 27, 2023 20:55

• Complaint about refusal to investigate torture of actor Timur Debishev returned to Grozny court

  The Supreme Court of Chechnya has found that a district court in Grozny unreasonably dismissed a complaint filed about the investigators’ refusal to institute a case on torture of actor Timur Debishev. The complaint has been returned to the first instance court.

November 27, 2023 17:47

• Post in social network results in fine imposed on resident of Ingushetia for discrediting Russian Army

  Ismail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia, has been fined by 30,000 roubles for his post placed in a social network.

November 27, 2023 14:31

• Krasnodar priest fined for discrediting Russian Army

  Jonah (Ilya Sigida), a Hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), earlier arrested for two days on charges of resisting law enforcers during a search in his church, was fined by 30,000 roubles. The court has treated his article as discrediting the Russian Army.

November 26, 2023 18:54

• Accusation of Dagestani native of setting fire to military commissariat sparks rights defenders' scepticism

  Shamil Aliev-Gasanov, a native of Dagestan, is charged with terrorism in connection with the arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Murmansk. Such accusations are intended to intimidate initiators of pacifist actions, human rights defenders have pointed out.

November 26, 2023 17:47

• Rights defenders assess chances of Musaeva's CER

  Zarema Musaeva has a chance for the conditional early relief (CER), but the decision depends on Chechen authorities, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

November 26, 2023 13:16

• Number of administrative cases against Makhachkala rioters exceeds 500

  Dagestani courts have received administrative cases against 515 people, on whom protocols had been drawn up on various offenses committed during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala.

November 26, 2023 11:18

• Adding journalist Yusupov* to foreign agents surprises Telegram users

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included Idris Yusupov*, a Dagestani journalist, into the register of foreign agents under dubious pretext; this decision is a persecution manifestation of dissidents, Telegram users have indicated.

November 25, 2023 22:16

• Court slightly changes verdict to book publisher Ezhaev

  The appellate court has amended the sentence of Chechen book publisher, Aslambek Ezhaev, pointing out significant violations, but upheld the sentence of 17 years of freedom deprivation on charges of financing terrorism.

November 25, 2023 20:55

• Chechnya: drivers of cars with tinted windows face risk of being sent to Ukraine

  Chechen drivers have faced new law enforcers' raids against tinting car windows; attempts to argue with policemen lead to being served with summonses, local residents have reported. The raids are conducted in order to recruit drivers to the special military operation (SMO) zone, Ali Magamadov, a political analyst, has suggested.

November 25, 2023 20:26

• Health condition of Albagachiev from Ingushetia worsens after convoying

  After his convoying to colony Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, has suffered four epileptic attacks; now he suffers from memory problems.

November 25, 2023 16:41

• ECtHR awards compensation to relatives of people kidnapped in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has pronounced the decision to award relatives of six natives of Northern Caucasus, whose fate stays unknown after enforced disappearances in Chechnya, the compensation in the amount of more than 430,000 euros.

November 25, 2023 16:39

• ECtHR recognizes Dagestani advocate as victim of torture by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights has awarded compensation of 12,500 euros to Magomed Magomedov, an advocate from Dagestan, who complained about torture by law enforcers in Makhachkala.

November 24, 2023 23:35

• Ingush police officers arrested on suspicion of falsifying drug case

  Investigators convinced the court to take into custody two police officers suspected of illegally purchasing drugs and falsifying a criminal case against a resident of Ingushetia.

November 24, 2023 23:14

• Two contract soldiers from Southern Russia sentenced for refusing to go to frontline

  The Southern District Military Court has approved colony terms for Pavel Shnekaev and Bakhtiyar Dosmetov for their refusal to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

November 24, 2023 22:25

• Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* registered as foreign agent

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has justified the inclusion of the Dagestani journalist, Idris Yusupov*, into the list of foreign agents by his participation in the creation of materials for foreign agents and the dissemination of "unreliable information about the decisions taken by Russian authorities and the policies pursued by them."

November 24, 2023 19:57

• MCC upholds arrest in absentia of Stavropol citizen for fakes about Russian Army

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the arrest in absentia of Denis Mamedov, who, together with his wife Maria, was put on the wanted list in the case of fakes about the Russian Army.

November 24, 2023 18:51

• POC counts 126 people arrested after Makhachkala riots

  Overall 126 persons are being held under arrest within the criminal case of mass riots at the Makhachkala Airport, Shamil Khadulaev has reported after the visit of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC) to the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Seven of those arrested refuse to agree with the charges.

November 24, 2023 18:48

• Veterans of power bodies comment on armed incident in Ingushetia

  The circumstances of the detention of an alleged militant accomplice in Sunzha and the wounding of a law enforcer in the onset shootout raise questions about the training level of Ingush law enforcers, veterans of law enforcement bodies have stated.

November 24, 2023 16:50

• ECtHR recognizes rights violation of activist from Georgievsk

  Russian authorities have violated the rights of Mikhail Pidenko, who was fined for discrediting the Russian Army, to a fair trial, freedom of expression and appeal, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled, awarding him compensation of EUR 5000, although Russia has refused to enforce ECtHR's decisions.