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August 28, 2023 23:12

• Residents of Dagestani village of Mutsalaul report about raids by law enforcers

  Law enforcers have cordoned off the village of Mutsalaul in the Khasavyurt District and visit houses with checks. This has been reported by local residents. The police and FSB officers are searching the village for illegal weapons and drugs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) explains.

August 28, 2023 21:57

• Kadyrov’s relative awarded Order “For Merit to Fatherland”

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Isa Tumkhadjiev, First Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, a relative of the leader of Chechnya, with the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the 4th class.

August 28, 2023 21:35

• Case on torture of a patient in Makhachkala psychiatric clinic goes to court

  The investigation into a case on torture of a patient of a psychoneurological clinic in Makhachkala by a nurse has been completed, and case materials have been submitted to court.

August 28, 2023 18:46

• Pyatigorsk court treats participation in SMO as mitigating circumstance in drug dealing case

  The Pyatigorsk Garrison Military Court has found a contract military serviceman guilty of possessing narcotic drugs and imposed a minimum fine on him, treating his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance.

August 28, 2023 16:49

• After solidarity picket with Navalny*, Makhachkala resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The resident of Makhachkala, who held a solo picket on the third anniversary of Navalny's* poisoning, was found guilty of discrediting Russian militaries.

August 27, 2023 21:38

• Volgograd painter Kozlov released after two arrests

  Filipp Kozlov, a painter from Volgograd, was released from the special detention centre after serving two arrests in a row on charges of disobedience to law enforcers.

August 27, 2023 18:15

• By protests, Makhachkala townspeople achieve resumption of power supply

  On August 26, residents of Gamidov Avenue in Makhachkala went out to protest against power outages. After their action, the city Mayoralty reported on the restoration of power (electricity) supply.

August 27, 2023 16:23

• Dagestani villagers complain to republic’s head about problems with water supply and roads

  Residents of the village of Umashaul in the Khasavyurt District have recorded a video appeal to the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, in which they asked him to help in repairing the road to the village and complained about the problems with water supply.

August 26, 2023 23:05

• SMO participants oppose landfill in Poltavskaya

  In their video appeal to Vladimir Putin, the Public Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the fellow villagers of Poltavskaya, who take part in the special military operation (SMO), have called for stopping the operation of the landfill located near their village.

August 26, 2023 22:51

• Advocate and journalist comment on Yashin’s words about fate of convicts of Nemtsov’s murder

  The natives of Chechnya, convicted for assassinating Boris Nemtsov, could have signed contracts with the private military company (PMC); then, they were pardoned and returned to their homeland, Ilya Yashin, an oppositional politician, who is serving his term for discrediting the Russian Army, has stated.

August 26, 2023 21:37

• MoJ recognizes Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko* as foreign agent

  The head of the “Khabze” public organization, Martin Kochesoko*, who now lives abroad, has been put on the register of foreign agents, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced, explaining its decision by the fact that the activist had called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia and distributed foreign agents’ materials.

August 26, 2023 20:13

• Analysts explain background of armed fighters’ appeal to Putin and Kadyrov

  Participants of the special military operation recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov to draw their attention to the criminal prosecution of a coach from Buynaksk, analysts note. The fighters held weapons in their hands to demonstrate their status, not as a threat, the analysts explain.

August 26, 2023 18:11

• Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen who ran away from home, handed over to her relatives

  In Grozny, law enforcers questioned Seda Suleimanova, who was detained in Saint Petersburg, as a witness in a case on the theft of jewellery and handed her over to her uncle and aunt. Advocates were not allowed to visit their client.

August 25, 2023 23:56

• Kuban resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The court has fined Alexander Obolonchikov under an article on discrediting Russian militaries for a slogan written by him at a bus stop.

August 25, 2023 23:46

• US Treasury announces sanctions against Kadyrov's mother and Chechen officials

  Ramzan Kadyrov's mother Aimani, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman of the Chechen Government, and Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), have been put on the sanctions list of the US Treasury Department.

August 25, 2023 22:38

• Within 24 hours, rights activists failed to locate Seda Suleimanova

  The Saint Petersburg police have refused to clarify the fate of a native of Chechnya, Seda Suleimanova, who was detained on August 23, the SK SOS Crisis Group* has informed. Law enforcers gave contradictory information to Seda’s advocate and partner, who tried to find her.

August 25, 2023 21:57

• Human rights defenders achieve investigators’ attention to complaint filed by Anapa resident about torture

  An investigator refused to institute a criminal case on torture by law enforcers of Semyon Sukhinin, a resident of Anapa. The investigators even did not talk to the complainant and did not question him until lawyers of the “Team Against Torture” (TaT)* made an appointment with the chief of the investigation department.

August 25, 2023 20:38

• Ingush native Abdul-Malik Albagachiev goes on hunger strike in penal colony

  Abdul-Malik Albagachiev told his advocate that he went on a hunger strike after one of the prisoners was beaten by employees of a penal colony in Astrakhan. The advocate sent complaints to the supervisory and law enforcement bodies with requests to bring the employees of the penal colony to justice.

August 25, 2023 18:55

• Chechen woman who ran away from home detained in Saint Petersburg

  Policemen came to the 26-year-old Seda Suleimanova, who had fled from Chechnya, and her partner and took them to the police station. Then the young man was released, and the young woman was taken to the airport to be sent back to Chechnya, human rights defenders have informed.

August 25, 2023 18:10

• Sochi court refuses to dismiss a single father from Russian Army

  The Sochi Garrison Military Court has refused the contract soldier, Denis Neprokin, who is alone raising a child, to be dismissed from the Russian Army. The Court referred to the Russian presidential decree on mobilization.