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July 31, 2023 21:35

• SMO participant from Vladikavkaz complains about violation of his family's housing rights

  Gennady Pagiev, a resident of the city of Vladikavkaz, has recorded a video appeal from the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine addressed to Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, in which he complained that the bank was unreasonably taking away the housing from his wife and children.

July 31, 2023 19:50

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, the journalists Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov have held solo pickets demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

July 31, 2023 18:11

• Verdict to officer from North Ossetia for evading service upheld

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the verdict on Major Maxim Bespalov from North Ossetia, who was sentenced to five years and eight months in a penal colony on charges of leaving his military unit without permission.

July 30, 2023 22:27

• Makhachkala resident fined for non-information

  The court has fined a resident of Makhachkala, finding him guilty of non-informing law enforcement bodies that his acquaintance was participating in hostilities in Syria on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.

July 30, 2023 21:10

• Resident of Chechnya convicted of policeman's false denunciation

  Rasul Madagov, an elderly resident of Chechnya, has complained about the policeman who hit him, but investigators found no signs of a crime in policeman's actions and accused Madagov of a false denunciation. The court sentenced Madagov to corrective labour conditionally.

July 30, 2023 19:18

• Resident of Chechnya publicly reprimanded for reposting fake about death of Kadyrov people

  Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister of Press and Information of Chechnya, has publicly reprimanded a local resident named Aslan for reposting unreliable information about the mass deaths of soldiers of the "Sever-Akhmat" regiment near Artyomovsk. Aslan announced his readiness to apologize on television.

July 30, 2023 18:50

• In Volgograd Region, believer denied his right to alternative service

  The Volgograd Regional Court denied Anton Kuznetsov, a member of a pacifist religious community, the right to alternative civilian service. The young man, who was forcibly sent to a military unit, has been refusing to take up arms and take an oath for more than six months.

July 29, 2023 22:15

• Three verdicts of jury fail to help native of Dagestan get an acquittal

  The court of appeal cancelled the third acquittal of two natives of Dagestan, accused in a murder of Sergey Saiputdinov, an employee of the “Chernomortransneft”. One of the defendants claimed that law enforcers tortured him, including in Chechnya, in order to force him to confess to the murder.

July 29, 2023 18:40

• Defence points to tougher punishment for Ingush activists

  The court of appeal has upheld the prison terms of Ingush activists, but toughened the conditions for additional punishment, the defendants' advocates have pointed out, promising to file a complaint. The decision of the court was expected, the members of the Council of Teips (Family Clans) of Ingushetia have stated.

July 29, 2023 17:20

• Investigators expand case qualification of attack on Milashina and Nemov in Chechnya

  Chechen investigators have combined the attack cases on the journalist, Elena Milashina, and the advocate, Alexander Nemov, into one case and significantly expanded the list of articles, by adding, among other things, interfering in the victims' professional activities.

July 28, 2023 22:50

• Makhachkala hippotherapy centre closed because of authorities' pressure

  It was decided to close the hippotherapy centre for children with disabilities due to authorities' demand to vacate a part of the site, which belongs to a specially protected area, the head of the centre has explained. There are no more such centres in Makhachkala, the children's parents have complained.

July 28, 2023 21:09

• Verdicts to Ingush activists upheld

  The appellate instance of the Stavropol Territory has upheld the verdicts passed to seven Ingush protest leaders for their actions during the rally in Magas; they were convicted within the case of creating an extremist community. This was announced by the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence in its Telegram channel.

July 28, 2023 17:48

• Ingush activists declare national character of repressions

  The first-instance court issued its verdict based on assumptions; while during debates at the appellate court, the prosecutor failed to answer a single defence's question, Malsag Uzhakhov, one of the activists, has noted in his last speech.

July 27, 2023 22:58

• Police explain refusal to issue foreign passport to Chechen woman

  A foreign passport was not issued for a young woman from Chechnya due to the requirement of the anti-terrorist commission not to issue foreign passports to persons under the age of 30 without the presence of their older relatives, the Chechen police informed a lawyer of the young woman.

July 27, 2023 22:48

• Human rights defenders declare need for hospitalization of Ali Bataev

  The condition of Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, who continues his hunger strike in a deportation centre in Switzerland with the demand not to be deported to Russia, has deteriorated sharply, but he has not succeeded in seeking hospitalization, report members of the “European Peace House” human rights organization.

July 27, 2023 21:07

• Kadyrov gives his nephew's posts to his son-in-law

  Viskhan Matsuev has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture of Chechnya. Earlier, these posts were held by Yakub Zakriev, who had headed the "Danone Russia" Company.

July 27, 2023 20:57

• Volgograd Regional Court finds it legal to call for military service without medical examination

  Anton Kuznetsov, a resident of the town of Kalach-on-Don, has appealed against the call for military service and sending to the assembly point without a medical examination, which the doctor had prescribed for him because of his chronic heart disease, but the courts saw no violation in this procedure.

July 27, 2023 19:45

• Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev thanks activists and human rights defenders

  The judge has insisted that the Ingush activists begin giving the last word at the appeal trial, although they asked to give them time to prepare for their speeches. Ismail Nalgiev has reminded that he refused to plead guilty, and thanked all human rights defenders and activists for their support throughout the trial.

July 27, 2023 18:39

• Kadyrov gives number of soldiers from Chechnya in SMO zone

  More than 28,000 participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine were sent there from Chechnya, including 13,000 volunteers, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed in his Telegram channel. According to his story, 7000 of them are now on the frontline.

July 27, 2023 17:36

• Social media users alarmed by report about capture of protester Chirkinov

  As follows from a video posted on the social media, Ramis Chirkinov, who had been sentenced in a case on organizing riots in Vladikavkaz, was captured in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. Social media users expressed their sympathy to Ramis Chirkinov and wished him to return home.