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March 17, 2023 15:39

• Kadyrov voices threats to participants of video about burning of Koran by militaries

  The leader of Chechnya voiced threats against people in Ukrainian military uniforms in a video who burned a page from the Koran in a fire. TikTok users considered the video staged: they pointed out an unnatural voice, the use of Russian words in Ukrainian speech, and the lack of faces in the video.

March 16, 2023 20:58

• Court returns complaint to Arsamikov's advocate

  A court in Chechnya has returned the complaint lodged by Idris Arsamikov's advocate that he was not allowed to see his client back to the advocate. The court has claimed that the advocate failed to attach a copy of his certificate, but such a procedure does not exist, the SK SOS Crisis Group has noted.

March 16, 2023 17:12

• PO demands to reconsider case of Khussein Karagulov, KBR scientist

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the republic's Supreme Court (SC) against the decision of the Nalchik Court, which acquitted the scientist Khussein Karagulov.

March 16, 2023 16:51

• FSB warns KBR woman against cooperation with foreign structures

  A female resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has transferred information abroad about the socio-political and socio-economic situation in the region, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has reported.

March 16, 2023 16:19

• Ramzan Kadyrov responds to versions about his illness

  The leader of Chechnya has announced that a device on his finger that became the subject of attention and was captured on video from a meeting with Vladimir Putin, is a prayer counter and has no medical purpose. Ramzan Kadyrov has called himself “healthy and full of strength.”

March 16, 2023 15:44

• New appointment of Kadyrov’s daughter fits into his personnel policy

  Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter Khutmat Kadyrova, like her two sisters, has taken a high position in Chechnya: she has been appointed curator of the republic’s healthcare system.

March 15, 2023 19:03

• In less than a day, petition in defence of Chechen Arsamikov gains over 500 signatures

  In less than 24 hours, the petition demanding to release Idris Arsamikov, a resident of Chechnya, gained 567 signatures. After Arsamikov's kidnapping, advocates fail to contact him.

March 15, 2023 18:50

• Implications of heavy trauma and contusion fail to help Volgograd resident to challenge his mobilization

  Nikolai Dorofeev, a resident of the Volgograd Region, tried to challenge his mobilization in court. The draft commission and the military commissariat refused to take into account his statement about the damage to the lower leg he had received in a road accident, after which some metal structure was installed on his leg.

March 15, 2023 17:48

• Mobilized locksmith from Volgograd Region demands reservation through the court

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has begun to considering the claim of Andrei Davydenko, who was mobilized to the zone of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. He demands that his conscription be recognized as illegal, since he had a reservation at the enterprise where he worked.

March 15, 2023 17:44

• Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia calls persecution of believers unfair

  The Urupsky District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia is considering a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Irina Perefilieva and Svetlana Gergokova, charged under extremist articles.

March 15, 2023 17:42

• Dagestani resident fined under article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In the Akhtynsky District of Dagestan, the court imposed a fine on local resident Arsen Burzhaliev, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 14, 2023 23:18

• Kadyrov warns SMO participants against complaints

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has called on the military servicemen involved in the Russian special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine not to complain about their problems in social networks, but to solve them on their own.

March 14, 2023 22:16

• Prosecution slows down trial of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, has been protracted due to the absence of examination results of Gadjiev's articles, which was again requested by the prosecution.

March 14, 2023 14:38

• Court in Grozny sends contract soldier to colony for evading service

  The Grozny Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Samsonov, a contract military serviceman, to 2.5 in colony for his absence from service during the mobilization period.

March 14, 2023 14:34

• Dagestani journalists hold pickets in Gadjiev's support

  The journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov have held two solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, one of the editors of the "Chernovik" weekly outlet.

March 14, 2023 13:35

• Kadyrov boasts to Putin of Chechen authorities’ achievements

  At a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov reported about the growth of economic indicators in Chechnya, the implementation of national projects, and the reduction of unemployment.

March 14, 2023 13:30

• Human rights defenders argue about importance of pacifist pickets for residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Activist Pavel Ulibegov was released after being arrested for failure to obey law enforcers at a solo picket. Pacifist actions help residents of Kabardino-Balkaria to reconsider their attitude towards the special military operation, human rights defender Valery Khatazhukov points out.

March 13, 2023 20:37

• Dagestani's defence achieves opening new case on his torture in Kalmyk colony

  More than half a year after Magomed Atimagomedov, a prisoner from Dagestan, testified, his defence managed to initiate another criminal case on his torture against Baatar Bakanov and Arman Sagipov, employees of the colony in Kalmykia known as IK-2.

March 13, 2023 18:31

• Activist from Astrakhan faces employment problem after release

  After serving his sentence in the form of forced labour, Konstantin Zavalin, an Astrakhan activist, was not given his work record book; and this prevents him from reinstatement at work. A lawyer asserts that the work record book should be given out to the convict after his release.

March 13, 2023 15:16

• Defence treats decision in blogger Alibekov's case as consequence of his refusal to testify

  A court in Novorossiysk has denied Askhabali Alibekov's request to consider his case under special procedure that provides for punishment mitigation. His advocate believes that this was because the blogger's refusal to testify.