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November 01, 2022 14:55

• Kadyrov's threat to continue mobilization becomes part of recruiting campaign in Chechnya

  In the near future, residents of Chechnya will begin receiving summonses, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has announced. He invited Chechens to hurry up to enrol into the republic's power structures in order to serve together with fellow countrymen, and not in other units.

November 01, 2022 14:49

• Pickets in support of journalist Gadjiev interest Makhachkala residents and guests

  Passers-by and car drivers have paid attention to the pickets held by Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues; the interest from tourists was also high, activists have informed.

November 01, 2022 14:44

• Rights defenders treat Dagestani sisters' chances to receive asylum abroad as high

  The four Dagestani young women, who have accused their relatives of domestic violence, are still in Georgia, but plan to move to another country, human rights defenders have informed.

November 01, 2022 14:39

• Chechnya leads in rating with smallest number of registered crimes

  In January-September this year, the smallest number of all crimes was registered in Chechnya; Ingushetia and Dagestan are also in the lead of the rating. The Volgograd Region became the anti-leader among the regions of Southern of Russia.

October 31, 2022 23:40

• “Memorial”* goes to ECtHR to continue its fight against liquidation

  In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders pointed out that with the decision to liquidate the “International Memorial”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”), the authorities of Russia violated a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

October 31, 2022 23:37

• Persecution of sisters from Dagestan by their relatives comes into conflict with norms of Islam

  When commenting on the persecution of four sisters from Dagestan by their relatives, Caucasian experts have noted that “honour killing” as a punishment for refusing to marry is not provided for in Islam, the Sharia, or Muslim customs.

October 31, 2022 23:32

• In Vienna, picketers call on to prevent deportation of Chechen woman Gerikhanova to Russia

  Members of the Chechen Diaspora and employees of the human rights organization “Amnesty International” (AI) held a demonstration in the capital of Austria. During their protest action, the activists called on the authorities of Romania not to expel Amina Gerikhanova to Russia.

October 31, 2022 23:15

• Dagestani Mufti's wife urges girls to return home

  Aina Gamzatova, who is the wife and an adviser to the Mufti of Dagestan, has called on the girls, who had accused their relatives of domestic violence and ran away from home, to return home under her personal responsibility.

October 31, 2022 23:07

• Dagestan girls transported to safe place

  Patimat Magomedova, Khadizhat and Patimat Khizrievas and Aminat Gazimagomedova from Dagestan, who ran away from home and accused their relatives of violence, have been taken to a safe place in Georgia, human rights defenders have informed.

October 31, 2022 22:52

• "Rosgvardiya" fighter from Chechnya continues youth recruiting campaign

  Amid Kadyrov's statement about 13-million-rouble payments to casualties, Bislan Chabaev, a deputy commander of the "Akhmat-1" OMON (riot police) battalion, has called on young people to go to army service and "represent their people."

October 30, 2022 19:30

• Four women from Dagestan ask not to return them to their relatives

  At the "Verkhniy Lars" checkpoint, the young women from Dagestan have written applications about threats received from their relatives, the Ombudsperson of North Ossetia has stated. In her audio message, one of the girls asked not to return them to their relatives who came to pick them up.

October 30, 2022 19:23

• Dagestani girls tell about their flight from domestic violence

  The four girls from Dagestan, held by border guards, have told how they were beaten up at home, forbidden to study, and tried to force them into marriage. The girls are afraid that their relatives might kill them.

October 30, 2022 19:11

• Analysts dispute about motives for Kadyrov's and Prigozhin's attacks on military leadership

  Ramzan Kadyrov's and Evgeny Prigozhin's criticism against the Russian military command is caused by the desire of each of them to win political dividends, Alexei Malashenko, a political scientist, has suggested.

October 30, 2022 19:07

• Border guards prevent group of Dagestani girls from leaving Russia

  Border guards refused to let four girls from Dagestan who escaped from domestic violence through; they are holding them at the checkpoint until their relatives arrive, human rights defenders have informed.

October 29, 2022 16:23

• Video of detention of resident of Dagestan for shooting at wedding sparks disputes in Web

  A resident of the Tarumovsky District who fired a submachine gun at a wedding in Kizlyar followed the traditions, some Telegram users have pointed out. Their opponents have objected stating that the tradition that violates the public order is out of place.

October 29, 2022 16:21

• Resident of Gudermes District publicly reprimanded for witchcraft

  Law enforcers have detained Khasukha Suliev, a resident of the Gudermes District of Chechnya, after which Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, reprimanded him for engaging in occultism.

October 29, 2022 16:15

• Talking at work results in fine imposed on Volzhsky resident for discrediting army

  A court in the city of Volzhsky (Volgograd Region) has fined Eduard Safronov, a local resident, by 50,000 roubles, treating the slogan he voiced out at his factory workplace in support of Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.

October 29, 2022 16:11

• Chechen commander calls on unemployed to go to the frontline

  Bislan Chabaev, a deputy commander of the "Akhmat-1" OMON (riot police) battalion, has called on the unemployed residents of Chechnya to go to Ukraine to defend their republic.

October 28, 2022 23:53

• Head of Ingush Accounts Chamber Mustafa Belkharoev detained after search in his house

  The police searched the house of Mustafa Belkharoev, the head of the Accounts Chamber of Ingushetia, and took him away with them. This was reported by Amirkhan Belkharoev, a son of the official.

October 28, 2022 23:47

• Kalmyk activist leaves Russia after being fined for his pacifist calls

  Arslang Sandjiev, the chair of the Congress and the Executive Committee of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People, who was fined twice for his pacifist calls, moved to the United States.