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September 12, 2022 19:40

• Kadyrov announces return of Delimkhanov to Ukraine

  Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov returned to Ukraine and led Chechen fighters there. The Chechen military units are ready to carry out any order, Adam Delimkhanov reports.

September 12, 2022 14:22

• Social network users link growth in divorces in Dagestan with receiving benefits

  Dagestan has faced a sharp increase in the number of divorces – it almost doubled within a year, the republic's government has announced. Many residents of Dagestan divorce fictitiously in order to apply for child benefits, commentators on the Telegram channel have suggested.

September 12, 2022 13:58

• Sochi pensioner Gudimov fined for discrediting army

  Konstantin Gudimov was fined by 30,000 roubles for jogging with a white-blue-white flag. According to law enforcers, his actions are discrediting the Russian Army. Gudimov disagrees with the imposed fine and intends to challenge it.

September 12, 2022 11:15

• Telegram users outraged by Dagestani official's words about hijab scandal in Tyumen

  The official representative of Dagestan in the Tyumen Region should have defended not the teachers who hadn't let a schoolgirl in a hijab to enter the school, but the girl who, according to religious beliefs, was wearing a headscarf, the commentators to the statement of the community member have pointed out.

September 12, 2022 11:02

• Pompous celebration of KBR's 100th anniversary sparks local residents' criticism

  The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) spend money on mass celebrations, although the problems with industry decline and bad roads have not been solved, local residents have noted.

September 12, 2022 10:44

• Observers report violations at polling stations in Anapa and Gelendjik

  At a polling station in Anapa, commission members did not allow making photos; and ballot stuffing is not ruled out there, observers assert.

September 12, 2022 10:32

• Kadyrov demands to change strategy of special operation in Ukraine

  Mistakes were made in the Kharkov direction, and if the strategy of the special military operation is not changed in the near future, it will be necessary to contact the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the country, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

September 12, 2022 00:00

• Parliamentary candidate from Gelendzhik complains to Pamfilova about pressure on observer

  Ilona Grachevskaya, a candidate to the Legislative Assembly in Gelendzhik, appealed to Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), with a request to intervene in the situation in Gelendzhik. According to Ilona Grachevskaya, observer Tatiana Mamentieva was subjected to pressure after she discovered that an employee of the precinct election commission was hiding filled-in ballots.

September 11, 2022 04:15

• Dagestani representative in Tyumen supports school's refusal to cancel ban on wearing hijabs

  The school management in the city Tyumen would not change the internal regulations after a scandal with a Dagestan schoolgirl, who was not allowed to attend classes in a hijab.

September 11, 2022 04:10

• Rights defenders treat case of Chechen actor Debishev as investigators' escape from responsibility

  The case of the Chechen actor, Timur Debishev, who is trying to bring law enforcers to justice for torture, but because of the investigation, cannot reach the consideration of his complaint in court, is typical for Chechnya and other Russian regions, human rights defenders assert.

September 11, 2022 04:01

• Social network users criticize new textbooks of Kabardian language

  The new textbooks of the Kabardian language are morally outdated and too difficult for younger pupils, some Instagram* users have pointed out. Others noted that too little time is allocated in schools for learning the mother tongue.

September 11, 2022 03:56

• Law enforcers search Volgograd activist's friends

  The home of doctors from Volgograd, Angelina Neroznik and her husband Sergey was searched; after interrogation they were released after taking a non-disclosure obligation from them.

September 11, 2022 03:52

• Stavropol activist arrested after lodging application about election violation

  Law enforcers have detained Andrei Fokin, an activist, when he came to the police to file a complaint about election violations.

September 11, 2022 03:38

• Rostov townspeople demand to protect park trees from felling

  In the Friendship Park in the city of Rostov-on-Don, 237 healthy trees are planned to be cut down during the improvement works, townspeople have complained. They called on the Governor, Vasily Golubev, to protect the park from being ruined.

September 10, 2022 17:17

• Activists link attack on Byurchiev, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, with his journalism

  The attack on Badma Byurchiev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, is directly related to his professional activities; attacks on political opponents have already happened in Elista; and local officials are involved in this, local activists assert.

September 10, 2022 15:19

• Krasnodar blogger Alibekov detained for calls for extremism

  In Novorossiysk, law enforcers have detained Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger, also known as "Wild Paratrooper", on suspicion of public calls for extremism. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"** with reference to his friend.

September 10, 2022 09:33

• Deaths of 700 natives of Southern Russia in Ukraine officially confirmed

  Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 700 residents of Southern Russia have been officially confirmed, including 463 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and 237 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD).

September 09, 2022 23:52

• Dagestani SC recognizes illegal extension of Eduard Ataev’s arrest

  An appeal filed about the extension of arrest of Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the Navalny’s headquarters* in Makhachkala, was granted, but Eduard Ataev remains in custody pending review of the decision in the first instance court.

September 09, 2022 23:41

• Opponents of landfill in Kuban outraged by official’s threats against an activist

  When commenting on the threats voiced by an official against activist Viktor Ilyin, residents of the village of Poltavskaya have noted that the official should take care of the well-being of residents and the environmental situation in the municipality and not intimidate the residents.

September 09, 2022 14:34

• Krasnodar activist detained and left in custody overnight

  Vitaly Nemtsev, the coordinator of the "Citizen Observer" project, became a figurant of the protocol on the demonstration of prohibited symbols. He was left in custody for the night.