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The house where the suspected militants were hiding. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Izvestiya" on April 8, 2023, https://t.me/izvestia/127602

18:58, 14 April 2023

Lawyers confirm Ingush woman’s right to compensation after CTO

The authorities are required by law to compensate for damages to a woman from the village of Zyazikov-Yurt, whose house was damaged during a counterterrorist operation, but to assess the damage, the woman needs to go to court, lawyers note.

Alan Khasiev. Screenshot of the video on his Telegram channel https://t.me/vizovvremeni/2612

18:41, 14 April 2023

Blogger from North Ossetia fined for discrediting Russian army

Alan Khasiev, a blogger from North Ossetia, was fined for a video posted on the social media.

Nikolai Bogoslavsky. Photo: https://cdn-anapach.storage.yandexcloud.net/uploads/2023/04/222.jpg

19:37, 13 April 2023

Pastor from Anapa convicted under article about undesirable organization

The court sentenced Nikolai Bogoslavsky, the Pastor of the Evangelical Church of Christ the Saviour in Anapa, to a year in colony under the article on cooperation with an undesirable organization.

A rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ * included in the list of Russian foreign agents

19:24, 13 April 2023

ECtHR awards compensations to nine detainees at rally in Magas

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found violations in considering the cases of nine residents of Ingushetia detained at the venue of a rally in Magas in 2019.

Rinat Kiramov and Sergey Korolyov. Screenshot from a website containing information about criminal cases against Russian Jehovah's Witnesses*

19:16, 13 April 2023

Astrakhan Region: prosecutor demands eight years in colony for three Jehovah's Witnesses*

Rinat Kiramov, Sergey Korolyov, and Sergey Kosyanenko, the Jehovah's Witnesses*, whose case is being considered by the Akhtubinsky District Court, are under threat of long freedom deprivation terms under the charges of extremism. The prosecutor has demanded eight years in colony for each of them.

The police detains Timur Idalov. Screenshot of the video by the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow, https://t.me/skmoscowgsu/1803

19:01, 13 April 2023

Advocate Timur Idalov detained in Moscow

The police reported about the detention of a Moscow advocate in a case on a threat of violence to a public officer during a court session. Timur Idalov, representing the interests of the Belkharoev family in the case on the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre “E”), was detained, and a search was conducted in the Timur Idalov’s house.

A law enforcer. Photo: https://chechnyatoday.com/

18:51, 13 April 2023

Human rights defenders warn against hasty conclusions about detainee in Chechnya

The statement of Ramzan Kadyrov concerning connections of a detainee in Chechnya with Ingush militants is not enough to consider a person a member of the armed underground, human rights defender point out.

A special operation. Photo: NAC, nac.gov.ru

23:58, 12 April 2023

Special operation in Chechnya was the second in two weeks

The special operation in the village of Gvardeiskoye was held two weeks after the armed incident in Gudermes, where two men were shot dead.

23:56, 12 April 2023

Court dismisses the case against North-Ossetian woman on discrediting militaries

A court in North Ossetia has terminated the proceedings in the case of Regina Gagieva, who posted pacifist comments in a social network.

19:53, 12 April 2023

Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria fined for discrediting Russian Army

The Baksan District Court has found the comment posted by a local woman in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

The Code of Administrative offences. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

18:21, 12 April 2023

Astrakhan Region resident fined for discrediting Russian army

Aslbek Aitakov, a resident of the Astrakhan Region, was fined 30,000 roubles for his comment on the social media criticizing the special military operation in Ukraine.

Suleiman Lorsanov. Photo by the press service of the Chechen Ministry for Public Health

18:16, 12 April 2023

Chechen Minister for Public Health invites anti-vaxxers to speak on TV

Suleiman Lorsanov, Chechen Minister for Public Health, has called on opponents of polio vaccination to come out on TV with evidence that vaccinations are harmful to children’s health.

Eset Kadyrova won the All-Russian contest "Language Is Nation's Soul". Photo: Grozny Inform https://grozny-inform.ru

22:35, 11 April 2023

Kadyrov boasts of his daughter's victory in children's contest

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has informed that his daughter, Eset Kadyrova, a second-form pupil, won the All-Russian contest "Language Is Nation's Soul".

Law enforcers. Photo: https://gazetaingush.ru/news/v-nazrani-otmenen-rezhim-kto

22:00, 11 April 2023

On April 3-9, four persons perished and eight were wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of April 3-9, 2023, at least four people perished and eight others were wounded during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket. Photo from the Telegram channel of the Chernovik.net

21:47, 11 April 2023

Pickets held by colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev attract tourists' attention

The solo pickets demanding to stop the criminal case against Gadjiev caused an approving reaction from car drivers and interested the guests of Makhachkala, journalists have informed.

Max KomikadZe, a blogger (on the left), and Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a parody video clip about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, posted on the Telegram channel Kadyrov_95

21:41, 11 April 2023

After filming with Kadyrov in videos about Zelensky, parodist complains about threats

Max KomikadZe, a blogger who starred with Ramzan Kadyrov in a series of parody video clips about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, has told the police about the received threats.

The Chechen village of Samashki. Photo: https://argumentua.com/stati/tragedii-chechenskogo-sela-samashki-20-let-foto

15:15, 11 April 2023

"Memorial"*: massacre of Samashki villagers remains unpunished for 28 years

The murder committed by law enforcers of more than a hundred civilians in the Chechen village of Samashki back in 1995, has not been investigated for 28 years; and the perpetrators have not been punished, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence has pointed out.

23:14, 10 April 2023

Kadyrov criticizes rise in prices before Eid al-Fitr

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called on sellers not to raise prices for goods before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. He has compared to drug dealers the entrepreneurs who raise the prices on the eve of the holiday. For the republic, the rise in prices during Ramadan has become a chronic problem.

Screenshot of a video record depicting bullying of a mobilized soldier. Sergey Menyailo (on the right). Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". https://t.me/bazabazon/16848 , Photos: Press Service of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District http://sfo.gov.ru/polpred/polpred/ https://ru.wikipedia.org

23:09, 10 April 2023

Leader of North Ossetia reacts to video of bullying of mobilized man

After a video record depicting bullying of a military man was posted on the Internet, Sergey Menyailo, the leader of North Ossetia, has announced launching a check on the actions of the commander of the military unit in which the people mobilized from the republic serve.

The Volgograd Garrison Military Court. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:02, 10 April 2023

Contract soldier from Volgograd faces threats amid litigation for medical treatment

A spouse of a contract soldier from Volgograd, who is seeking a re-passing of the medical commission through the court, complains that commanders of her husband’s military unit threatened him with opening a criminal case. Civilian doctors diagnosed the military man with a neurological disease.

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