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Magdi Kamalov. Screenshot of the video posted on the Dag.Life YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgG0bgmhEpg&t=6s

15:31, 6 April 2023

Court reduces fine for Dagestani journalist Magdi Kamalov for discrediting Russian army

The court of cassation reduced from 100,000 to 30,000 roubles the fine imposed on Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Movsar Kottoev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMm-aIOf44

13:21, 6 April 2023

Body of second alleged militant found in Ingushetia

The second of six residents of Ingushetia, whom the law enforcement bodies consider involved in an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint, has been found dead today. Presumably, this is Movsar Kottoev, sources report.

A car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

18:46, 5 April 2023

Krasnodar resident arrested for seven days for action at territorial administration

A resident of Krasnodar has parked his car stylized as an American patrol police car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. The court arrested him for seven days having treated his action as an unsanctioned rally.

Akhmad Kottoev. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "SKFO Times" on April 4, 2023, https://t.me/skfo_news/848

18:41, 5 April 2023

Father of Movsar Kottoev killed in CTO in Ingushetia disowns him

Akhmad Kottoev has promised not to avenge the death of his son Movsar, who is wanted in Ingushetia as a militant.

The law enforcers are carrying the man killed in Gudermes. Screenshot of the video t.me/RKadyrov_95

00:26, 5 April 2023

Data on mental health of one of those killed in Gudermes sparks analysts' dispute

A mentally unhealthy person can be used for illegal purposes, an expert has noted in his comment on the information that one of those killed by law enforcers in Gudermes had suffered from a mental illness.

A counterterrorist operation (CTO). Photo: information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/

23:23, 4 April 2023

CTO in Ingushetia is the first since 2020

The announcement of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was preceded by two CTOs in the Sunzha and Malgobek Districts conducted in August 2020.

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

22:56, 4 April 2023

Ingushetia: CTO announced amid reports of shelling of law enforcers

Law enforcers have found the alleged attackers on the DPS (road-and-patrol service) traffic police post in a farm in Malgobek; the suspects opened fire on law enforcers; they wounded one of them and managed to escape, a law enforcement source has informed.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eSCfOXdg4

21:16, 4 April 2023

Ramzan Kadyrov angered by sanctions imposed on his daughter

Leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov responded with insults to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the imposition of sanctions against his daughter Tabarik Kadyrova.

Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, April 3, 2023. Screenshot https://t.me/chernovik/48928

21:00, 4 April 2023

Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold two pickets in Makhachkala

In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis

17:48, 4 April 2023

Pensioner from Chechnya fined for discrediting Russian army

In North Ossetia, a court fined Ruslan Reshidov, a pensioner from Chechnya, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, recognizing his words about the special military operation in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Law enforcers at the Elkhadjievs' house. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://t.me/groznytv/16431

23:58, 3 April 2023

One of those killed by law enforcers in Gudermes turned out to be mentally ill

Ruslan Elkhadjiev, who was killed by law enforcers in Gudermes, had suffered from a mental illness, many people in the city know about this, a source of the "Caucasian Knot" has reported. The information about the mental disorder of the eldest of the two killed Elkhadjievs was confirmed by the authors of the report of the Chechen state TV channel.

Code of Administrative Offences. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:48, 3 April 2023

Two Astrakhan residents fined for discrediting Russian Army

Alexander Shinkorenko, an Astrakhan resident, has been fined for his comments posted in the social network; the court has also imposed a fine on Ksenia Tsulimova, a local resident. According to law enforcers, the above Astrakhan residents have discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

21:15, 3 April 2023

Pacifist post turns into fine for KBR resident

Islam Bambetov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been fined for discrediting the Russian Army.

Viktor Pivovarov, the archbishop of Slavyansk-on-Kuban. Photo: https://eshatologia.org/

18:17, 3 April 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 27-2 April, 2023

Armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 27-April 2, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Imangazali Magomedov in the detention centre in Kizlyar. June 9, 2014. Photo by Yelena Denisenko

15:20, 2 April 2023

Imangazali Magomedov, native of Dagestan, asks not to deport him to Russia

Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who was detained in Ukraine, has asked to be deported to a third country, treating it unsafe to return to Russia.

Idris Arsamikov. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel of the SK SOS Crisis Group, posted on February 17, 2023 https://t.me/sksosorg/32

15:16, 2 April 2023

Fellow villagers of kidnapped Chechen Arsamikov prevent advocates from meeting him

Idris Arsamikov is in the Chechen village of Starogladovskaya; his advocates wanted to visit him, but his fellow villagers did not allow them to do so.

A videl appeal of Mikail Moshkhoev' teip (family clan). Screenshot of the video posted on the YouTube channel "Vainakh Dog" on March 29, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ULU4xBv1Q

14:38, 2 April 2023

Relatives distance themselves from residents of Ingushetia Mikail Moshkhoev and Amirkhan Gurazhev

After law enforcers have stated that Mikail Moshkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, was put on the wanted list within the case of planning a terror act, his relatives excluded him from their teip (family clan).

The FSB officers. Photo: information centre of the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-chelyabinskoy-oblasti-2.html#&gid=1&pid=6

23:57, 1 April 2023

FSB announces search for five suspects in plotting terror acts in Ingushetia

Five residents of Ingushetia are wanted on suspicion of planning terror acts, the local branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed and gave their names, although earlier the Service named four wanted persons.

Maxim Rachkov. Photo: https://memopzk.org/figurant/rachkov-maksim-andreevich/ * put on the list of foreign agents

23:19, 1 April 2023

Case of Rostov scientist Maxim Rachkov on fakes about Russian Army sent to court

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on the completion of the investigation into the case of fakes about the Russian Army initiated against Maxim Rachkov, a scientist from the city of Rostov-on-Don; the case has been sent to the court.

Kadyrov in Gudermes, screenshot of the video https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3474

21:51, 1 April 2023

Propagandists in Chechnya throw their efforts to support official version of events in Gudermes

The head of the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) posted a video in which he criticized statements about the events in Gudermes that contradicted the official version, accusing “European shaitans” of disseminating them.

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