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The Supreme Court of Chechnya, photo: grozny-inform.ru

20:10, 20 March 2023

Court halves compensation to resident of Chechnya for his illegal criminal prosecution

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has halved Salakh Vakhaev's compensation for several years of illegal criminal prosecution – from 300,000 roubles down to 150,000 roubles.

A Berlin synagogue, photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD)

19:58, 20 March 2023

Inquiry into plotting by native of Chechnya attack on Berlin synagogue stopped

The German General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has closed the consideration of the case on plotting a terror act on a Berlin synagogue, initiated against Zelimkhan Baisagurov, the "Vayfond" Chechen Human Rights Association has informed.

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

18:43, 19 March 2023

Kadyrov's threats to Koran burners remind social media users of extrajudicial executions

The promise announced by Ramzan Kadyrov to reward for killing or capturing the authors of the Koran-burning video has opened up wide opportunities for punishing those who had nothing to do with the filming of the video, while the mass executions of residents of Chechen during military campaigns went unpunished, social media users have pointed out.

A law enforcer. Photo: epp.genproc.gov.ru

17:04, 19 March 2023

KBR resident suspected of discrediting militaries

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces against Islam Mambetov, a resident of the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The case has been sent to court.

Apti Visaev. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Protection Centre "Memorial" * included in the register of the foreign agents

21:17, 18 March 2023

Transfer of Visaev's case to Khabarovsk creates problems for his relatives

The case of Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, who is accused of plotting a terror act, has been transferred from Krasnoyarsk to the military court in Khabarovsk, his wife has informed and complained that paying for advocates' travels to the trial would hurt the family's budget.

Larisa Baragunova. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_xvn3ggCY

17:14, 18 March 2023

After a complaint to presidential envoy, woman from KBR arrested

Larisa Baragunova, the head of the NGO entitled "Union SSR Trade Union", who had complained about a search in her apartment to the presidential envoy in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), has been arrested for two months.

17:10, 18 March 2023

Khutmat Kadyrova's artificial post emphasizes clannish nature of power in Chechnya

The post of a curator, to which the 20-year-old Khutmat Kadyrova has been appointed to oversee, on behalf of her father, the decisions of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health, does not exist in the Russian system of state administration, analysts assert, not ruling out that one of Kadyrov's children could succeed him in his post even before the age of 30.

Akhmed Gataev. Screenshot https://telegra.ph/istochniki-Centra-Memorial-podtverdili-dva-ubijstva-v-otdelah-policii--v-CHechne-03-17

16:49, 18 March 2023

Human rights defenders report about deaths of two Chechen residents after their detentions by law enforcers

Residents of Chechnya Gilani Dukhaev and Akhmed Gataev were detained by law enforcers in late 2022, and after some time their bodies were returned to their relatives, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reported.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

16:43, 18 March 2023

Kadyrov promises reward for execution of participants in video about burning of page from Koran

The leader of Chechnya promised to pay 5 million roubles for the “liquidation” of participants in the video, in which a page from the Koran was used to light a fire, and 10 million roubles for their capturing alive.

A lesson at the Muslim school. Photo: https://realnoevremya.ru/articles/80170-mrakobesy-protiv-shkol

17:15, 17 March 2023

Ingush MPs offer to deprive schools of right to define pupils' dress code

The members of the Parliament of Ingushetia have supported the idea of making amendments to the law "On Education" that prohibit the educational establishments from restricting the pupils' right to wear clothes in accordance with their religion.

Ismail Sabanchiev, the head of the "Council of Elders of the Balkar People." Photo: Vladimir Kardanov http://kavkazblog.ru/

17:10, 17 March 2023

Court abolishes Balkar nation's Council of Elders

The public organization "Council of Elders of the Balkar People" has failed to hold congresses and keep its records, while its leader, Ismail Sabanchiev, made an extremist call; therefore, the Nalchik City Court has declared the organization liquidated.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo: https://vk.com/primorsky.sledcom

16:08, 17 March 2023

Resident of Ingushetia suspected of discrediting the Russian Army

The suspect is accused of posting statements in a social network aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces; this became the reason for initiating a criminal case against him.

Chechen fighters in a formation line. Screenshot of the video published on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on March 16, 2023 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3433

15:48, 17 March 2023

Kadyrov equates those who do not want to go to Ukraine to unbelievers

Residents of Chechnya should be ready to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine in any military unit, and the reluctance to go there indicates a lack of faith, Ramzan Kadyrov states.

Burning a page from the Koran in a fire. Screenshot of the video from the ТikTok channel partic55 posted on March 15, 2023 https://www.tiktok.com/@partic55/video/7210771494480186629

15:39, 17 March 2023

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.

Idris Arsamikov. Photo https://www.kavkazr.com/a/bytj-geem-dlya-nih-uzhe-prestuplenie-zaderzhannogo-v-moskve-urozhentsa-chechni-peredali-kadyrovtsam/32274445.html

20:58, 16 March 2023

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.

Khussein Karagulov. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:12, 16 March 2023

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.

The FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) officers. Photo by the Russian FSB

16:51, 16 March 2023

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.

Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on March 13, 2023. Screenshot of the video posted on the AKIpress news YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crvY6fuG92U

16:19, 16 March 2023

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.”

Khutmat Kadyrova with her father Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the photo from Adam Delimkhanov's Telegram channel, posted on March 15, 2023 https://t.me/adelimkhanov_95/2092

15:44, 16 March 2023

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.

Idris Arsamikov, screenshot of the video posted in a social network "VKontakte" on February 17, 2023 https://vk.com/video/@id782024934?z=video782024934_456239017%2Fpl_782024934_-2

19:03, 15 March 2023

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.

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