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

23:18, 14 March 2023

Kadyrov warns SMO participants against complaints

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has called on the military servicemen involved in the Russian special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine not to complain about their problems in social networks, but to solve them on their own.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev in the courtroom. Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo: Ruslan Alibekov https://cpj.org/ru

22:16, 14 March 2023

Prosecution slows down trial of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

The trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, has been protracted due to the absence of examination results of Gadjiev's articles, which was again requested by the prosecution.

14:38, 14 March 2023

Court in Grozny sends contract soldier to colony for evading service

The Grozny Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Samsonov, a contract military serviceman, to 2.5 in colony for his absence from service during the mobilization period.

Idris Yusupov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, March 13, 2023. Screenshot https://t.me/chernovik/47570

14:34, 14 March 2023

Dagestani journalists hold pickets in Gadjiev's support

The journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov have held two solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, one of the editors of the "Chernovik" weekly outlet.

Vladimir Putin (on the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: http://www.kremlin.ru/events/presiden/news/70667

13:35, 14 March 2023

Kadyrov boasts to Putin of Chechen authorities’ achievements

At a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov reported about the growth of economic indicators in Chechnya, the implementation of national projects, and the reduction of unemployment.

Protesters at the rally against mobilization. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvo-9KMwvs

13:30, 14 March 2023

Human rights defenders argue about importance of pacifist pickets for residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

Activist Pavel Ulibegov was released after being arrested for failure to obey law enforcers at a solo picket. Pacifist actions help residents of Kabardino-Balkaria to reconsider their attitude towards the special military operation, human rights defender Valery Khatazhukov points out.

A protest action of the Karabakh activists. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:16, 13 March 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 6-12, 2023

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, public activity of Ramzan Kadyrov, unrest in Georgia, 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 6-12, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

IK-2 (Corrective Colony) in Kalmykia. Photo by the press service of the Department for the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) https://08.fsin.gov.ru/structure/ik-2-ufsin-rossii-po-respublike/

20:37, 13 March 2023

Dagestani's defence achieves opening new case on his torture in Kalmyk colony

More than half a year after Magomed Atimagomedov, a prisoner from Dagestan, testified, his defence managed to initiate another criminal case on his torture against Baatar Bakanov and Arman Sagipov, employees of the colony in Kalmykia known as IK-2.

Konstantin Zavalin. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:31, 13 March 2023

Activist from Astrakhan faces employment problem after release

After serving his sentence in the form of forced labour, Konstantin Zavalin, an Astrakhan activist, was not given his work record book; and this prevents him from reinstatement at work. A lawyer asserts that the work record book should be given out to the convict after his release.

Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of the video posted on the "Wild Paratrooper" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI

15:16, 13 March 2023

Defence treats decision in blogger Alibekov's case as consequence of his refusal to testify

A court in Novorossiysk has denied Askhabali Alibekov's request to consider his case under special procedure that provides for punishment mitigation. His advocate believes that this was because the blogger's refusal to testify.

Aishat Kadyrova. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru

17:41, 12 March 2023

Kadyrov boasts of his daughter's award from president of South Ossetia

Alan Gagloev, the president of South Ossetia, has decorated Aishat Kadyrova, the Chechen Minister of Culture, with the Order of Friendship for her great contribution to the development of the Chechen-South-Ossetian relations, Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted.

Bagaudin Gaitukiev. Photo: the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence https://telegra.ph/Advokat-ingushskogo-vracha-podal-zhalobu-na-obvinenie-v-terrorizme-03-10

23:04, 11 March 2023

Defence challenges toughened charges against the Ingush doctor Gaitukiev

An advocate, who defends Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a doctor, has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia against the investigator's decision to add terrorist charges to the case. The investigator's version contradicts the witness' testimony and the defendant's alibi, the advocate has pointed out.

Tyrnyauz. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

21:59, 11 March 2023

Two KBR women complain about the searches within extremism case

Two women-residents of the city of Tyrnyauz (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR)) have sent a complaint to the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) about the searches conducted in their apartments.

21:51, 11 March 2023

Details of case against Vladikavkaz resident on discrediting army reported

Dmitry Boev, a resident of the city of Vladikavkaz, has been fined for a social network post, in which he compared the symbols of the special military operation (SMO) with fascist symbols.

21:45, 11 March 2023

Sum of fines for discrediting army in Kuban exceeds 7 million roubles

In 2022, the courts of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) received 254 administrative cases under the article on discrediting Russian militaries; the overall amount of imposed fines has exceeded 7 million roubles; it follows from the report of the territorial judicial department.

Handcuffs. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

21:41, 11 March 2023

Activist from Nalchik arrested after pacifist picket

Pavel Ulibegov was detained at a pacifist picket in the city of Nalchik and arrested for five days on charges of disobeying the police. Also, a protocol was drawn up against the activist for discrediting the Russian Army.

The “Wildberries” pickup point in Makhachkala. Photo: https://yandex.ru/maps/org/wildberries/43489622837/?ll=47.500427%2C42.982082&z=14

03:43, 11 March 2023

Residents of Dagestan and Chechnya reject version of discrimination in “Wildberries”

When commenting on the information about discrimination against natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in the “Wildberries” Company, employees of pickup points in Dagestan and Chechnya said that they never encountered prejudice during their employment with the “Wildberries” Company.

The detention of a protestor against mobilization in Makhachkala. September 2022. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCBMViHbxGI

03:38, 11 March 2023

Court sentences to imprisonment participant of protest action against mobilization in Makhachkala

Adam Gadjiev was sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment in a case on the use of violence against a public officer during protests against mobilization in Makhachkala.

The Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan. Photo https://riaderbent.ru/

23:58, 10 March 2023

Municipal deputies demand to cancel transhumance law in Dagestan

The deputies of the Kumtorkalin District have sent a draft law to the Dagestani Parliament on the abolition of the transhumance law (on distant pasture animal husbandry), explaining that it contradicts the laws. Earlier, the deputies of the Babayurt District also demanded to cancel the law.

Gazi Isaev. Photo: "Molodyozh Dagestana" ("Dagestani Youth")

23:55, 10 March 2023

Prosecution demands life sentence for Colonel Isaev

The prosecutor has asked the court to sentence Gazi Isaev, a former police head of the Kizlyar District, accused of having links with the organizers of the terror acts in Moscow, to life imprisonment. He treats the case against him as fabricated.

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