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The Astrakhan Regional Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a local woman publicly apologized for the fact that, while driving her child to the hospital, she was in a hurry and failed to give way to pedestrians.

After the decision pronounced by the cassation court, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), refused to hold weekly solo pickets. The activists explained that they decided to use other measures of support.

After musicians from the “Kasta” band from Rostov-on-Don presented their new album, the “Veterans of Russia” public movement found a reason to request an investigation into the musicians’ activities for their alleged assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Explosion in Cherkessk, drone attacks, Gadjiev’s case, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and 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 October 28-November 3, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Ramzan Kadyrov has explained the cancellation of his ban on taking prisoners of war (POWs) in the special military operation (SMO) zone by numerous requests from residents of Ukraine.

The court that considers the murder case of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, 19, a resident of Dagestan, has again postponed the decision on conducting an expertise, which has outraged the casualty's relatives.

The cassation instance has upheld the verdict to Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, Dagestan natives, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a colony employee in Kalmykia. The instance has treated the convicts' arguments about self-incrimination under torture as unconvincing.

Boris Stomakhin, a publicist, who has served prison terms for publications about the terror acts in Volgograd and the armed conflict in Chechnya, has been declared wanted. The RIA "Novosti", citing a source, has reported that Stomakhin is a figurant in a criminal case for spreading fake news about the Russian Army in connection with his posts in social networks.

The calls to release those accused of taking part in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport were initiated by their relatives or friends.

In his final speech, Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev has requested court to fully acquit him in the case on financing terrorism. However, the military court of appeal only reduced by two months the sentences for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

Viktor Pivovarov, a priest from Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has been subjected to stalking after the start of a criminal prosecution in a case on fakes about the Russian Army. The stalker threatens Viktor Pivovarov, insults him online, and disseminate false messages about him.

In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, several activists joined the "Names Return" action of commemorating victims of political repressions.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the verdict passed to Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, within the case of possessing a grenade and narcotic drugs, ignoring the arguments of the defence and Ataev's statements of his innocence.

The detention of Evgeny Skidanov, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) in 2019 has been recognized as illegal, but the police would not apologize. Investigators refused to open a case on Skidanov's torture for 15 times.

An investigator questioned Zarema Musaeva concerning an attack on a penal colony warder who accompanied her to hospital. Zarema Musaeva claims she did not attack anyone.

The statement voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov about the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in Gudermes as a result of a drone attack can be regarded as their use as a “human shield” and hostages.

Chechen advocate Timur Idalov, accused in a case on threats to a public prosecutor, was detained in Grozny and taken to Moscow.

The work to establish the names of the repressed people and rehabilitate the victims in the Volgograd Region cannot be treated as complete, but in the conditions of the deliberate silencing the repressions by local authorities, there are no resources to continue the work.

Chechen authorities should not interfere with the decisions of the authorities of another region on the issue of wearing hijabs in schools, users of the public pages in the city of Vladimir are sure.

Activists in Nalchik have commemorated victims of political repressions by recalling the fates of their family members who were repressed during the Soviet years.