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The European Union included in the sanctions list the investigator who led the criminal case instituted against Oleg Orlov* and the judge who sentenced the human rights defender to imprisonment. The investigator and the judge are accused of human rights violations.

In their video message to Vladimir Putin, activists have claimed that officials representing the authorities do not respond to requests from real estate investors in an unfinished apartment building in Nalchik. The authors of the appeal have requested the Russian President to solve the problem.

In Chechnya, high positions are occupied by people especially close to Ramzan Kadyrov. The appointment of Magomed Daudov as the Prime Minister (PM) has confirmed his high status; and it also indicates that in the future he may become Kadyrov's successor, analysts have noted.

Despite the fact that the decision to transfer Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, under house arrest was made in her favour, it still violates the law, since the investigation period has ended and she could not have been given a preventive freedom restriction measure at all.

Chechen parliamentarians (MPs) have unanimously supported the appointment of Magomed Daudov as chairman of the government of the republic (Premier); he himself has announced this in his Telegram channel.

A court in Adler has imposed an administrative punishment in the form of eight days of arrest on a local resident for his comments in a social network, which were treated as extremist.

In modern Russian realities, any initiatives demanding to stop Stalinism rehabilitation are useless and can lead to repressions against authors of such demands, Pavel Polyan has suggested in his comment on the appeal of Oleg Kelemetov, a Nalchik resident, to parliaments of North-Caucasian republics.

Some of the 80 persons kidnapped after the arson of a car associated with Adam Kadyrov have already been released, human rights defenders have informed, adding that the mass kidnappings amid high-profile resignations indicate an unstable situation in Chechnya and are caused by law enforcers' desire to demonstrate their importance.

The resignations of Magomed Daudov and Muslim Khuchiev from their posts have shown that the authorities of Chechnya are more independent in personnel matters than other regions of Russia, analysts emphasize. The resignation of Magomed Daudov has not spoiled his relationship with Ramzan Kadyrov, the spokesperson for the “Vayfond” human rights association believes.

Darya Polyudova, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), who was serving her sentence in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) within an extremism case, was brought to a colony in Kostroma and placed under strict custody conditions.

Magomed Daudov has been presented for the post of Prime Minister (PM) of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.

In 2022, Timur Nasirkhanov, a soldier, was unjustifiably sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone; an expertise has confirmed that the command forged his signature in the contract, his mother has complained.

Because of the imperfect legislation, only a small number of labour slavery cases get into law enforcers' attention. In their turn, those who occur in labour slavery, including in Southern Russia, refuse to complain to the police due to their low legal literacy.

Policemen have detained a man in Novorossiysk who had lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame.

The charge against Mikhail Balabanov in a case on plotting a terror act in the Stavropol Territory was reclassified to a lighter charge, and therefore a court sentenced the defendant to half the term of imprisonment requested by a public prosecutor, an advocate reported.

In Volgograd, a court arrested a local resident for desecrating the graves of participants in the special military operation (SMO). After being detained, the accused man escaped from the police station and was put on the wanted list. The police managed to detain the man again on May 20.

A brick factory located not far from Kaspiysk, against whose top managers a criminal case has been instituted for using slave labour, continues to operate, the “Alternative” anti-slavery movement reports.

Oleg Kelemetov, a resident of Nalchik, has filed an appeal to the parliaments of the republics of Northern Caucasus with a call to adopt a law prohibiting the glorification of Joseph Stalin and other persons involved in mass deportations during the World War II, as well as the installation of monuments to them.

A criminal case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces was instituted against Teona Kelekhsaeva, a resident of Vladikavkaz, who had earlier been sentenced under the same article to a fine and compulsory treatment by a psychiatrist.

Ramzan Miriskaev, a native of Chechnya, who came to his homeland from Austria, has been arrested in Grozny on the charges of illegal trafficking in firearms and ammunition.