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In Ingushetia, cases of law enforcers' use of prohibited interrogation methods are frequent, but only single of them are brought to justice. Meantime, in Russia as a whole, not a single sentence has been passed under the article on abuse of power with the use of torture since the article was added to the Criminal Code, human rights defenders have noted.

The leader of Tatarstan handed over the Order of Duslyk (Friendship) to Adam Kadyrov after a critical comment from a local MP about the situation with the beating of Nikita Zhuravel and about the awarding of Kadyrov Jr.

Relatives of a girl from Ingushetia, who had fled from domestic violence, are holding Magomed Alamov, a human rights defender, and threaten to kill him, blaming him of organizing the girl's escape.

Zarema Musaeva has filed a written refusal from other advocates, Alexander Savin, her advocate from the "Team against Torture" (TaT)*. According to Abubakar Yangulbaev, a Musaeva's son, petitions for the conditional early relief (CER) filed by the advocate he hired has the same force as the Savin's one.

Although heavy truck drivers have won an authorities’ response to the problem of their discrimination in Iran, they are ready to stage new protest actions if the problems are not resolved quickly.

A court in Maykop (the capital of Adygea) has sentenced a contract military serviceman to six years in jail, finding him guilty of evading service. The appellate court has upheld the verdict unchanged.

At the "Names Return" action, Volgograd activists have read out names of victims of Stalin's repressions. The today's society should recognize the mistakes of the past and stop wars and persecution of dissidents, the activists have stated.

In Chechnya, two schoolchildren, one of whom beat his colleague, while the other was filming the beating on video, were obliged to clean the school as punishment. The ending of the story with the teenagers’ fight differs sharply from the story of the beating of Volgograd resident Nikita Zhuravel by Adam Kadyrov, a son of the leader of Chechnya, since the Ramzan Kadyrov’s son was not punished.

Yulada Nechvold, who lives in Krasnodar, was fined after a dispute in a store.

Nagorno-Karabakh refugees in Armenia, impeachment of pro-Western Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, deportation of Caucasian natives from France, Northern Caucasus chooses Palestine, 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 16-22, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project recognized Jehovah’s Witness* Rimma Popova from Cherkessk, who was arrested on the charge of extremism, as a political prisoner.

A court in Stavropol has fined Mikhail Pugachov, a local resident, after he had posted several photos in the "Odnoklassniki" social network.

The suspension of consideration of the case of beating up a teenager by a policeman in Volgograd was explained in court by the fact that the accused law enforcer had left for the Special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

Salim Khalitov, an activist, has held a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of Palestine, while a journalist has demanded to release the convicted Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

In Makhachkala, the provision of orphans with housing has slowed down due to the fact that it is impossible to find apartments at the price defined by the authorities.

The defence has appealed against the sentence passed to Islam Margushev, who was mobilized from the Zolsky District (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic – KBR), and sentenced to five years of freedom deprivation on charges of evading service.

The majority of Dagestanis are showing their unconditional support for Palestine; this was confirmed by millions of roubles raised in a short time to help the victims.

Azat Khamaev, a member of the State Council of Tatarstan, apologized to his colleagues for critical words about Adam Kadyrov being awarded the title of Hero of Chechnya after his beating of arrested Nikita Zhuravel.

Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, whom the authorities of Switzerland refused protection and ordered deportation, will be subjected to persecution and torture in his homeland, state human rights defenders. They note that the authorities of European countries are often prejudiced towards refugees from Chechnya.

The authorities of Chechnya clearly demonstrated their double standards by punishing parents of a teenager for beating his colleague after recently praising Adam Kadyrov for similar violence used against a helpless person. Human rights defenders see the danger of such an approach and the normalization of demonstrative violence for Chechen society, especially for young people.