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Law enforcers have detained Dmitry Kuzmin, who went out to a picket demanding the release of Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Kadyrov's son at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Aishat Kadyrova, the current Chechen Minister of Culture will become Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya for the social block; and Musa Dadaev, the former Vice-Premier will replace Kadyrova as the head of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan approved the decision of the court, which imposed 120 hours of compulsory labour on Rasul Bammatov, finding him guilty of posting a call against mobilization.

Valery Gasparyan, an unemployed resident of Stavropol, fined for two comments he posted on a social network.

Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan and others, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, two Kadyrovs, 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 September 25-October 1, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The court has fined Adam Madaev, a resident of Chechnya, for his comment left in the chat of the "1Adat"* Telegram channel, which is in opposition to the republic's authorities.

Journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov have held solo pickets in Makhachkala, demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and an end to the persecution of historian Khadjimurad Donogo.

Law enforcers have drawn up six protocols against Larisa Kuznetsova, a resident of the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory, about discrediting Russian militaries. This was reported by the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project.

Roman Taganov, an activist from Maykop (Adygea), was denied initiating a criminal case after the attack on him. According to his story, the police have ignored his arguments. The denial will be appealed against, Felix Vertegel, an advocate for Taganov, has promised.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek (the capital of Kyrgyzstan) has received the case of illegal crossing the Kyrgyz state border by Mansur Movlaev, who had fled Russia and complained of persecution by Chechen authorities.

The sentence of 8.5 years for journalist Alexander Nozdrinov is quite harsh, his advocate believes, adding that the verdict would definitely be appealed against. Nozdrinov was convicted for his help to other people, his wife Ekaterina has noted.

The court has found journalist Alexander Nozdrinov guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and sentenced him to 8.5 years of freedom deprivation.

Social network users have put more than 30,000 signatures to the petition demanding that the son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, be brought to justice for beating Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested under the case of burning the Koran. Activists at the solo pickets held in different cities of Russia have also supported this demand.

Investigators have refused five times to consider the application lodged by Victor Krasnoborodko, a resident of the village of Novorozhdestvenskaya, Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) about torture, during which law enforcers obtained from a pensioner a confession of beating up his stepson.

A court has limited the defence of journalist Alexander Nozdrinov during the trial in his case, and his advocate will not be able to attend at the next court hearing due to the judge’s complaint.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has awarded compensation to Roman Stasyuk, a Stavropol resident, who was beaten up by law enforcers in Budyonnovsk in 2018.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) examined the complaints filed by residents of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Astrakhan, convicted in Russia on the basis of testimonies obtained under torture, and awarded them compensation. The decision was made against the backdrop of the Russia’s refusal to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR.

A court in Essentuki has placed under house arrest a resident of Ingushetia, detained on suspicion of attacking law enforcers at a rally in Magas.

Ayub Tuntuev, a former employee of the security service of the President of Chechnya, was subjected to torture in the colony by law enforcers, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has stated and awarded Tuntuev's heiress compensation of EUR 12,500.

In the new version of the chapter on the Great Patriotic War, which was sharply criticized by residents of Northern Caucasus, the deportation is called a "tragic history page." It follows from the photo posted by the "Baza" outlet.