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Public activities of Ramzan Kadyrov, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Gayane Akopyan’s case, 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 June 5-11, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The court has treated the messages posted in the messenger by a resident of Dagestan, in which he compared the militaries of the Russian Army and fighters of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) with the heroes of John Ronald Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings", as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

The court has fined Kirill and Ekaterina Ulitin, residents of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) for taking part in the conference of the international religious movement "New Generation"*, whose activities are recognized as undesirable in Russia.

Zarema Musaeva has been examined in the hospital and returned to the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where she is kept in Chechnya. The examination showed deterioration of her health.

The deportation of Emran Navruzbekov, a former Dagestani law enforcer, was the result of the justified distrust of Polish authorities in his words, but this is only a special case, human rights defenders and a journalist have pointed out.

After her arrests in the Moscow Region, Ulker Gashimova, a resident of Derbent, who tried to leave Russia, was sent to Dagestan, where law enforcers took away her documents and limited contacts with her.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the founder of the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC), Evgeny Prigozhin, after an exchange of public statements, have spoken on the phone "in the manly way", and agreed not to criticize each other, Chechen units and the "Wagner" PMC.

During a week after British citizen Magomed Abubakarov had been detained at his mother’s home in Chechnya, the republic’s authorities did not disclose the reasons for his detention.

The verdict of the first instance court does not provide evidence of the Ingush activists’ guilt, and the conclusions of the court contradict each other. However, when considering the appeal, the court demonstrates bias against the defendants, and there is almost no hope for an acquittal, advocates note.

At the trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, experts answered the prosecutor's questions and confirmed their conclusions in the examination of Gadjiev's publications.

Maxim Shilov, a resident of Astrakhan, has been charged under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Army for his comments posted in a social network. This was reported by Gasanov, a Maxim's advocate, to the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

Polish authorities have claimed that the information provided by Emran Navruzbekov, a former FSB (Federal Security Service) operative agent from Dagestan, who sought asylum, "as not deserving credibility."

Advocates of Temirkhan Amakhanov, a resident of Derbent, are satisfied with the judgement of the court, which has sentenced the law enforcers, who had beaten Temirkhan up, to imprisonment, and are not planning to appeal against it.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of the right to freedom of assembly and awarded compensation to Ingush activists Ruslan Mutsolgov and Anzhela Matieva, who were fined by a Russian court for participating in a protest action against the change in the border with Chechnya.

The criminal prosecution of human rights defender Oleg Orlov for his post contradicts the freedom of expression enshrined in the Russian Constitution, note Oleg Orlov himself and his public defender Dmitry Muratov.

Emran Navruzbekov, a former operative agent of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) from Dagestan, was placed under arrest for 10 days after being deported from Poland, his wife has informed. A source from Polish power bodies has stated that Navruzbekov had provided false information.

The court has imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles on Sofia Burger, a resident of Krasnodar, treating her post placed in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

Yana Tantsura's administrative case has been sent to the Maykop District Court. A protocol has been drawn up under the same article against Sergey Nesterkov, a resident of the Takhtamukai District of Adygea.

The death of Said-Khusein Yamadaev became a tragedy for his family, but it did not increase the chances of the Yamadaev family to regain their influence in Chechnya, Ruslan Kutaev, Oyub Titiev, and a Chechen historian point out.

The court has fined Ibragim Parkuev, a resident of Makhachkala, by 2000 roubles for disobeying policemen at his solo picket held on Alexei Navalny**'s birthday. Parkuev has pleaded guilty under law enforcers' pressure, a source has informed.