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Batyr Laipanov, a former policeman, has achieved cancellation of his sentence in a criminal bribe case after having served a part of his term, but at retrial, the prosecution demanded a harsher sentence for him. Laipanov treats the bribe case as falsified, pointing to his conflict with agents of special services.

Representatives of the suffered party in the case of the disappearance of Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, have asked to add the testimony of Said-Magomed Omarov to the case files, although it contradicts the version of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters from Chechnya accused of illegally detaining Kardashov.

A court in Tambov has ruled in favour of Pyotr Parpulov, a Sochi resident, sentenced to 12 years in prison within a treason case, admitting that he could not be in jail with such diseases.

A charge of attacking Pskov paratroopers in 2000 has been put forward against Alavdi Batykaev, a Chechen resident. He denies his guilt, and his advocate states that there are no proofs of his participation in the attack, the "Memorial" Human Rights Defence Centre reports.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has appointed his nephew, Khamzat Kadyrov, as his adviser-assistant for the power bloc.

The residents of the Dagestani village of Kurush, who take part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, have recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin complaining about the unjustified seizure of pasture land from villagers in favour of the national park.

Residents of Makhachkala expressed their active support to colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), during their solo pickets. The picketers demanded to release their colleague.

The residents of Chechnya, whose relatives are being held by law enforcers, refrain from turning to human rights defenders, fearing that this will aggravate the situation of their relatives and the family itself; they try to resolve the problem through behind-the-scenes negotiations.

Six natives of Chechnya are on hunger strike at a deportation centre in Croatia. They are protesting against the denial of refugee status because of suspicions of extremism.

At least 25 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala, whose whereabouts were unknown after they had been kidnapped by law enforcers in January, are being kept in a Chechen detention facility and charged with involvement in the militant activities.

A chat discussion about the special military operation in Ukraine and quotes from an investigation about President Vladimir Putin became the reason for the police to draw up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces against a resident of Sochi.

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, 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 April 17-23, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The Bar Association of the Saratov Region has rejected the demand of the regional branch of the FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) to punish Aza Alieva, an advocate, who defends, among other clients, the natives of Dagestan who had suffered from torture in the Kalmyk colony.

In Chechnya, special commissions have reunited 2395 divorced couples, the administration of the head of the republic has reported. Commentators in the social networks have doubted the strength of marriages restored at authorities' demand.

Olga Slegina, a pensioner from Moscow, has stated that in Nalchik law enforcers had misinterpreted her words about Ukraine and Zelensky in order to accuse her of discrediting the Russian Army.

The court has found Ilyas Ziyaudinov, a resident of the Levashin District, guilty of discrediting the Russian Army and obliged him to pay a fine.

The growth of prices in Chechnya ahead of the Eid al-Fitr has led to a significant increase in people's expenses for the festive table and gifts, local residents have complained. They have felt that the prices of meat, vegetables and fruits had risen sharply.

Kazbek Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has reported that over 400 million roubles were sent to pay to the militaries taking part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Some republic's residents fail to achieve the promised payments, Instagram* users have stated.

Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) in Chechnya, has threatened to take cars away from violators of traffic rules, explaining this by the intensified measures during the celebration of the Eid al-Fitr.

The Interpol has stopped searching for Dagestani preacher Israil Akhmednabiev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky), treating the arguments of Russian law enforcers in his case as unconvincing. However, this decision will not affect the course of criminal cases initiated against his fund in Russia, human rights defenders have noted.