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Investigators have accused in absentia Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), for placing posts justifying terrorism in her Telegram channel.

Law enforcers have searched the home of Valery Bailo, a 66-year-old Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, after which he was placed into custody.

Law enforcers did not interfere with the picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev; they only copied the picketers' personal data, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, has informed.

The interregional public organization of advocates and lawyers “Initiative 2018” sent an appeal to the UN and the investigating authorities of Russia concerning the disclosure of personal data and the harassment of activists, which was organized by the “Volgograd-1” TV Channel.

The effectiveness of the investigation into the death of Askhab Uspanov is questionable, since the Chechen authorities ignored what happened, human rights defenders emphasize.

The health state of Zarema Musaeva in a penal colony is deteriorating: the woman has to take increased dose of insulin and painkillers. Zarema Musaeva was subjected to medical examination at the Republican Hospital of Chechnya, but is not receiving adequate medical treatment, her advocate reports.

The government of Dagestan has instructed local authorities and public organizations to provide support to relatives and friends of the militaries, who have gone missing in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

The announcement of the testimonies given by Mikhail Balabanov during the preliminary investigation could make the verdict heavier, since it contains a confession of hatred towards Russian leadership, lawyers have stated. In their opinion, the defence is unlikely to be able to challenge this confession.

Vitaly Fedorenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who was found guilty in six cases of discrediting Russian militaries, has stated that in some of his posts placed in the social network, he called for honourable burial of the soldiers who perished in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

The version by Seda Suleimanova's relatives that she has run away again looks implausible, her friend, Lena Patyaeva, has stated. According to Lena, Seda had said more than once that her relatives could kill her.

In Chechnya, an investigator summoned Lena Patyaeva for questioning in the case on the murder of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by relatives from Sankt Petersburg and stopped getting in touch with anyone.

A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban sentenced Archbishop of the Russia’s Orthodox Church Viktor Pivovarov to a fine of 150,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. That was reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

Employees of the children’s hospital in Buinaksk do not receive additional social benefits, healthcare workers complained in their video message to President Putin.

The police drew up a report against Kuban activist Marina Melikhova under the administrative article about discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, her advocate said.

Emergency incidents, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, prisons for Azerbaijani oppositionists, 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 1-7, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

As a result of the raids conducted by law enforcers after the terror act in the Crocus City Hall, 30 migrants in Krasnodar, 87 ones in the Volgograd Region, 46 citizens of Central Asia in the Rostov Region, seven citizens of Uzbekistan in Ingushetia and a group of foreign students in Astrakhan have been ordered to leave Russia.

A court in the Stavropol Territory has imposed six fines of 30,000 roubles each on Vitaly Fedorenko, a local resident, treating his posts in the "VKontakte" social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

A court in Elista (the capital of Kalmykia) has fined Dolores Nimgirova, a local student, by 5000 roubles, treating her solo picket held after Alexei Navalny's death as an offence.

More than 100 million roubles have been spent from the Kadyrov Fund to pay off the debts of poor Grozny residents to grocery stores, Chechen authorities have reported. At the same time, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that the action to pay off debts has nothing to do with the large number of poor people in Chechnya.

The government of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has allocated 24.3 million roubles for the six-month maintenance of 102 refugees from Palestine who had arrived in the republic.