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Olesya Ovchinnikova, a resident of Krasnodar, who was fined for talking in a restaurant about the special military operation (SMO), said that she had left for Armenia and had no plans to return to Russia. The decision to fine Ovchinnikova will be challenged, her advocate has stated.

The proposal addressed by Ramzan Kadyrov to heads of Russian regions not to report the casualties is in line with the Kremlin's desire given that the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine has been on for a year already, political analysts have noted.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar found Olesya Ovchinnikova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined her 40,000 roubles.

A female native of Chechnya complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the refusal of a Moscow gymnasium to enrol her daughters, since they wear hijabs. After the intervention of the Chechen authorities, the girls were enrolled into the desired school, announced Mansur Soltaev, Ombudsman of Chechnya.

A court in Khasavyurt has released Shamil Aliev, the policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest.

Idris Arsamikov, who left Chechnya after persecutions because of his homosexuality, was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport upon arrival from the Netherlands, and then handed over to Chechen law enforcers.

People from his entourage may be behind the attempted poisoning of Chechen general Apti Alaudinov, human rights defenders, Oyub Titiev and Svetlana Gannushkina*, have pointed out.

There are signs of falsification in the materials of the case instituted against Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny’s* office in Makhachkala, accused of possessing an explosive device and drugs, the defence points out.

The heads of the regions should not report about the number of compatriots who perished in the special military operation in Ukraine, but they should simply provide assistance to the families of the deceased, states Ramzan Kadyrov.

Chechnya, along with Dagestan and Ingushetia, was among the regions where the number of divorces increased sharply in 2022, while the number of new marriages decreased, the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has informed amid authorities' assurances about their successful work of reconciling spouses in Chechnya.

Law enforcers have summoned the elderly father of Ruslan Youloy, a blogger and an activist, for questioning. Ruslan links this interrogation with his oppositional statements.

By using torture, law enforcers have forced Khasan Islamov, a resident of Chechnya, to confess to organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF). The court sentenced him to 6.5 years in colony by ignoring Islamov's statements about torture and his innocence.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years in prison for using violence against law enforcers, has been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) for the second time within a month.

The commission for the harmonization of family relations created by the authorities of Chechnya helps to reduce the number of divorces, the republic’s Muftiate announces. In Chechnya, the problem of preserving families was previously solved thanks to the traditions of reconciling spouses without the participation of officials, an NGO activist notes.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novorossiysk obliged single father Stepan Kosolapov to pay a fine of 40,000 roubles for holding a pacifist picket in front of the city administration.

During the week from February 6 to February 12, 2023, at least four people perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there were no reports about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Zarema Musaeva's health condition has deteriorated at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where she is not receiving the necessary medical treatment, her advocate has stated.

The sentence to Daud Davydov, the head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his subordinates rendered within the case of extortion and torture is unique for Dagestan and will contribute to the observance of prisoners' rights, journalists have noted.

Journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

At least 150 Circassians were killed as a result of the earthquake in Turkey, reported the head of the “Circassian Congress”.