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Ulker Gashimova, a native of Makhachkala, accused of calls for terrorism and extremism allegedly contained in her posts on social networks, has complained that an investigator was putting pressure on her.

Attack on policemen in Karachaevsk, protests in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Inal Djabiev’s case, Circassian Flag Day, 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 22-28, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Twelve-year-old Ashura Kadyrova has completed training courses to join the Practical Shooting Federation, Ramzan Kadyrov boasts about his daughter’s success. The achievements and awards of Ramzan Kadyrov’s children are associated with the patronage of their father, social media users note.

As a result of an attack on the road-and-patrol (DPS) post located in the village of Mara-Ayagy in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), the Police Lieutenant Colonel Anton Valikov and Major Sergeant Andrei Artamonov were killed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

An attack on policemen on the night of April 29 was preceded by an attack on a squad of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) on April 22.

Residents of Makhachkala asked questions about the health condition of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev and the consideration date of the appeal, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, who has held a picket in support of his colleague, has informed.

The court has sentenced Vladimir Sizov, a resident of the Rostov Region, to 3.5 years in penal colony, recognizing him as a member of an extremist organization.

Shamil Aliev and Ramazan Saipulaev, former policemen, have been sentenced to conditional imprisonment and fines in the torture case of Yulduz Kurashova, a Khasavyurt resident. The third defendant, Maya Akhmedova, was acquitted, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has ordered to open a criminal case after an attack in Rostov-on-Don on a veteran of the special military operation (SMO) and his wife, as a result of which they received traumas.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has begun considering the lawsuit lodged by Murat Khokonov, Professor of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), concerning his illegal dismissal. The SC has demanded from KBSU bosses the documents confirming the legality of professor's dismissal.

A court in the city of Armavir has fined Marina Melikhova, a local activist, by 30,000 roubles, finding her guilty under an administrative article about discrediting the Russian Army.

Residents of Adygea, Krasnodar Territory, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have marked the Circassian Flag Day only with indoor events. Officials asked to do without street celebrations, the heads of regional branches of the "Adyge Khase" movement have informed.

Taulan Kipkeev, a mountaineering instructor from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), became a suspect within a criminal case of fakes about the Russian Army after his posts criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

The police have put on the wanted list Vladimir Dovdanov, a Kalmyk activist, who has fled Russia, and is accused of calling for undermining the state security.

The Circassian Flag Day consolidates the Adygs (Circassians) in Southern Russia and abroad, but this is primarily a merit of public organizations, not the authorities, the Circassian activists who had left Russia have indicated.

Zarema Musaeva remains in the colony for now; her advocates are seeking her transfer to a medical institution, but urgent hospitalization is out of question, the "Team Against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

The green flag with arrows and stars symbolizes the entire combination of national cultural values for the Circassians and gives hope for the future, emphasize participants in the celebration of the Circassian Flag Day in Nalchik.

In Grozny, a court recognized illegal the investigators’ refusal to provide Eset Umarova with all the materials of the criminal case on the disappearance of her son Movsar Umarov. The above court’s decision will allow the woman assess the investigators’ work, human rights defenders explain.

Special commissions created on the instructions of Ramzan Kadyrov reunited 2565 divorced couples in Chechnya, the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) reported.

Magomed Atimagomedov, a native of Dagestan, convicted in a case on attacking warders from a Kalmyk penal colony and killing one of them, has his 25-year sentence replaced with life imprisonment.