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Ingush activist Barakh Chemurziev has served his full sentence in the case on an extremist community. The man has been released from a penal colony in the Stavropol Territory.

A Moscow court has fined Zalina Marshenkulova*, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, by 45,000 roubles for failing to indicate her foreign agent status in social networks.

Due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the Court of Appeal has released Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, from punishment in the case of a murder threat, and the Moscow Regional Court also decided not to deprive him of his advocate’s status.

Maria Smelaya, a Krasnodar resident, who is seeking custody over her child in court, has arrived at the address in Chechnya where her son is registered, but the house was empty.

In the city of Volzhsky, a court sentenced Alexander Yefimov, a member of the “Yabloko” Party, to administrative arrest for displaying a portrait of Alexei Navalny.

In Volgograd, activists who laid flowers at the monument to victims of political repression in memory of Alexei Navalny were intimidated by the police. At least three persons are known to have been detained.

On the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death, his associates have honoured the politician's memory in Russian cities, as well as in the capitals of Armenia and Georgia.

Presidential election in Abkhazia, drone attacks, pollution in Anapa, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, pressure on the opposition in Azerbaijan, 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 February 10-16, 2025, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

A court in Vladikavkaz has fined Arthur Desyatnikov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, treating his post placed in a social network as discrediting the Russian Army.

An action in front of the “Vivamed” Clinic, where Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, is kept for treatment, was organized by the journalists, who treat their colleague’s arrest as an attempt to harass independent media.

The Abkhaz presidential election is illegal and will have no legal force, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

At their march through the streets of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, residents of the republic have called for the release of all those detained during protests, including the journalist Mziya Amaglobeli.

A judge of the Batumi City Court has found the defence’s motion to change the pre-trial restriction measure for Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications, not acceptable. The defence has announced an intention to lodge an appeal against the court’s decision.

Alexei Kungurov, who left Russia because of criminal prosecution, has appealed to court in order to challenge the Georgian authorities’ refusal to grant him political asylum.

Advocates, who visit the detained supporters of Georgia’s European integration, refuse to represent their interests, but are persuading them to plead guilty. Human rights defenders have called this a new form of pressure on oppositionists used by authorities.

The practice of sending defendants and accused persons to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine creates a feeling of impunity and increases risks for the women who are subjected to domestic violence, human rights defenders are sure. In their opinion, the family of Kristina Kokova, who was killed in Chechnya, may face resistance if they demand someone’s punishment.

The European Parliament recognized Salome Zurabishvili as the President of Georgia and called on European countries to boycott the Georgian authorities. The resolution, which was supported by 400 MEPs, voiced the demand for new parliamentary elections in Georgia and sanctions against those involved in the falsifications.

The head of Dagestan has promised a participant in the special military operation (SMO) a fair inquiry into the circumstances of the death of his sister, who died after a caesarean section in Derbent.

The Director General and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster were included into the draft of the new sanctions list thanks to Tbilisi protesters, activists believe.

Ruslan Umaev, a resident of Bachi-Yurt, accused of murdering his daughter-in-law, has left for the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine. He confessed to the murder and said that he did it because of the girl's immoral behaviour, human rights defenders have informed.