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Investigators have excluded one of the articles of accusation from the case against Leyla Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia. The young mother of two children is no longer charged with complicity in terrorism. However, Leyla Gatagazheva is still being kept in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) despite the arguments submitted by her advocates.

A resident of Novocherkassk wanted to join a terrorist organization and promoted its activities on a social network, but was not aware of his actions due to insanity, a court ruled.

Vitaly Votanovsky*, an activist from Krasnodar, who left Russia because of the threat of criminal prosecution, appealed to the authorities of Croatia with a request to grant him political asylum.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has found natives of Dagestan, Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, guilty of attempting to escape, murder and attempted murder, and disrupting the colony's work. Atimagomedov has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, and Kuramagomedov – to life-long imprisonment.

A court in the city of Magas (the capital of Ingushetia) has found Nazir Tsechoev's posts on the Telegram as discrediting the Russian Army and imposed a fine on him.

Based on the results of the inspection, the Chechen police have refused to institute a criminal case on beating of Nikita Zhuravel due to the absence of a criminal act, the Russian Ombudsperson’s Office reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded compensation to activists from Anapa and Sochi who participated in rallies in support of Alexei Navalny* in January 2021.

A Krasnodar female blogger and her girlfriend made a video in which one of them proposed to the other, after which they were kissing each other with passion. The police drew up protocols against the both young women for promoting non-traditional sexual relations.

The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court has sentenced Akhmed Kurbanov, a contract soldier, to two years in penal colony, finding him guilty of refusing to take part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. The judge has treated the defendant's argument that his contract expired in 2022 as unconvincing.

Sources in Chechnya has voiced out the version that Seda Suleimanova was killed by her relatives, the SK SOS Crisis Group* has reported and demanded from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to conduct a check.

When commenting on the information about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Albert Atmurzaev in Grozny, lawyers have noted that law enforcers have the right to use firearms when there is a threat to society.

Natalia Dorozhnova, an activist from Volgograd, filed an appeal against the decision of the Central District Court, which imposed a fine on her for repeatedly discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The statistics confirm that the chances of the fine being cancelled are high, notes Maria Chaschilova, a lawyer at the human rights project “OVD-Info”*.

A court in Pyatigorsk has postponed the consideration of the appeal against the verdict of Zarema Musaeva for a month due to her inability to take part in the court session via video conferencing.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced a mobilized local resident to eight years of imprisonment for evading military service. Earlier, the man has been sentenced to a probation under the same article.

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" Special Forces, has treated those who criticised the idea of the "Akhmat" People's Friendship Academy as "armchair heroes", suspecting them of having links with Ukraine and LGBT* people. Activists of the "Rusich" unit, commenting on Alaudinov's indignation towards "Russian nationalists", refused to apologize.

In the Volgograd Region, a court sentenced Dmitry Vanifatiev to a fine, recognizing his pacifist comment posted on a social network as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

According to the investigators’ version, a man suspected of murdering mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Magomedrasul Mutaev committed the crime, as he had a personal dislike for the athlete. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The court has overturned the ruling to place one of the suspects in the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov at the Makhachkala police station under house arrest. Another case figurant is left under house arrest.

Changes in Georgian government; nepotism, power, and awards in Chechnya; persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia; decisions pronounced by the ECtHR; 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 January 29-February 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The Achkhoi-Martan District has hosted a reconciliation ceremony of two families that were at war over a person's murder, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya has informed.