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In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

In North Ossetia, a court fined Ruslan Reshidov, a pensioner from Chechnya, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, recognizing his words about the special military operation in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Ruslan Elkhadjiev, who was killed by law enforcers in Gudermes, had suffered from a mental illness, many people in the city know about this, a source of the "Caucasian Knot" has reported. The information about the mental disorder of the eldest of the two killed Elkhadjievs was confirmed by the authors of the report of the Chechen state TV channel.

Alexander Shinkorenko, an Astrakhan resident, has been fined for his comments posted in the social network; the court has also imposed a fine on Ksenia Tsulimova, a local resident. According to law enforcers, the above Astrakhan residents have discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

Islam Bambetov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been fined for discrediting the Russian Army.

Armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, 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 March 27-April 2, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who was detained in Ukraine, has asked to be deported to a third country, treating it unsafe to return to Russia.

Idris Arsamikov is in the Chechen village of Starogladovskaya; his advocates wanted to visit him, but his fellow villagers did not allow them to do so.

After law enforcers have stated that Mikail Moshkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, was put on the wanted list within the case of planning a terror act, his relatives excluded him from their teip (family clan).

Five residents of Ingushetia are wanted on suspicion of planning terror acts, the local branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed and gave their names, although earlier the Service named four wanted persons.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on the completion of the investigation into the case of fakes about the Russian Army initiated against Maxim Rachkov, a scientist from the city of Rostov-on-Don; the case has been sent to the court.

The head of the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) posted a video in which he criticized statements about the events in Gudermes that contradicted the official version, accusing “European shaitans” of disseminating them.

Ingush blogger Adam Khamchiev stays in a hospital after being beaten, reports human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. According to him, the attack on the blogger, well-known for criticizing officials, took place because of a domestic conflict.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensations to nine residents of Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd and Krasnodar, who were detained at protests in 2017, despite the fact that Russia refused to enforce its decisions.

The sentence to Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer, passed within the case of attacking law enforcers was one of the stages of his prosecution by authorities and should be cancelled, the Clooney human rights foundation "For Justice" has stated.

Aslan Iritov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who received a suspended sentence within the case of an attack on a law enforcer, has found it reasonable to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the hope of bringing law enforcers to justice in the future.

Adilkhan Amambaev, who was sentenced to nine years in prison within the case of recruitment to the IS*, has stated in his complaint that his case had been falsified and his confession of guilt was obtained under torture. However, the Russian Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict.

According to human rights defenders, the staging of special operations and forgery of the results of counterterrorist activities have long been common in Northern Caucasus, the Chechen law enforcement bodies do not have a task of proving the guilt of those killed, so it is not worth to trust the official version of the incident in Gudermes.

In the Astrakhan Region, a court has pronounced a real sentence to a man whose posts on the social media were considered by the law enforcement bodies to be calls for violence against public officers.

Adam Khamchiev, a blogger, who criticized officials, was hospitalized after several unidentified men attacked and beat him in Malgobek.