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A criminal case has been opened against employees of the "Memorial" Society under the article on rehabilitation of Nazism, law enforcement sources have reported. There was no notification about the case; and investigators failed to voice out the claims, human rights defenders from the "Memorial" have informed.

The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has fined Zaur Radjabov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, recognizing that his posts in the Instagram* social network had discredited Russian militaries.

The advocates for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov have completed the presentation of evidence, but Tambiev is demanding that the protocol of his first interrogation be excluded from the case files, while Rizvanov is seeking to summon new witnesses to the trial.

The decision to introduce the martial law is made by the president, Dmitry Peskov, President Putin's press secretary, has recalled in his comment on the proposal of the head of Chechnya to tighten the regime in some Russian regions after the attack committed in the Bryansk Region.

A spouse of a participant in the special military operation appealed to the Volgograd Garrison Military Court, demanding that her husband be dismissed from service and provided with psychiatric treatment. Military doctors who examined the contract soldier declared him fit for service, while civilian doctors insist that he needs medical treatment.

A court in Paris has satisfied the complaint of a native of Chechnya against the decision of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to deport him to Russia, admitting that the man was in danger of being tortured in Russia.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that Denis Nochevka had been illegally kept after being detained at a rally against the pension reform held in Krasnodar; and his trial was not impartial.

Relatives of the attackers should be called to account for the armed incident in the Bryansk Region and, despite the presence of civilian facilities nearby, "bomb down all the sites" that may be associated with the preparation of the terror act, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

A video of law enforcers chastising a group of residents of the Urus-Martan District for drinking alcohol in public places and driving while intoxicated has been posted in social media.

Natalia Bushueva was taken to a police department after a solo protest action held near the monument to St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Krasnodar.

During the two Chechen military campaigns, extrajudicial executions took place throughout Grozny, so the remains found on the outskirts of the city might belong to the victims of those executions, human rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Alexander Cherkasov suggested.

Khava Akhmadova, the head of the Chechen State Drama Theatre, has treated the statement of film director Alexander Sokurov about the cultural interests of residents of Northern Caucasus as a reason for his apology.

Mongolian authorities have abandoned their initial plans to deport the Kalmyk activist, Batyr Boromangnaev. After negotiations with the participation of Mongolian politicians and human rights defenders, he was allowed to fly to the United States.

The Grozny Military Court has referred to the decree on the partial mobilization and refused to satisfy the claim of Movsar Arsanov, a contract soldier, on dismissal from military service.

Remains of at least 10 persons have been found near a summer cottage settlement in an outskirt of Grozny, a caption to the video posted on the Internet informs.

The realities of Chechnya do not allow anyone to consider the video with Idris Arsamikov as proof that he is safe, and his case is typical for dissidents who left Chechnya, but then decided to arrive in the republic on personal matters, human rights defenders point out.

The decision of the Moscow court, which recognized as legal the refusal to pay compensation for torture to natives of Dagestan Murad Ragimov and Firuddin Ragimov, will be challenged despite the low chances of obtaining payments, a lawyer from the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, is under investigation within a criminal case of discrediting the Russian Army after posting a video on his YouTube channel.

The flowers and candles brought by Sochi residents to the memorial for victims of political repressions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, a few hours later were removed by unknown people. Activists admitted that since 2022 they are afraid to openly hold actions in memory of the assassinated politician and prefer to commemorate him at home.

The authorities of Japan have imposed sanctions on 73 organizations and 48 citizens of Russia, including Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, a cousin of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.