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The court of cassation halved, to 50,000 roubles, a fine imposed on Ratmir Zhilokov, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, in a case on an attack on a law enforcer.

Inver Siyukhov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Maykop (the capital of Adygea), who has been held under arrest at a detention centre for almost three years, should be sentenced to nine years of freedom deprivation, the prosecutor has stated.

Alexander Savin, an advocate, has managed to meet Zarema Musaeva at the colony-settlement located in the city of Argun; she will stay there for the near future.

Symbols of military glory include any monuments related to the Great Patriotic War (WW II), lawyers have noted. In their opinion, although the blogger, Alyona Agafonova, has committed no real actions against the monument "The Motherland Calls!" in Volgograd; however, her persecution fit into the established practice.

The amount of 400,000 roubles awarded by the court as compensation for being beaten up by law enforcers will not even cover the treatment cost, Temirkhan Amakhanov, the suffered Derbent resident, has complained. His defence will seek payment of 5 million roubles to Amakhanov, his advocate has promised.

The residents of Makhachkala, who witnessed Magomed Magomedov's solo picket, expressed solidarity with the journalist's demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Law enforcers wrote the picketer's personal data down, but did not interfere with his solo picket.

After checking a complaint about the detention of Seda Suleimanova by Chechen law enforcers, the prosecutor’s office announced that the young woman voluntarily left for Chechnya from Saint Petersburg, human rights defenders reported.

New old president, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, rumours about killings in Chechnya, 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 5-11, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

A female resident of the village of Zelenchukskaya, who attended gatherings of Jehovah’s Witnesses*, is suspected of participating in the activities of the extremist organization, investigators report.

Chechen authorities should hold explanatory talks with fashion models and girls in tight clothes, social network users have stated after the Minister, Isa Ibragimov, reprimanded six bloggers for their "cheekiness" and called on young people to avoid indecent behaviour.

Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, has stated at his trial in Grozny that he had burned the Koran down in hopes of receiving a monetary reward.

The spread of the practice of public repentances beyond Chechnya is associated with the growing influence of Ramzan Kadyrov, analysts have suggested in their comments to the video of three people apologizing for the beating up a special military operation (SMO) fighter in Nevinnomyssk. The state is more loyal to SMO fighters, but in criminal cases this status gives no advantages, a lawyer has pointed out.

The two girls from Krasnodar, who were subject to administrative protocols for LGBT* propaganda after a video with their kiss, have apologized, trying to reduce the negative consequences, lawyers have noted.

The Ombudsperson's office has the legal right to demand from Chechen police to check information about the beating of Nikita Zhuravel; and the Ombudsperson's statement about the impossibility of doing this is explained by his reluctance to enter into confrontation with Ramzan Kadyrov, lawyers believe.

The coaches of Chechen sports clubs have received a million roubles each; the athletes were awarded 500,000 roubles each; and the coach of the "Akhmat" Fighting Club was also presented with a car. This was reported by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who added that the coaches and athletes were encouraged at the expense of the Kadyrov Fund.

A court in Adygea has placed in custody a local resident who, according to investigators, failed to show up for military service after his vacation.

Free legal aid organizations "Patient's Monitor" and "ZhKKh (Housing and Communal Services) Monitor" were forced to close their offices in Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) due to lack of funds; their work continues in Dagestan.

Three participants in a mass brawl in Nevinnomyssk have apologized to the participant in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who was beaten up in a bar, and to "the entire city." The attackers have been arrested, and a case of hooliganism is being investigated.

Vladimir Putin has awarded Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, the Order of Merit for Fatherland, Degree II, emphasizing his "great contribution to statehood strengthening."

The Vladikavkaz Garrison Military Court has sentenced Marat Khabalov to 5.5 years in penal colony for his two-month absence from his military unit. His defence has challenged the verdict.