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Two suspects have kidnapped, for mercenary reasons, a resident of Dagestan and held him in a Psychological Assistance Centre in Ingushetia, investigators have reported.

The supposed killer of Imam Gakaev looks like an unhealthy person, who took a far-fetched motive as a guide to action, but with a similar motive of fighting against sorcerers, he had appealed to Chechen authorities and sought their support.

A court in Makhachkala has placed a policeman suspected in the death of the detainee, Kurban Dalgatov, under house arrest. He became the third law enforcer arrested in January in connection within this case.

The police have planned the detention of Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), at a picket in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev by preparing a provocation, the journalist himself believes.

Krasnodar activist Daria Polyudova, who is serving her sentence in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria, has not sent letters or called her relatives for six months already, her mother says.

For the torturous conditions of transporting to the colony, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded Ruslan Rakhaev, an ex-deputy head of the Cherkessk criminal investigation division, compensation of EUR 8500.

Elders and religious leaders are involved in preventive conversations with relatives of participants in the riots at an airport in Makhachkala, the administration of the Levashinsky District reports.

Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, accused of disorganizing the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison), spoke in court about cases when prisoners were subjected to torture at the SIZO. The prosecutor’s office agreed to accept the human rights defender’s complaint for verification.

A court found no signs of wrongdoing in the actions of Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), who was detained at a solo picket in Makhachkala. The journalist has been released.

The Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd did not grant a lawsuit filed by a spouse of mobilized Anton Stepanischev against the military prosecutor’s office.

Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of the Akhtubinsky District of the Astrakhan Region, has placed a photo of the Russian President in the VKontakte social network and criticism of Russians, after which the court fined him by 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

Authorities and opposition in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, scandal with an icon in Georgia, 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 8-14, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The defence has appealed against the court ruling to place Irina Skorovarova, a resident of the city of Taganrog, under house arrest; she was accused within a criminal case of discrediting the Russian Army. Under house arrest, she cannot buy foodstuffs and medicines for her minor daughter and elderly grandmother, her advocate has stated.

Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, tried to hold a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of his convicted colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but another picketer joined him, and law enforcers declared a violation of the rules for holding a solo action.

In the village of Voskresenovskoye, Shelkovskoi District of Chechnya, a mullah was stabbed to death in front of his child. According to sources, blood feud could be the motive. An oppositional channel has refuted this version.

Vakha Tsurov, a native of Ingushetia, has demanded monetary compensation from the colony administration, claiming that he had been subjected to disciplinary sanctions for performing namaz (Muslim prayer).

Several employees of the culture house located in the Scherbinovsky District of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) have been fired after actors in a New Year performance imitated sex in front of spectators with children.

Dagestani courts have received 901 administrative cases of offenses during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala, the "Mediazona"* has informed.

The administration of the Novocherkassk colony refuses to satisfy requests for medical examination; and there is no water in the cell, and rats are running around it, Rustem Sheikhaliev, convicted for taking part in the Hizb ut-Tahrir*, has complained.

A court in Taganrog has placed Irina Skorovarova, who was detained within a criminal case for discrediting the Russian Army, under house arrest for two months.