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The Prosecutor's Office has approved the charge of Nazism rehabilitation against Rasul Akhiyaretdinov, a blogger from Bashkortostan, who had recorded a video demanding that the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" in Volgograd be "dressed more modestly!"; his criminal case was sent to court.

Nurmet Madjidov, a contract soldier from Dagestan, has challenged the verdict for his unauthorized absence from his military unit, stating that the court had failed to take into account his desire to go to the special military operation (SMO) zone.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a resident of Astrakhan has publicly apologized for shooting an air pistol at a bus with passengers.

Those arrested within the shooting case near the Wildberries office have the right to conclude contracts with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone, after which the criminal case will be closed, human rights defenders have indicated.

Explosions in Tikhoretsk, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Caucasus and the “Wildberries” Company, murder of a transgender person in Tbilisi, 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 September 16-22, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The deaths of Adam Almazov and Islambek Elmurziev during an attempt to seize an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow caused a wide public outcry in Ingushetia. Both the killed men were security guards and were protecting the office.

Fatima, a native of Chechnya, had to leave Russia due to permanent violence from her husband, to whom she was married at the age of 15. After Fatima run away from home, her husband and father contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and succeeded in having the law enforcement bodies declare Fatima wanted.

In the business conflict around the “Wildberries” Company, Ramzan Kadyrov took the side of Vladislav Bakalchuk, a co-founder of the marketplace. However, the leader of Chechnya is also pursuing his own interests, political analysts point out.

The court in the city of Georgievsk in the Stavropol Territory has cancelled the conditional sentence of Irina Gezik, a Jehovah's Witness*, to which she was sentenced on charges related to an extremism case, and has also expunged her criminal record. This was informed by the human rights project "OVD-Info"**.

After numerous complaints, three months later, law enforcers have returned part of the things seized during the search, Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer, has informed. In order to collect the fine imposed on Nurushev, court marshals blocked his bank card.

The court has sentenced Aslan Salamov, a participant in the special military operation (SMO) from Vladikavkaz, to 1.5 years in jail, finding him guilty of murdering his acquaintance.

The court has sentenced Zorikto Tsybikzhapov, a Sochi resident, to 10 days of arrest, treating his comments in the messenger as incitement of hostility towards law enforcers and military servicemen.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to cancel the decision to initiate a criminal case against Nadezhda Kevorkova, which her defence had appealed against due to its groundlessness and a number of violations.

The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have disagreed on the prospects of the bill proposed by Vladislav Davankov, a former presidential candidate, which gives schools and municipalities the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing.

The court of appeal has imposed additional restrictions on freedom for Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova, who were sentenced to suspended imprisonment on the charges of extremism.

A Moscow court has arrested Umar Chichaev, an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter from Chechnya, who is deputy commander of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) unit "Akhmat-1", for a month and 30 days; he was detained in connection with the shooting at the Wildberries office.

A case against Vitaly Gaivoronsky, accused of preparing a terror act at the Nalchik train station, will be considered by the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.

The leader of Chechnya has stated that a Cybertruck electric pickup truck he received from Tesla stopped working. Ramzan Kadyrov believes that the car has been remotely switched off by Elon Musk.

For several months already, the defence of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, has failed to obtain medical treatment for him at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.

In Southern Russia, authorities have launched an agitation campaign, offering migrants from Central Asia and those who recently received Russian citizenship some remuneration for their consent to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone; otherwise these people are threatened with punishment.