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Lawyers from the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “Memorial International”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) filed complaints to courts requesting them to examine for legality the liquidation of the above organizations and their inclusion in the register of foreign agents.

More than 21,000 Chechen fighters have taken part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine; and over 9000 are currently on the frontlines there, the head of Chechnya has stated.

At the court session on the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, the outcomes of the examination of the articles written by Gadjiev a Dagestani journalist, for the "Chernovik" outlet were announced.

After detention, law enforcers tortured, including with the use of electric current, Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, accused of committing a terror act attack and vandalism: he set fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar; he claimed torture at the trial at the Southern District Court.

The case on the murder of 19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov is at the stage of preliminary investigation, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the law enforcers’ responsibility for the deaths of eight residents of Dagestan in Chechnya in October 2016 and awarded 27 complainants 609,000 euros in compensation.

The Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar has dismissed the claim lodged by Roman Volik, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), who tried to obtain alternative military service instead of mobilization, referring to his anti-war convictions.

The court has fined Khadis Gazimagomedov, a 63-year-old pensioner from Dagestan, by 15,000 roubles for posting pacifist photos in a social network.

In the village of Avadan, Dokuzparin District, local residents tried to block the highway, demanding to solve their problem with gas supply. Heating boilers turn off because of low pressure in the gas system; the problem affects different villages of Dagestan, Telegram users have informed.

Hunger strike declared by prisoner of conscience Tofig Yagublu, critical consequences of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, sharp deterioration in the Mikhail Saakashvili’s health, and persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 2-8, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The South Korean Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has denied asylum to Djashar Khubiev, a football player from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who had left Russia due to the threat of being sent to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

Under absurd pretexts, law enforcers prevent pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly outlet, by detaining picketers; and even an occasional female passer-by was taken to the police station, Dagestani journalists have informed.

Ramzan Kadyrov, six days after the funeral of a son of the representative of the leader of Chechnya in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, has not commented on his death in Ukraine.

Elina Umakhanova, who was placed in a rehabilitation centre in Makhachkala at the request of her relatives, complained to the police about the illegal restriction of freedom and torture she was subjected to in the rehabilitation centre.

Law enforcers have detained Magdi Kamalov and Magomed Magomedov, journalists, who were on their way to the site of weekly solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

Alexei Abramov, who had been mobilized to participate in the special military operation (SMO) conducted in Ukraine despite his spinal traumas, has returned to Krasnodar. This is entirely the achievement of his wife, the advocate has stated.

Ruslan Nurushev has been fined by 40,000 roubles for posting a leaflet criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. For similar leaflets he was already been fined by 85,000 roubles.

Two days after Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, denied reports about the death of Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Aguev and other Chechen commanders were "in perfect health" and showed them in a video.

Ivan Alexeev has been fined by 45,000 roubles for expressing his opinion about the actions of the Russian Army in Ukraine.

In the churches of Southern Russia, Christmas services were held under heavy security guards. In their Christmas statements, religious figures and officials mentioned the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.