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In their appeal to President Putin, parents of deceased Makhachkala resident Akhmed Djabrailov, who was detained by the police, have claimed that those involved in his death are trying to avoid responsibility and that the deceased man’s relatives are being subjected to pressure.

A quarter of a century has passed since the attack on Dagestan of the militants led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab. A memorial rally and re-enactment of the events of 1999 were organized in the Botlikh District.

In Makhachkala, an investigator questioned Aishat Magomedova and recorded the signs of beatings, and then he took Aishat to her relatives in Kizilyurt, human rights defenders reported.

The transfer from the colony to the airport to participate in the exchange of prisoners with Western countries occurred suddenly, and before that, law enforcers offered to write a clemency petition, said Kevin Lik, a 19-year-old resident of Maykop, after his release.

In her appeal complaint, Marina Melikhova has demanded to stop her administrative prosecution for a poem she wrote, which the court treated as discrediting the Russian Army.

The Muftiate of Chechnya has called on the heads of commercial madrasahs to provide training free of charge and explained this recommendation by numerous complaints. In their turn, Telegram users have objected that a refusal to take money for their services will deprive madrasahs of an income source.

Law enforcers have declared Danila Kharchenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, wanted, as suspected of spreading fakes about the Russian Army based on political hatred.

The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to call the new type of armoured vehicle an “Akhmat-mobile”, noted Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. He has stated that he personally participated in changing the design of the armoured vehicle and insisted on its name.

Investigators have put journalist Zalina Marshenkulova from Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of justifying terrorism, on the international wanted list.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has reduced the term of forced labour by two years for Shakhban Abakargadjiev, a resident of Khasavyurt, within his case of military fakes.

Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

After the hostage-taking at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, relatives lost contact with natives of Dagestan Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov, involved in the “prison jamaat” case as defendants. Law enforcers took Bashir Dibirasulaev and Kurban-Ismail Mutairov to a SIZO in Taganrog and refuse to let them being visited by advocates, their relatives complained.

Human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, who was released in the prisoner exchange, called the discontent voiced by members of the Chechen diaspora in Europe justified, as there were no prisoners from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia on the prisoner exchange list.

Exchange of Khangoshvili’s killer, major fire in Azov, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan spread to 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 July 29-August 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Eduard Ataev, an activist from Dagestan, has been persecuted for political reasons; his criminal case was fabricated, the human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

A court in Astrakhan has fined Oleg Shein, a deputy of the Regional Duma, treating his post with a quote from Hitler's book as distribution of extremist materials. The deputy himself has treated the court ruling as illegal and pointed out that the court had disregarded the context of his post.

Daud Davydov, convicted in 2022 of beating inmates at Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) and extortions, has disappeared in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

Policemen have detained a Chechen resident for beating his wife after a video of the incident caused public resonance.

Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, can use her extensive ties among high-ranking officials and find artificial proofs of her innocence, the investigator has stated, demanding to extend her arrest. I his turn, Kaloi Akhilgov, Nadezhda's advocate, has objected that the investigation is essentially over; and it's impossible to influence it.

Marina Zakharova, 68, Nikolai Nabiev, 66, and Sergey Kuzovenko, 64, from Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) have civilian professions; and the investigators' version that they had tried to organize an illegal armed formation (IAF) looks absurd.