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A group of troubled teenagers from 15 regions of Russia have arrived in Chechnya for "military-patriotic, spiritual and moral education," the Chechen Ministry of National Policy has reported.

Daud Kuramagomedov and Magomed Atimagomedov, natives of Dagestan, insist on their testimonies about torture in the colony located in Kalmykia, but eight other prisoners have retracted their testimonies.

Children all over Chechnya are praying for the participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who "defend religion" in Donbass, Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted. He has explained that his daughter is the initiator of such actions.

Angelina Radchenko, the head of the "Astrakhan 24" TV Channel, was fired after placing a post in the "VKontakte" social network that possesses signs of xenophobia and inciting hatred, Alexander Khinshtein, a Russian State Duma MP, has informed.

Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, who is accused, along with Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev, of financing terrorism, has stated during interrogation that he became a co-founder of the Fund at the suggestion of the preacher, Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, but only formally participated in the activities of the "Ansar".

The state prosecutor has demanded to sentence Daud Davydov, a former head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) to 13 years in prison, and two of his subordinates to nine years; they figure in the case of beating up detainees and extorting money and property.

The four young women from Dagestan who reported their escape from domestic violence have narrated in their interview that they had planned to run away since childhood; and the fear that they would be subjected to family pressure and restrictions for the rest of their lives was a trigger of their final decision.

A new group of volunteers left for the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, and all of them were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reported.

The Chechen woman, who had resisted years of violence from her husband and father, has managed to leave the republic and Russia with her four children, the "Glasnaya", a social media project which fights gender stereotypes and defends women's rights, has informed.

Igor Azarov has left for Serbia in protest against the military operation in Ukraine and announced his resignation as the City Duma deputy.

Based on the amount of compensations paid for the deaths and wounds of participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, as well as on the data on the ratio of those who perished to those wounded, it can be assumed that more than 15,000 families received compensations for the deaths of their relatives, analysts of the "We Can Explain" Telegram channel believe.

Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya, and Magomed Daudov, the Chairman (Speaker) of the Chechen Parliament, have been announced as undesirable persons in Poland because of their links with those who support the Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, convicted in the case on participation in hostilities in Syria, is being unreasonably punished in a penal colony. Marzhan Albagachieva, a mother of the convict, complains that warders put pressure on her son. The woman asked human rights defenders to protect the rights of her son.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to four activists from the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory for violating their rights to a fair trial in cases on detentions at protest actions.

Andrei Rossiev, an activist, has been detained in Krasnodar after a search.

The purchase of fences intended to cordon rallies off by the North-Caucasian police has been made in view of possible actions against authorities, especially in Dagestan, where anti-mobilization protests were essential, journalists and human rights defenders have pointed out.

The decision to liquidate the "Memorials"* in Russia was made by authorities; and the courts formally approached the issue and fulfilled the political order, human rights defenders have stated after the consideration of the complaint lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.

The conditional early relief (CER) of those convicted within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev after being tortured at the police will be appealed against, his widow has stated.

The information about the mass deaths of Chechen law enforcers near Lisichansk is false, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Earlier, the leader of Chechnya had to acknowledge the information about 23 fighters perished in the Kherson Region. Apti Alaudinov, an aide to the leader of Chechnya, also assures that “everything is fine” with the soldiers of the “Akhmat” special forces in Ukraine.

In a cassation appeal, lawyers of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”* emphasized the importance of its activities, but a court in Moscow upheld the decision to liquidate the Human Rights Centre.