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The court has fined Evgeny Lavrik, a resident of the Shpakovsky District, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, the "Kavkaz.Realii"* outlet has reported.

Several men have attacked and beaten up Badma Byurchiev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in Elista (the capital of Kalmykia), the journalist himself reported, linking the attack with his professional activities.

The Chechen Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has overturned the refusal to initiate a criminal case on the application of Timur Debishev, a Chechen actor, who reported being beaten up and tortured by law enforcers.

Aida Khaita and Sultan Omarov, the prosecution witnesses in the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, have stated at trial that their testimonies given during the investigation had nothing to do with reality.

Law enforcers asked Bella Nasibyan about her links with Ilya Ponomaryov, a former Russian State Duma MP, and examined the contents of her phone, but did not allow the advocate, Pavel Sadovnikov, to be present during the interrogation, the latter has complained.

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has treated the complaints about the falsification of the criminal case and torture of the residents of the Agulsky District (Dagestan) convicted under the case of activities of a terrorist community and an illegal armed formation (IAF) as untenable.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society ‘Memorial’” (“International Memorial”)* won appeals on complaints about illegal searches in the offices of organizations.

A court imposed an administrative penalty on Mardjina Ramazanova for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

The police released Rostov journalist Bella Nasibyan. She is involved as a witness in a case on fakes about the Russian Armed Forces, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reported.

The “Rosseti Severny Kavkaz” Company was fined 3.2 million roubles for power outages in residential buildings in Makhachkala. The fine for interruptions in the supply of electricity to Makhachkala residents became the second in a month.

In Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers have detained the journalist, Bella Nasibyan, after searching her home, human rights defenders have informed.

By extending the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, the court in Grozny has upheld the investigators' unjustified arguments that a sick woman could escape from the republic, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer and one of two Musaeva's son, has stated.

Rumanian authorities have decided to send Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who faces extradition to Russia, to a migration prison after her release from custody, the "Vayfond" Chechen human rights association has informed.

The court has overturned the decision to release Tagir Velagaev, a pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), from punishment; he was convicted killing his ex-wife in Dagestan; the court has sent the case for a new consideration.

In Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers came to conduct a search of the home of Bella Nasibyan, an activist and journalist of the "RusNews", the human rights project "OVD-Info*" has informed.

Fighters of the elite units, the “Yug” battalion and the “Sever” regiment, went to Ukraine, and many of them go there not for the first time, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reports.

In Grozny, a court pronounced a decision to extend the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, a spouse of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, for three months. This was reported by the “Team Against Torture”*.

Zelimkhan Mazaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted of robbery and was suspected of organizing the murder of Sulim Yamadaev, the former commander of the “Vostok” battalion, was arrested on the charge of organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF).

The court has sentenced a resident of the Astrakhan Region to nine years in colony after finding him guilty of supporting the "Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham"* terrorist organization.

A court in Dagestan has overturned the acquittal of Gadjimagomed Rasulov, a local resident, and returned the case to the district court, which had sentenced him to 8.5 years in prison for participating in the armed underground.