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A court imposed a fine amounting to 30,000 roubles on a resident of the Ust-Labinsky District, recognizing his statements in a messenger chat as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Amid the deepening of Turkish-Russian cooperation, the Circassian Diaspora faces restrictions in their rights. Before the second round of the presidential election, the opposition has called to recognize the Circassians' genocide, but among Circassians, there is no political unity even on such issues such as Russia's military actions in Ukraine, members of the Diaspora have stated.

According to official sources, about 60,000 people came to Grozny to attend a rally against burning down of the Koran by Zhuravel, a Volgograd citizen. They have confessed that they represent educational and budgetary institutions of the republic according to the attendance orders sent by authorities.

In Yerevan, a court session is scheduled on the case of Salman Mukaev, a native of Grozny, who is under threat of extradition to Russia, the SK SOS Crisis Group has reported.

The decision to transfer the case of burning down the Koran by Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, to investigators in Chechnya not only contradicts the law, but also creates a threat of torturing him, as well as a threat to his life, lawyers assert.

In Buynaksk, a court fined Magomed Saidbegov for his pacifist comments on the social media.

In Grozny, a district court has once again refused to recognize a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping. An appeal against the court’s decision will be filed to the Supreme Court of Chechnya, human rights defenders announce.

On an audio record, a father of Khusein Djambetov states that he forgives a blood feud enemy who will kill his son. Khusein Djambetov began to hand over to the republic’s authorities those Chechen natives who had visited their house and expressed the disagreement with the Chechen authorities’ policy, including Imam Valid Kuruev.

The tourist who, after a topless photo session filmed in Dagestan, recorded a video with an apology and assured that she had converted to Islam did it either under pressure or in order to hush up the scandal, some Telegram users believe.

The court of appeal has upheld the verdict to Igor Korotkov, a resident of Adygea, who was fined by 800,000 roubles for fakes about the Russian Army.

Dagestani authorities have failed to prove the inspired nature of anti-mobilization protests; and trials of participants thereof demonstrate a relative independence of local courts, which is atypical for other Russian regions. This was stated by human rights defenders in their comments on the court ruling in Makhachkala in Gadji Rabadanov's case.

Yasin Khalidov, 19, was detained by Russian border guards at a car checkpoint in the Omsk Region while trying to cross the Russian-Kazakh border. Earlier, he tried to quit his service so as not to return to the special military operation (SMO) zone. Human rights defenders are sure that Khalidov is in danger in Chechnya.

A twenty-year-old female resident of Nazran shared a story of her escape from domestic violence in the podcast of the “Svoboda (ne) za gorami” (Freedom (not) beyond the mountains) project. Aminat Lorsanova, a native of Chechnya, said that her mother was beating her, justifying herself with permission from Putin and Kadyrov.

A young woman, who entered into a correspondence dispute with Muslims after her topless photo shoot in Dagestan, apologized for her rash words. She also announced her decision to convert to Islam.

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, memory of the victims of the Caucasian War, kidnapping of Pashinyan’s son, death of a girl from Malgobek, scandals in 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 May 15-21, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has accused European and Ukrainian special services of plotting terror acts against him.

The girl who had posted on the Internet pictures from a topless photo session filmed in Dagestan has deleted them after she received dozens of angry comments from residents of the republic. Commentators made threats against her and demanded from tourists to observe local customs.

Svetlana Lelik and Galina Burova from Sochi have stated that they were arrested under a fictitious pretext for disobeying law enforcers' demands. According to the women, they were subjected to physical and psychological pressure.

A court in Novocherkassk has sentenced Dmitry Lykov, a mobilized person, to two years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving the unit without permission.

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Army against Victor Cherchenko; and his administrative case has been sent to the Giaginsky District Court of Adygea.