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The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has cancelled the ruling of a lower court on bringing Svetlana Semyonova, a resident of Nalchik, to administrative responsibility.

The court fined a resident of Astrakhan for an inscription discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

A court in Astrakhan has sentenced Yaroslav Savin, a member of the "Parnas" Party, to five days of arrest, finding him guilty of petty hooliganism. Savin was also fined by 30,000 roubles for the image of the Ukrainian flag in the Telegram channel.

Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi resident, who was fined twice for discrediting the Russian Army, has complained that he was taken to the Internal Affairs Directorate, where the investigator urged him to refuse from an advocate and asked if he had a boat.

Wopke Hoekstra, the head Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has called on Russian authorities to ensure the safety and observance of the rights of the Chechen Idris Arsamikov.

Three female students from Dagestan have been reinstated at the Novocherkassk Medical College (NMC) after they managed to reach a compromise on the dress code with college bosses.

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has denied all the arguments of Ruslan Totrov's defence and upheld the court's ruling to fine him for discrediting the Russian Army.

The court has sentenced Kemran Agabekov, a protester against mobilization, to a fine of 150,000 roubles for assaulting a policeman. Taking into account the fact that the Makhachkala resident was under arrest during the investigation and trial, the fine amount was reduced to 50,000 roubles.

Idris Arsamikov, whose whereabouts were unknown after being detained by Chechen law enforcers at a Moscow airport, has claimed in the video posted in a social network that he was at home in Chechnya and intended to go to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

The authorities of Russia must immediately report the whereabout of Andrei Pivovarov, the director of the organization “Open Russia”* and release him.

Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a children’s doctor from Ingushetia, accused of aiding and abetting militants for purchasing medicines for two members of an illegal armed formation, has been charged under terrorist articles.

Idris Arsamikov, a native of Chechnya, who was detained at a Moscow airport, where he flew from the Netherlands aiming to visit his father's funeral, had been detained three times in Chechnya; and his documents were taken away, the SK SOS Crisis Group has informed.

Olesya Ovchinnikova, a resident of Krasnodar, who was fined for talking in a restaurant about the special military operation (SMO), said that she had left for Armenia and had no plans to return to Russia. The decision to fine Ovchinnikova will be challenged, her advocate has stated.

The proposal addressed by Ramzan Kadyrov to heads of Russian regions not to report the casualties is in line with the Kremlin's desire given that the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine has been on for a year already, political analysts have noted.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar found Olesya Ovchinnikova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined her 40,000 roubles.

A female native of Chechnya complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the refusal of a Moscow gymnasium to enrol her daughters, since they wear hijabs. After the intervention of the Chechen authorities, the girls were enrolled into the desired school, announced Mansur Soltaev, Ombudsman of Chechnya.

A court in Khasavyurt has released Shamil Aliev, the policeman accused of torturing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest.

Idris Arsamikov, who left Chechnya after persecutions because of his homosexuality, was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport upon arrival from the Netherlands, and then handed over to Chechen law enforcers.

People from his entourage may be behind the attempted poisoning of Chechen general Apti Alaudinov, human rights defenders, Oyub Titiev and Svetlana Gannushkina*, have pointed out.

There are signs of falsification in the materials of the case instituted against Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny’s* office in Makhachkala, accused of possessing an explosive device and drugs, the defence points out.