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Ramzan Kadyrov has emphasized that an act of Rasmus Paludan, an organizer of the burning of the Koran, who dedicated his new action in Denmark to the leader of Chechnya, has no excuses and threatened the Danish politician with “punishment.”

In Chechnya, a court granted a claim of Umarai Kusaeva, an 85-year-old victim of the Stalinist deportation, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to issue her a certificate of rehabilitation as a victim of political repression.

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, official data on the natives of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, struggle of Azerbaijani oppositionists, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 23-29, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Ramzan Kadyrov has treated the hijab ban, due to which the natives of Dagestan and Chechnya were expelled from the college in Novocherkassk, a manifestation of fascism, and threatened to "take action" for disrespect for Muslim customs.

In Moscow, law enforcers have detained Anna Saifutdinova, who went out to a picket demanding the release of Zarema Musaeva.

Law enforcers have accused Aslanbek Arsaev of discrediting the Russian Army.

Relatives should not forbid children to see their mother after their parents’ divorce, Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev stated. Some Instagram* users support the Chechen Mufti, while their opponents point out that religious figures have no real influence in such situations.

A public prosecutor did not agree with the experts’ conclusions, which strengthened the defence’s version stating that Abdulmumin Gadjiev was not guilty, and convinced the court to order an additional examination of the journalist’s articles, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reported.

The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory instructed his subordinates to allocate almost 1.5 billion roubles intended for Kuban pensioners, veterans of labour, and victims of political repressions to support migrants from the zone of the special military operation.

Pavel Kozachkov, a resident of the Volgograd Region, was mobilized, but during the medical examination, he was diagnosed with multiple diseases.

Female students, including those from Chechnya and Dagestan, who were expelled from the medical college in Novocherkassk for wearing hijabs, did not achieve a dialogue with the administration of the educational institution.

A new examination in the case against Zarema Musaeva will also be carried out in Chechnya, lawyer Alexander Nemov reports. The results of the new examination will be attached to the case file, states Katerina Vanslova, the head of the North-Caucasian branch of the “Team Against Torture”*.

Four arrested warders of the penal colony refused to confess that they had participated in the torture of natives of Dagestan Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov. One more warder refused to answer questions. An advocate filed a motion for a face-to-face interrogation with other law enforcers, whom Magomed Atimagomedov identified.

Zakhar Zaripov, a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, was arrested on the charge of incitement to terrorism. According to the investigators’ version, when addressing the leader of Chechnya in LiveJournal, Zakhar Zaripov called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia.

The Parliament of Chechnya has submitted to the Russian State Duma a draft law on a ban on recognizing canonical Islamic and Christian texts as extremist materials. Attempts to treat them as forbidden literature outrage the believers, the MPs have explained.

A court in Grozny has granted a motion of Zarema Musaeva's defence for a new expert examination and agreed that it should be conducted outside of Chechnya, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture* has informed.

Arsen Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, has appeared at the police, handed over his firearm and confessed to opening fire on a human. The court has placed him under house arrest.

A video, in which law enforcers were reprimanding six schoolgirls and their parents in the Urus-Martan District, caused a negative reaction on the media. In their comments, social media users point out that the law enforcers did not explain what the children had done and why it was necessary to post the video of the schoolgirls’ reprimand for public viewing.

Five female students expelled for wearing hijabs can resume their studies if they refuse to wear clothes with religious attributes, the bosses of the Novocherkassk Medical College have stated.

A court in Astrakhan has imposed a fine on a local resident, Ifrat Khabibulin, finding his comments in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.