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Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief specialist of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, publicly reprimanded two women from Chechnya who were detained by the police for providing occult services.

A court in Grozny has rejected the defence's motion to release Zarema Musaeva from custody and extended her arrest until February 12, her advocate has informed. Her son has treated her health condition as satisfactory.

Russian authorities had violated the rights of Ruslan Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, who was kept in custody under excessively harsh conditions, and must pay him 3000 euros as compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow has refused to satisfy the claim for the restoration of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* in the state register of legal entities for the period of liquidation of the Centre.

The detention of Dagestani activist Ruslan Rasulov at an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala in October 2011 violated his right to freedom of assembly, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled.

Zarema Musaeva, a spouse of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, denied accusations of attacking a policeman, recalling how she was forcibly taken away from home without medicines and clothes.

Members of the Circassian Diaspora of Turkey have called on Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, to stop the persecution of scientists from the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research by the police.

After conducting a search, law enforcers took away a phone and a computer with valuable historical materials, Hadji-Murad Donogo, a former deputy director of the Dagestani National Museum, has stated.

The publications in Telegram channels about the murder of the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden don't look reliable, the "Vayfond" Association and the Assembly of European Chechens have pointed out.

The statement about the inclusion of the Kadyrov's regiment "Sever" (North) into the list of terrorist organizations indicates the toughening of the position of the authorities of the European Union (EU) towards Chechen law enforcers and their actions; the appearance in this list can have both immediate consequences in the form of a ban on entry into Europe and arrest of assets, and distant ones in the form of prosecution, analysts have warned.

Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from her home in Nazran, filed a complaint to the police about regular violence from her parents and asked to be protected from harassment by her relatives.

The court’s decision on the fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces will be challenged, and an appeal will be filed against the previous similar court’s decision, journalist Ruslan Totrov reports.

The participants of the mourning meeting held in the Balkar village of Sautu have marked the 80th anniversary of the Cherek tragedy, by commemorating the gorge residents killed in November 1942 by NKVD (Interior Commissariat) troops.

Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who received refugee status in Romania, has been removed from the Interpol wanted list, the "Vayfond" human rights association has informed.

The information about the closed fashion show in Makhachkala with the participation of young men in effeminate images, which the police have treated as gay propaganda, was spread in social networks by the people who had nothing to do with the store, but were interested in disrupting its work.

The “Labour Valour of Russia” organization awarded Ramzan Kadyrov the “Valour of Inspired Labour” badge, and his mother also received the award. The insignia was accepted on behalf of Ramzan Kadyrov and his mother by Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Press.

The leaders of Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, and the governors of the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region are included in the UK sanctions list in connection with the special military operation in Ukraine.

Corporal Sergey Frolov re-sent to the Volgograd Garrison Military Court a claim for non-payment of monetary allowance for his participation in the special military operation in Ukraine.

In his comment on the words of Pope Francis about the cruelty of Chechen combatants in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov called him "a propaganda victim."

Vitaly Torchinov has been found guilty of kidnapping and killing Tamerlan Torchinov, a deputy of the Beslan City Duma, and sentenced to 14 years in colony; Boris and Alan Torchinov have been found guilty of aiding the murder; they were sentenced to 8 and 9.5 years in colony, respectively.