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The Qualification Board of Judges of Chechnya has scheduled for February 3 the consideration of the initiative voiced by the chair of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to terminate the resignation of federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, who left the country after the threats voiced by the leader of the republic.

The Russian President met Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow, although earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov had assured that no such meeting had been planned. Ramzan Kadyrov came to the Kremlin amid a scandal caused by the threats voiced by the Chechen authorities against the Yangulbaev family, human rights defenders, and journalists.

Pyunkhan Kerimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, who was deported to Azerbaijan from Germany in November 2021, has been placed in custody on the charge of drug trafficking. Pyunkhan Kerimli is being persecuted for political reasons, his father believes.

By organizing a thousands-strong rally in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov has decided to reinforce his enmity against Yangulbaevs with the "people's position" and to show the Kremlin, amid rights defenders' criticism, that Chechen authorities are well in control of the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

The promise of Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, to cut off Yangulbaevs' heads and of the translators of his threats into Russian can be treated as a threat of murder, especially in the realities of Chechnya; therefore, Russian authorities must react immediately, the Caucasian scholars and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

The Russian law enforcement bodies and authorities should respond to the statement voiced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who called the TV Channel terrorists and accomplices of terrorists, the “Dozhd” (Rain) TV Channel* noted in its complaint.

Chechen law enforcers ignored demands to let advocates visit Zarema Musaeva, and Nizhny Novgorod investigators have not responded to complaints about violations during her detention for almost two weeks, human rights defenders report.

A court in Grozny ordered the arrest of Zarema Musaeva in a criminal case on the use of violence against a public officer.

The law enforcement bodies, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, should give an estimate to the Adam Delimkhanov’s promise to punish the Yangulbaev family, State Duma members Nikolai Arefiev and Vyacheslav Markhaev have said today.

Ismail Mikailov, a resident of Azerbaijan, died from injuries which he got in a cluster bomb explosion while grazing cattle in the Karabakh conflict zone.

Residents of Chechnya came to an unsanctioned rally in the centre of Grozny to follow the authorities of the republic and voice curses against the Yangulbaev family, the pro-government media reported.

The social network users, who have watched the video clip with the threats pronounced by Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, against the Yangulbaev family, have reproached Delimkhanov for inciting hatred and reminded him of the Criminal Code.

Ilham Aslanoglu was unlawfully found guilty of libel, as he didn't express his position, but was only the presenter of the programme, in which the accusations were spoken out, the advocate has commented on the verdict.

The Yaroslavl Regional Court has left unchanged the amount of compensation for the moral harm suffered by Khasdin Murtazaliev, a native of Chechnya, who was tortured in a colony. Murtazaliev claimed 500,000 roubles, but the court approved the amount almost eight times smaller.

The members of the Yangulbaev family will be persecuted until they are killed, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, has stated on the Instagram. He also threatened with reprisals to people who would translate these words of his from the Chechen language into Russian.

The three servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army, who got lost in the Kalbadjar District, were taken to the central military hospital in Baku; there is no threat to their lives, the press service of the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The Ombudsperson of the Komi Republic and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited Khiramagomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who had gone on a hunger strike in protest against his unjustified placement into the dungeon (punishment cell). On February 1, Magomedov was released from the dungeon; and he stopped his hunger strike, Eduard Bushuev, the POC head, has informed.

Today, the police and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya have issued a sharp condemnation of members of the Yangulbaev family, and top-ranking Chechen officials have addressed curses and insults to the family, threatening retribution. The indignation was provoked by the statements about Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.

At the Angers-based film festival, Milana Aguzarova won a prize as the best actress for her role in the film “Unclenching the Fists”, filmed in the Ossetian language.

The beating of Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chair of the “Mekh-Kkhel” public organization, may be connected with a public appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov concerning a dispute over border territories, the Ingush activist himself suggests.