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Today, in Volgograd, busts of Joseph Stalin and Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky have been installed on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.

The bosses of a store in Novorossiysk have replaced the image on the signboard after a visitor saw attributes of the LGBT propaganda therein it and contacted the police.

In Rostov-on-Don, the court of appellate instance has rejected the complaint lodged against the decision to expel Mikhal Mzhyglud, the rector of the Catholic Church in Novocherkassk, out of Russia. The Polish priest has violated the immigration legislation, which could pose a threat to the security of the state and people's lives, the court has ruled.

Initially, during the examination, they tried to award Alexei Abramov, a mobilized resident of Krasnodar, who suffered from multiple spine hernias, the category "fit (for military service) with minor restrictions"; now, documents are being prepared for his hospitalization.

Law enforcers did not interfere with the pickets held by journalists Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov in Makhachkala, but carried out a standard procedure to verify the activists’ personal data. According to the picketers, passers-by actively expressed their support.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced for using violence against law enforcers, was transferred to a punishment cell. His relatives believe that the punishment measure was deliberately used by warders of the penal colony to disrupt a visit of his mother.

Amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Northern Caucasus faces a growing demand for an alternative military service. A mobilized person can be sent to the rear if he categorically refuses to take up arms, Artyom Mugunyants, a lawyer, has explained.

Daniel Kurakin has been let free after interrogation by investigators, human rights defenders have informed.

Olesya and Alexei Ovchinnikov have been detained in a Krasnodar restaurant after one of the visitors called law enforcers because of the pacifist talks of the spouses.

The police chief of the Urus-Martan ROVD (District Interior Division) has reprimanded seven persons for drinking alcohol and driving cars while intoxicated; a respective was posted in the social network. Commentators expressed bewilderment at posting such entries.

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.