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The Fifth Cassation Court found untenable the arguments of the defence of Dagestani residents Rustam Idrisov and Vadim Maksubov about the falsification of a case on drugs and torture of Rustam Idrisov.

As part of the partial mobilization announced today by the President of Russia, it is planned to call on 300,000 reservists. The lawyers interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” explain that not all citizens are subject to partial mobilization.

The court has imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles on Onar Djafarov, a resident of Adygea, finding him guilty of discrediting Russian militaries after he had damaged a banner.

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on partial mobilization, instructing the heads of Russian regions to ensure the conscription of reserve servicemen for military service.

The advocate of Daud Mamilov, a native of Ingushetia, who was found guilty of involvement in a terrorist organization and sentenced to eight years in prison, has stated, apart from her appeal complaint, that there were no proofs of her client's guilt, and the verdict was unfounded.

An audio message by a mother urging women to gather for a rally in front of the Main Mosque in Grozny and oppose sending their sons to Ukraine has been circulated among Chechen WhatsApp users.

At the latest court session on the case of the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Askhab Djarbaev, a theologian, refused from his testimonies against the defendants, stating that he had not given such testimonies. Also, Kemal Tambiev, one of the defendants, stated the refusal from his testimonies given under pressure.

Law enforcement bodies have opened criminal cases on discrediting the army after damaging banners with portraits of participants in the special operation in Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don and Novocherkassk.

Natalia Garyaeva reported to the police that at a gathering of residents in the village of Poltavskaya, an official accused activists of a commercial interest in closing the landfill. Natalia Garyaeva treated the official’s statement as defamation.

The medal “100 years of the founding of the Chechen Republic” was awarded to the mother and three daughters of Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as his other relatives and officials holding top positions in the republic, follows from the decree issued by the leader of Chechnya.

Residents of the village of Paraul in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan blocked a road with the demand to resolve the problem with the gas supply. Social media users noted that the local authorities should help the villagers. Their opponents argue that owners of greenhouses with their illegal connections to the gas pipelines are to blame.

Businessman Musa Aushev, a brother of oppositionist and human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, whose murder in 2009 remained unsolved, died after being attacked by unidentified people. Sources associated the killing with a conflict around a land plot.

The Circassian Day is a good occasion to recall the problems of the people, note residents of Nalchik interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”. Among the main problems of the Adygs, the people mentioned the preservation of their native language and national traditions, as well as the issue of repatriation of the Circassians.

The garrison military court of Makhachkala has refused to find illegal the dismissal from the army of Firudin Gadjibekov, a serviceman of the Caspian Flotilla, who refused to go to the special operation zone in Ukraine.

Since the start of the special operation a total of 1326 volunteers from the Volgograd Region have left for Ukraine, the Governor Andrei Bocharov has informed.

Two protocols on discrediting the Russian Army have been drawn up against Marina Melikhova, a supporter of "Citizens of the USSR"*; she was recently released from custody, where she served her term for public calls for extremist activities.

Some Chechen men wear too long beards without being fully immersed in religion, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, urging "the beefy guys in tight T-shirts and with long beards" to shave them down to the norm.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has violated the deadline established by the law for responding to Magomed Askhabov's application about torture at the rehabilitation centre (rehab) in Khasavyurt, where he was forcibly held and "treated" for homosexuality, human rights defenders have stated.

The girl from Dagestan named Mika has managed to escape from her family, where she was subjected to violence, freedom restriction and was forcibly married at the age of 17; it follows from the podcast "Freedom (not) just around the corner."

In Rostov-on-Don, a court closed a case on replacing the suspended sentence with the real imprisonment for activist Anastasia Shevchenko, who left Russia. The issue of replacing a suspended sentence with a real imprisonment can be decided in court only with the participation of a defendant, an advocate explains.