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The criminal case against Vadim Cheldiev, Arsen Besolov and Ramis Chirkinov, participants in the rally in Vladikavkaz against anti-covid restrictions, was fabricated in order to suppress attempts to create public associations and criticize authorities. This was stated by the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial".

Alipat Sultanbegova, a Krasnodar journalist, has left Russia after she received a notification that a criminal case had been opened against her for discrediting Russian militaries.

The state prosecutor has asked the court to sentence Diana Tsipinova, a lawyer and a figurant in the case about violence against a policeman in Nartkala, to 2.5 years in prison. The suffered policeman himself treats the punishment as excessive; and Tsipinova's advocate has recalled that she was detained when she was defending her colleague.

Relatives of Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar woman, who was held in the Vladikavkaz temporary detention centre (known as the IVS) for more than four months, cannot get access to the details of her case. Umerova's brother has treated her accusation of espionage as fabricated.

The court ruled that the law enforcement bodies failed to prove the guilt of Gadji Rabadanov in violating the rules for holding an unsanctioned rally in Makhachkala. The case was thus closed. Gadji Rabadanov himself stated that he did not participate in the street protests against the mobilization.

Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, who was sentenced to imprisonment in Novorossiysk for posts on his blog, complained of being beaten in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), his wife said.

The version presented by Ramzan Kadyrov about the ransom of his horse with the help of Ukrainian special services and the Czech police causes doubts and is contrary to the Criminal Code, lawyers have pointed out.

The court received the case of Murad Aslankhanov, a resident of Dagestan, accused under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Army.

This year, there will be no carnival with a march and a gala concert in Gelendjik, the city Mayor has announced, explaining the decision by the fact that now "there is no time for broad festivities."

The court has returned the case of Andrei Farafonov about discrediting Russian militaries back to the police.

About 20 activists have held an action in Vienna demanding from Austrian authorities to provide asylum to the residents of Chechnya, who had left the republic due to mobilization, and not deport them to Russia.

In Nalchik, the military court refused to grant a claim filed by contract soldier Denis Anufriev, who requested the military hospital to provide a certificate of injury got in the special military operation in Ukraine. The contract soldier missed the statute of limitations for filing a claim, the court noted.

The OMON (mobile special-purpose detachment, or riot police) "Akhmat-Grozny" is a special unit within the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard), named after the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov. OMON fighters take part in hostilities, including in Ukraine.

During the week from May 8 to May 14, 2023, two persons perished during the armed conflict ongoing in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Dmitry Yarikov has faced threats from law enforcers after a protocol was drawn up against him on discrediting the Russian Army.

In his YouTube channel, Ibragim Yaganov, a Circassian activist from Kabardino-Balkaria, had posted extremist materials and justified terrorism, the court has ruled and issued a judgement to block the channel.

The stallion Zazu, who has disappeared from the stable in the Czech Republic, has been ransomed with the help of Ukrainian special services for USD 18,000, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

Konstantin Trifonov, a contract military serviceman, sentenced to 25 days of arrest in Nalchik for refusing to go to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, faces no other punishment, but the responsibility for those who now refuse to go to the SMO will be more severe.

After returning to Chechnya, blogger Khusein Djambetov, suspected of involvement in an Ichkerian community in Ukraine, posted a video in which he boasted of participating in killing Ukrainian soldiers.

The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have banned holding events in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War, threatening responsibility for violating the ban, reports Aslan Beshto, the chair of the “Coordinating Council of Adyg Public Associations”.