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The parents of the abducted young woman wanted to marry her to a rich bridegroom against her will, but she left with her beloved young man, pretending to be abducted, residents of the village of Levashi have explained. A wedding in Dagestan means a lot of expense; so, young people have to fake abduction, villagers have added.

During the week of May 13-19, 2024, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one alleged militant was killed, and there were no reports about any wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The defence has filed an appeal complained against the sentence of Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, with the Southern District Military Court, his advocate has informed. The traditional picket in Gadjiev's support passed without provocations and aroused the interest of Makhachkala residents, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet, has noted.

On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have gathered at the Tree of Life monument to commemorate the victims thereof. They have stated that they try to come there every year to pay tribute to the memory of those who died for the independence of the Circassian people.

The participants in the gathering held in the Levashi District have demanded to return the girl abducted by a young man back to her family and complained about inaction of law enforcement bodies. In their turn, the Dagestani police have objected that the adult girl had voluntarily, but against her family's will, left with her groom and entered into an Islamic marriage with him.

Dagestani Telegram channels released another video with an apology from a blogger from Tatarstan. A group of residents of Dagestan came to Kazan and recorded a video with the blogger who claimed that he was wrong and spoke out of emotions.

Dmitry Kolotushkin, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, has been fined under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after discussing the situation in Ukraine.

An advocate of Daud Mamilov, a native of Ingushetia, filed a complaint against the court’s verdict by which he was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for involvement in the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS)*. The defence suggests that the verdict is based on assumptions and is pronounced with significant violations of the Daud Mamilov’s rights.

A blogger from Tatarstan, who insulted residents of Dagestan, has recorded a video appeal, in which he has apologized to them.

The court has found Artyom Babin, a Stavropol resident, guilty of discrediting the Russian Army for his pacifist post in the "VKontakte" social network.

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on the article of discrediting the Russian Army against the Volgograd blogger, Pavel Prokudin, who was arrested under a criminal case for inciting hatred towards Russian militaries.

The linguistic expertise, which has formed the basis of the case of disorganizing the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), was conducted with violations, Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, has stated this in his complaint and asked that the experts be held accountable.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to pay compensations to participants in protest actions in Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don, recognizing a violation of their right to an impartial trial.

Criminal cases of spreading fakes about the Russian Army and treason have been opened against Muaz Kibishev, a native of the Kabardino Balkarian Republic (KBR), who is participating in hostilities against the Russian Army, human rights defenders have informed.

The case of Liya Zaurbekova, an ethnic Chechen, who ran away from her relatives, has attracted attention of quite a lot of concerned people, human rights defenders have noted. Some came to the police station; others expressed their opinions on social networks, they have added.

At least 80 residents of Chechnya have been kidnapped after a car with a DUSTUM license plate was set on fire; volunteers have identified the names of a number of them. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan District, about 50 members of the Saif-Islam Elmurzaev family, suspected of setting the above car on fire, have been kidnapped; and about 30 people have been kidnapped in the Shali District, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD)* has reported.

The case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev is politically motivated, human rights defenders have stated. They recognized Rizvanov and Tambiev as political prisoners, demanding that the criminal prosecution of those convicted on charges of financing terrorism be stopped and that they be released, as well as an inquiry into the torture of Kemal Tambiev.

Liya Zaurbekova, a native of Chechnya, who fled the country, asked not to look for her and stated that she feared a forced return to her family, since her escape attracted the attention of Adam Delimkhanov.

A court of appeal has increased the amount of compensation for grievous bodily harm to Temirkhan Amakhanov, a resident of Derbent, who was beaten by the police, from 400,000 to 800,000 roubles. The above news has been reported by the “Traumpunkt” human rights project on its Telegram channel.

In Moscow, a court granted an investigators’ request to arrest in absentia Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, who was wanted on charges of justifying terrorism.