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Residents of Dagestan actively support solo pickets in support of Palestine, although they do not believe in the effectiveness of such format of actions. The overwhelming majority of the population in the republic sympathizes with the Palestinians, not only out of religious solidarity, but also for humanistic reasons, residents of Makhachkala say.

Askhabali Alibekov, a video blogger, has been released in Apsheronsk after serving his sentence awarded for discrediting the Russian Army.

Akhmat, Eli and Adam Kadyrov have been decorated with "Daimekhkan Siy", the highest order of the Chechen Parliament. Chechen officials have called Ramzan Kadyrov's children, one of whom had beaten up an arrested man, an example for the growing generation.

Ramzan Kadyrov has awarded Khamzat Kadyrov, his nephew and advisor-assistant, the title of "Hero of Chechnya".

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensation of EUR 5000 to Alexei Nikitin, a Krasnodar activist, who was arrested for participating in protests.

A post in a social network about Vladimir Putin has resulted in a protocol against Anatoly Lileikin, a Krasnodar activist.

Two residents of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan were convicted under the article on organizing an unsanctioned gathering due to the publication of calls to come out for a rally in Makhachkala.

In the Novokubansky District, a court fined a local resident, recognizing that his statements criticizing the special military operation in Ukraine discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

The health state of Remzi Memetov, who is convicted for participation in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami”* organization and who serves his sentence in a penal colony in the Stavropol Territory, has deteriorated. Remzi Memetov needs medical treatment, his spouse says.

The liquidation of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" as a "foreign agent" was not in line with the legislation and was not necessary, says the observation sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by a "Memorial"* lawyer.

Mark Belyansky, a Volgograd resident, tried to defend his right to the alternative civilian service (ACS), but the court has rejected all the pacifist's arguments.

Mass people’s appeals have influenced the decision of the Saint Petersburg prosecutor’s office to study the story of Seda Suleimanova, who was returned by the police to her relatives in Chechnya, and that gives hope for an investigation into the incident, points out Alexandra Miroshnikova.

The appointment of Kadyrov's son as head of the security division of the head of Chechnya is poorly in line with the labour legislation for teenagers and only emphasizes the hereditary principle of power formation in Chechnya, lawyers, law enforcers and human rights defenders have pointed out, suggesting that for Adam Kadyrov this is a test of his ability to head Chechnya after his father.

Ramzan Kadyrov has promised to dismiss Chechen officials whose children do not know their native language.

The reaction of Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan, to the unrest at an airport in Makhachkala has been belated and overly emotional, journalists point out.

The appearance of the mosque, the construction of which was announced by Ramzan Kadyrov, will aggravate transport problems in the Moscow district of Yuzhnoe Butovo, local residents have stated. Moscow authorities have assured that the construction decision has not yet been made.

Rafail Shepelev, an activist, who lived in Georgia since 2021, has disappeared in Tbilisi, human rights defenders have reported. According to sources, he was arrested in Vladikavkaz.

The court has fined a resident of the Astrakhan Region finding his comments posted in the social network as discredited Russian militaries.

Residents of Makhachkala have actively responded to solo actions in support of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and residents of Palestine, held by Gadjiev's colleagues. The actions in support of Palestine reflect the sentiments of the majority of Dagestanis, passers-by have noted.

The bridegroom of Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, was invited to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Saint Petersburg, where he told how law enforcers took Seda, her fiancée, to Chechnya and forbade her from meeting him.