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The courts and investigators have failed to provide proofs of the creation of an extremist community; the persecution was caused by her political views, Darya Polyudova, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), sentenced to nine years of freedom deprivation, has stated at the Russian Supreme Court (SC).

The Muslims' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus has accused Israel of "state terrorism and genocide" with the complicity of the United States and Western countries, demanding that the United Nations (UN) intervene in the situation to protect the people of Palestine.

Advocate Alexander Savin visited Zarema Musaeva in a penal colony and sent a motion to the court for the conditional early relief of his client. That was reported by the “Team Against Torture”* two weeks after a son of Zarema Musaeva announced filing a similar motion by an advocate hired by the family.

Mokhamad Mogushkov is arrested, and he refuses to talk to investigators. His younger brother and cousin have been arrested together with him. A father of Mokhamad Mogushkov was deported from France for involvement in a case on terrorism and now lives in Georgia, the media report.

The reason for the dispersal of a rally in Makhachkala in support of Palestine lies in its unsanctioned nature and the authorities’ fears for the deterioration of the situation in Dagestan. Meanwhile, the majority of the population of Dagestan sympathizes with the Palestinian people in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while the Jewish community in the republic is small, note journalists.

Contrary to Ramzan Kadyrov's calls, residents of Chechnya are trying to protect their sons from being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine; and law enforcers are resorting to various tricks to force young people to go to Ukraine.

For three years, a disabled person from the Chechen war from the Volgograd region has been seeking insurance payments from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for his wound and disability. The claimant, who is partially paralyzed, needs money for treatment, Nikolai Renskov, a deputy, has explained.

Chechen authorities will not allow children to grow up cruel, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated in his comment on the video of a teenager beating up his peer; however, earlier, Daudov approved the beating of the arrested Nikita Zhuravel by Kadyrov's 15-year-old son.

Nikita Raichuk, a student from Krasnodar, has demanded to be reinstated at the university from which he was expelled after criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine in social networks. The court refused, but the student has filed an appeal.

Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi pensioner, sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against his criminal prosecution under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The ECtHR has responded that the complaint had been accepted for consideration.

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has refused to change the sentence passed to Darya Polyudova, an activist, who is serving her nine-year sentence within the case of creating an extremist community and publicly justifying terrorism. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

The three law enforcers from Makhachkala, who were the first to be detained within the case of the death at the police station of Kurban Dalgatov after interrogation, fell under the hot hand amid public outcry; there are no proofs of their involvement in the incident, Mirzakhan Gasanov, an advocate of one of them, has stated.

Residents of Dagestan gathered in the centre of Makhachkala to hold an action in support of Palestine, but they were dispersed by the police, as follows from videos posted on the Internet.

More than 50 Dagestani MPs called on President Vladimir Putin to pay attention to the problems of residents of villages flooded during the commissioning of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant in 2008. Villagers have been seeking compensation during a long time.

In Chechnya, mosques have hosted collective namazes (prayers) in support for Muslims in Palestine, who are in danger after a sharp escalation of the conflict with Israel.

French authorities have actually curtailed cooperation with Russia in the law enforcement sphere, the Russian Embassy has stated in its comment on French authorities' statements about their intention to intensify contacts on possible expulsion of North-Caucasian natives.

Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to release convicted Abdulmumin Gadjiev and to stop the persecution of historian Khadjimurad Donogo.

A court of appeal upheld the verdict to Andrei Karachentsev, a contract soldier from Adygea, who was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony for refusing to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine. The defence announced the intention to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included Vitaly Votanovsky*, an activist from Krasnodar, and Anvar Kurmanakaev*, a Nogai activist, into the register of foreign agents; according to the MoJ, the disseminated information aimed at creating a negative image of Russia.

Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, was denied protection in Switzerland, whose authorities, contrary to the advocate's arguments, have concluded that Bataev's deportation to his homeland is quite safe for him. The "Vayfond" human rights organization has treated the Swiss authorities' conclusion that the human rights situation in Chechnya has improved as unacceptable.