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Smolensk colony to check illegal conditions of detention of prisoners from Dagestan
Human rights
Smolensk colony to check illegal conditions of detention of prisoners from Dagestan
22 August 2024

According to media reports, the rights of prisoners from Dagestan are being violated en masse in IK-2 in the Smolensk region. More than 60 people are in solitary confinement, many are cutting their veins due to unbearable conditions.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release free press representatives
Human rights
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release free press representatives
22 August 2024

The International Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against the journalists of the Abzas Media publication and release them.

Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended
22 August 2024

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of Enver Krosh, Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, and Edem Bekirov for three months. Another Crimean Tatar, Seityag Abbozov, had his house arrest extended for the same period.

Chechnya's Olympic medalists who competed for other countries were presented with apartments
Society
Chechnya's Olympic medalists who competed for other countries were presented with apartments
22 August 2024

The Chechen authorities presented apartments to natives of the republic, the winner and bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics Razambek Zhamalov and Islam Dudayev. The former competed for the national team of Uzbekistan, the latter for Albania.

Dagestani journalist gets back equipment confiscated during search
Human rights
Dagestani journalist gets back equipment confiscated during search
21 August 2024

Police officers have returned laptops and a phone confiscated during a search to Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov, who was recognized as a "foreign agent." At the same time, law enforcement officers did not give an official response about the reasons for the investigative actions, Memorial employees reported.

Cause of death of Akhmatovite Akhmed Dzhabrailov, detained in Dagestan, was suffocation
Human rights
Cause of death of Akhmatovite Akhmed Dzhabrailov, detained in Dagestan, was suffocation
21 August 2024

The results of the examination showed that the previously detained by the police special forces fighter "Akhmat", a member of the "SVO" Akhmed Dzhabrailov died of suffocation due to "compression of the chest and abdomen." No drugs or alcohol were found in his blood, as previously assumed. This was reported on his Telegram channel by the activist Shamil Khadulaev.

In Armenia, the Belarusian Embassy was pelted with eggs due to Lukashenko's statements
Politics
In Armenia, the Belarusian Embassy was pelted with eggs due to Lukashenko's statements
21 August 2024

The Belarusian Embassy in Yerevan was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and potatoes. The protesters demanded the severance of diplomatic relations with Minsk.

The lowest one-time payments to
Society
The lowest one-time payments to "SVO" participants are assigned in Chechnya and North Ossetia
21 August 2024

Only 100 thousand rubles are offered to contract soldiers for participating in the war with Ukraine from the budgets of Chechnya and North Ossetia. These are the lowest rates among Russian regions. Such data are published on the website "Important Stories".

Stavropol Territory Outraged by High Fee for Singer Shaman
Society
Stavropol Territory Outraged by High Fee for Singer Shaman
21 August 2024

"I am just an infantryman," Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the Russian president during his visit to the special forces university in Gudermes. Putin, in turn, noted that "we are all infantrymen, we are all in the same position in this sense."

Svetlana Gannushkina has been charged over a letter in defense of an Ingush native accused of terrorism
Human rights
Svetlana Gannushkina has been charged over a letter in defense of an Ingush native accused of terrorism
21 August 2024

The Moscow prosecutor's office has opened an administrative case against human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. The document states that she failed to indicate her "foreign agency" in her correspondence with Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova.