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Honorary "foreign agents" / Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov and Chechen political scientist and historian Mairbek Vachagaev are recognized as foreign agents
5 November 2023

On September 1, the Russian Ministry of Justice added journalists Dmitry Muratov and Mairbek Vachagaev to the list of "foreign agents." According to the authorities, they participated "in the creation and dissemination of messages and materials of foreign agents to an unlimited number of people," and these materials were aimed at "forming a negative attitude toward the foreign and domestic policies" of the country.

Degradation / What is happening to Russian society – from the UN report on human rights in Russia
Human rights
Degradation / What is happening to Russian society – from the UN report on human rights in Russia
5 November 2023

On September 15, the report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Council on Human Rights in the Russian Federation was published. This position was established a year ago. The document contains a statement, confirmed by documentary evidence, that "the peaceful exercise of human rights, especially since the start of the full-scale armed attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine in February 2022", is suppressed by increasingly repressive methods.

Increased repression, increased underground activity, and war in Ukraine
Human rights
Increased repression, increased underground activity, and war in Ukraine
5 November 2023

Memorial continues to investigate human rights violations in the North Caucasus.

Karabakh Sunset
Politics
Karabakh Sunset
5 November 2023

On September 19, Azerbaijan announced the start of "local anti-terrorist measures" in Nagorno-Karabakh and began a massive shelling of its territory. By the end of the month, more than 100,000 Armenians left the unrecognized republic and fled to Armenia. NKR President Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree on the termination of the republic's existence from January 1, 2024.

Participants in anti-Semitic riots in Makhachkala are being tried for “obscene language”
Human rights
Participants in anti-Semitic riots in Makhachkala are being tried for “obscene language”
5 November 2023

The courts of Dagestan began to publish the first decisions in cases against participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport. Most of the cases were filed under articles of petty hooliganism and “obstructing transport infrastructure.” Basically, the rioters received several days of arrest for swearing in the street.

Kadyrov's son received a position in the security service of the head of Chechnya
Society
Kadyrov's son received a position in the security service of the head of Chechnya
5 November 2023

State Duma Deputy Adam Delimkhanov and Minister of National Policy and Press of the Republic Akhmed Dudayev congratulated Adam Kadyrov, the 15-year-old son of Ramzan Kadyrov, “on his appointment to a responsible position in the security service of the Head of the Chechen Republic.”

Kidnappings of men, beatings of civilians and other war crimes in Urus-Martan and Goyty
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Kidnappings of men, beatings of civilians and other war crimes in Urus-Martan and Goyty
4 November 2023

At 2 a.m. in the city of Urus-Martan, employees of an unidentified security agency - up to 20 people in total - kidnapped two local residents. Having burst into the house on Chekhov Street, they did not introduce themselves and, without explaining the reasons for their actions, took the son of the owner of the house, Shamil Bazaev, and his neighbor, Khasan Umarovich Amayev, born in 1982, out onto the street.

Chronicle of the Russian-Ukrainian war (September-October 2023)
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Chronicle of the Russian-Ukrainian war (September-October 2023)
4 November 2023

On September 1, Ukrainian troops advance south and southeast of the village of Rabotino, a stronghold of the Russian defense.

The President of Georgia proposed the creation of a bicameral parliament
Politics
The President of Georgia proposed the creation of a bicameral parliament
4 November 2023

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili proposed making changes to the state order and creating a bicameral parliament. The head of state noted that there is no “real self-government” in the country.

In the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners, the lawyer suspected the prosecution witness of working for the special services
Human rights
In the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners, the lawyer suspected the prosecution witness of working for the special services
4 November 2023

A secret witness under the pseudonym “Mustafayev” was unable to answer questions during interrogation in the case of the first Dzhankoy group of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov spoke about this. He emphasized that the witness with a high degree of probability “is an agent of the special services” and there was no reason to classify him.