The Supreme Court of Dagestan sent two operatives of the police department in the Soviet district of Makhachkala in the case of torture by a local resident Kurban Dalgatov, who died in the police department. At the same time, the investigation petitioned for the imprisonment of the security forces in custody.

Chechnya became the center of human rights violations in Russia in 2023. The international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch made these conclusions in its report.

Today in Makhachkala a weekly single picket was held in support of journalist-political prisoner Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. As soon as the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication, Magomed Magomedov, unfolded his poster, an unknown person approached him and showed him a poster with similar text.

The Ukrainian Embassy in Canada was outraged by the speech of Russian boxer Artur Beterbiev in support of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Police officers in the Shelkovsky district of Chechnya detained today a suspect in the murder of mullah Abdurakhim Gakaev. The detainee is 30-year-old Turpal-Ali Shamurzaev. The day before, he inflicted multiple stab wounds on Gakaev; the victim died on the spot.

Today, police from the Shelkovsky department of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a suspect in the murder of mullah Abdurakhim Gakaev. The ICR department for the republic opened a criminal case under the article “murder” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The pre-election campaign for the presidential elections in Azerbaijan starts today. Candidates can campaign until February 6.

A native of Ingushetia, Vakha Tsurov filed more than 20 lawsuits against the correctional institutions where he served his sentence since 2012. In particular, he demanded compensation in the amount of 100 thousand rubles because the administration of the Karelian colony imposed disciplinary sanctions on him for performing namaz.

Today Georgia celebrates National Flag Day. Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili congratulated the population on the holiday. “The flag preserves our great history and directs the unshakable will of the citizens of Georgia towards one goal - to protect and strengthen our freedom.

With the release of Mikheil Saakashvili, it will be possible to reduce polarization in Georgia, which is the demand of its European friends and a significant part of the Georgian people. Citizens of the country living in the United States addressed Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili with this appeal.