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Criminal case completed against alleged members of Basayev and Khattab's detachment
Human rights
Criminal case completed against alleged members of Basayev and Khattab's detachment
9 June 2023

The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the North Caucasus Federal District has completed the investigation of criminal cases against residents of Chechnya and Tatarstan Alavdi Batykaev and Eduard Valiakhmetov.

Bloody
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Bloody "mopping-ups" with murders, kidnappings and looting
8 June 2023

On June 8, 2001, at dawn in the village of Raduzhnoye, Grozny District, Russian units carried out a “cleansing operation”. During it, a large number of people were insulted and beaten. Some of them subsequently had to seek medical help.

In Novaya Kakhovka a significant drop in water level was reported
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
In Novaya Kakhovka a significant drop in water level was reported
8 June 2023

The water level in the flooded city of Novaya Kakhovka is decreasing. 900 people were evacuated. Eight are missing.
The Energodar mayor's office advises residents to leave the city due to the uncontrollable situation at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
The Russian Volunteer Corps announced the capture of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region.

The United States again called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release two political prisoners
Human rights
The United States again called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release two political prisoners
8 June 2023

The US State Department once again called on the Azerbaijani government to release activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Similar appeals concern another oppositionist, Zamin Salaev.

In the cities of the KChR and Chechnya, a third of the roads do not meet quality standards
Economy
In the cities of the KChR and Chechnya, a third of the roads do not meet quality standards
8 June 2023

Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya took fourth and eighth places in the ranking of the worst condition of urban roads, of which 33% and 30%, respectively, are of unsatisfactory quality in the republics. This is reported by the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor).

The lowest salaries of social workers are recorded in the North Caucasus Federal District
Economy
The lowest salaries of social workers are recorded in the North Caucasus Federal District
8 June 2023

The average salary of a social worker in Russia is 44,000 rubles, according to Rosstat. The lowest salaries were recorded in the North Caucasus.

A resident of the KBR was accused of treason for trying to leave for Ukraine
Human rights
A resident of the KBR was accused of treason for trying to leave for Ukraine
8 June 2023

Against a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, 35-year-old Erik Kanokov, a criminal case was opened on treason. According to investigators, he planned to leave for Ukraine and fight in the combat unit "Muslim Corps - Caucasus" as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia called the words of the representative of Armenia
Politics
Russia called the words of the representative of Armenia "anti-Russian attacks"
8 June 2023

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova commented on the statement of the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan that in the event of unblocking transport communications in the region, Armenia, and not the Russian Federation, will exercise control over the borders.

In Georgia, Ukrainians protested against the Kremlin for blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
Society
In Georgia, Ukrainians protested against the Kremlin for blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
8 June 2023

In Tbilisi, a protest rally was held near the parliament building due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The participants, local citizens of Ukraine, accused the Russian Federation of a war crime.

The most common
Human rights
The most common "extremist materials" included songs by Chechen artist Timur Mutsuraev
8 June 2023

At least seven compositions by the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev are included in the list of materials for the dissemination of which the courts most often imposed administrative fines. According to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, they are recognized as "extremist materials."