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Residents of the KBR will be fined for not standing up during the playing of the Russian anthem
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Residents of the KBR will be fined for not standing up during the playing of the Russian anthem
20 July 2024

The court received protocols regarding the participants in the incident with the anthem at school No. 33 in Nalchik. Citizens are charged with “violating the procedure for the official use of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation” (Article 17.10 of the Administrative Code). This entails punishment - an administrative fine in the amount of 2 to 3 thousand rubles.

Security forces conducted searches in the house of the parents of an opposition Circassian activist
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Security forces conducted searches in the house of the parents of an opposition Circassian activist
20 July 2024

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB for Karachay-Cherkessia came to search the house of the parents of the leader of the “Circassian Congress” Kase Kik. Their cell phones were confiscated, the activist wrote on social networks. Investigative actions, as he emphasized, were unauthorized and secret.

The ECHR awarded compensation to the persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan
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The ECHR awarded compensation to the persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan
19 July 2024

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation - 9,750 euros - to Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan. In 2022, a court in Makhachkala found Arsen Abdullaev, Marat Abdulgalimov, Anton Dergalev and Maria Karpova guilty of extremism and sentenced them to suspended sentences of six and six and a half years. They were kept in pre-trial detention for more than a year and released under house arrest.

A criminal case has been opened in Moscow against police officers who beat an Ossetian because of his nationality.
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A criminal case has been opened in Moscow against police officers who beat an Ossetian because of his nationality.
19 July 2024

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case into the beating of a native of North Ossetia, Tamerlan Marzoev, in Moscow. In October 2023, he was insulted on ethnic grounds and beaten on the street by security forces.

Azerbaijani ex-political prisoner-journalist reported the possible kidnapping of a colleague in Georgia
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Azerbaijani ex-political prisoner-journalist reported the possible kidnapping of a colleague in Georgia
19 July 2024

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, together with the Georgian shadow leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, organized another crime. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov was detained at Tbilisi airport. This was reported by Azerbaijani opposition journalist Afgan Mukhtarly.

An activist who defended a Chechen refugee from deportation to the Russian Federation was arrested in Croatia
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An activist who defended a Chechen refugee from deportation to the Russian Federation was arrested in Croatia
18 July 2024

Russian Vladislav Arinichev received 15 days of arrest for picketing against the actions of the Croatian migration authorities. He opposed the placement of refugee from Chechnya Akhmed Takanaev in a migration prison.

A resident of Dagestan complained of torture and declared non-involvement in the terrorist attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent
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A resident of Dagestan complained of torture and declared non-involvement in the terrorist attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent
17 July 2024

Dagestan resident Zaur Magomedov, arrested on charges of involvement in attacks on churches and synagogues in Makhachkala and Derbent, declared his innocence. The deputy chairman of the public monitoring commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, spoke about this.

The sentence of a resident of Dagestan for calls not to pay taxes and utility bills has been upheld
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The sentence of a resident of Dagestan for calls not to pay taxes and utility bills has been upheld
17 July 2024

The cassation court approved the sentence to Dagestan resident Makhmud Ibadulaev - two years and two months in prison. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization called “Citizens of the USSR” (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Armenian police released two Russians persecuted in their homeland
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Armenian police released two Russians persecuted in their homeland
17 July 2024

Russian serviceman Ivan Ch., who was detained after arriving from Kazakhstan at Yerevan airport, was released after questioning by the police. He has been wanted in Russia for leaving his unit without permission since April 2023.

A teenager from Adygea is threatened with violence in an Arkhangelsk colony
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A teenager from Adygea is threatened with violence in an Arkhangelsk colony
16 July 2024

The administration of IK-14 Gorka-Muravyovskaya (Arkhangelsk region) began to threaten with physical violence 19-year-old Kevin Lik from Adygea, convicted in a treason case.