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Kadyrov's son was presented with new awards
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Kadyrov's son was presented with new awards
6 November 2023

The head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, received in the republic the 15-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, Adam, and State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov. He presented the teenager with the highest award of the republic - the Order of Merit for Karachay-Cherkessia.

Murder of a girl in Achkhoy-Martan, “cleansing” in Akhkinchu-Borzoi, Belty and other settlements, kidnapping of two residents of Zebir-Yurt
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Murder of a girl in Achkhoy-Martan, “cleansing” in Akhkinchu-Borzoi, Belty and other settlements, kidnapping of two residents of Zebir-Yurt
5 November 2023

In the village of Achkhoy-Martan, Russian soldiers killed 13-year-old local resident Sveta Chalandurova. This happened at the turn at the entrance to the village, where there is a mini-market with shopping stalls, cafes, and kebab shops.

A foul neighborhood cannot be avoided / Residents of Dagestan protest against the construction of a landfill near a nature reserve
Society
A foul neighborhood cannot be avoided / Residents of Dagestan protest against the construction of a landfill near a nature reserve
5 November 2023

On September 7, about a hundred residents of the Kumtorkalinsky district of Dagestan came out to protest against the construction of a landfill near the Sarykum dune, which is part of the Dagestan Nature Reserve and has the status of a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Eight participants in the protest were detained by the police.

In Search of Jews / How the Fight Against Nazism Led to Anti-Semitic Protests.
Society
In Search of Jews / How the Fight Against Nazism Led to Anti-Semitic Protests.
5 November 2023

At the end of October, anti-Semitic protests, provoked by events in Palestine, took place in three republics of the North Caucasus. In Dagestan, rioters, outraged by the bombing of the Gaza Strip and the mass murder of Palestinian civilians, most of whom were children, seized the airport while waiting for a flight from Israel. The Kremlin said that these events were “inspired from the territory of Ukraine.” Social networks blame Islamists. Experts believe that pogroms are a completely Russian tradition.

Under Stalin's Dictation / The New History Textbook Deports Peoples in the Chapter
Society
Under Stalin's Dictation / The New History Textbook Deports Peoples in the Chapter "Accomplices of the Occupiers"
5 November 2023

The new history textbook for high school students, which arrived in schools at the beginning of the school year, has caused outrage among residents of the Caucasus due to its offensive interpretation of the reasons for Stalin's deportation of 1943-1944. As a result, the authors of the textbook agreed to amend one paragraph.

Better to go to prison than to his homeland / Mansur Movlaev asked the Kyrgyz court not to deport him to Russia
Human rights
Better to go to prison than to his homeland / Mansur Movlaev asked the Kyrgyz court not to deport him to Russia
5 November 2023

On October 31, Mansur Movlaev, who fled from Chechnya to Kyrgyzstan, said that he was being tortured in a Bishkek pretrial detention center. The statement was made in the courtroom, where his appeal against the verdict of deportation from the country was to be considered. The hearing was postponed, the message was sent to the National Center of Kyrgyzstan for the Prevention of Torture.

Human rights
"Extremists are in fashion now" / Former Chechen political prisoner removed from terrorist list
5 November 2023

On September 19, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia removed former political prisoner, native of Chechnya Zara Murtazalieva, from its List of Terrorists and Extremists. In 2005, she was found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in Moscow.

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Human rights
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.