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"Next time we'll kill": journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were brutally beaten in Chechnya
4 September 2023

On July 4, unknown assailants brutally beat up lawyer Alexander Nemov of the Team Against Torture and journalist Elena Milashina of Novaya Gazeta, who had arrived in Grozny for the announcement of the verdict of Zarema Musayeva. The attackers demanded that they not come to the republic again and threatened to kill them. The crime caused a stir not only in human rights circles, but also among officials in Moscow. A criminal case was opened on the fact of obstruction of the journalist's professional activities and violent actions in connection with the administration of justice, but the perpetrators were never found.

 

Chronicle of the Russian-Ukrainian war (July-August 2023)
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Chronicle of the Russian-Ukrainian war (July-August 2023)
4 September 2023

On July 1, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the village of Serhiivka in the Kherson region, several Russian soldiers were blown up by mines planted by their fellow soldiers who had previously been rotated since June 15.

 

Kidnapping of a man from a house in Tsotsin-Yurt, explosions of shops and robberies during the “cleansing operations” of Novye Atagi, tank shelling of the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoi
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Kidnapping of a man from a house in Tsotsin-Yurt, explosions of shops and robberies during the “cleansing operations” of Novye Atagi, tank shelling of the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoi
4 September 2023

At about 2.45 in the village of Tsotsin-Yurt, the Russian military, who arrived in UAZ vehicles, seized Alavdi Musaevich Khamerzaev, born in 1976, who lived at 25 Shkolnaya Street, in their house.

Residents of Makhachkala and California came out with posters in support of the Dagestan journalist
Human rights
Residents of Makhachkala and California came out with posters in support of the Dagestan journalist
4 September 2023

In the capital of Dagestan, another solitary action took place against repressions against the editor of the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. However, this time the geography of the pickets has expanded to the US state of California. This is reported by “Kavkaz. Realities".

In New Moscow, a procedural check began on the fact of an attack on a woman in a hijab
Society
In New Moscow, a procedural check began on the fact of an attack on a woman in a hijab
4 September 2023

In the city of Moscow, law enforcement officers accepted the statement of a native of the North Caucasus, who was attacked by local residents because of wearing a hijab. The resonant incident occurred at the end of August, when the victim was walking with her eight-year-old son.

George W. Bush concerned about Kremlin influence on democracy in Georgia and Saakashvili's health
Politics
George W. Bush concerned about Kremlin influence on democracy in Georgia and Saakashvili's health
4 September 2023

The participants of the international conference "Defeating Putinism" taking place in Tbilisi were read the address of the American President of 2001-2009, George W. Bush. This is reported by "Echo of the Caucasus".

Azerbaijan reports new shelling by Armenian military
Politics
Azerbaijan reports new shelling by Armenian military
4 September 2023

Armenian units opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Kelbajar region. This was announced today by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan. Yerevan, however, denies the charges.

Armenia urged to join NATO
Politics
Armenia urged to join NATO
4 September 2023

Head of the European Committee for NATO Development Günther Fehlinger called on Armenia to join the North Atlantic Alliance. “Nikol Pashinyan, I urge Armenia to join NATO. Joe Biden will protect Armenia,” the appeal says. This is reported by the publication "Minval.az".

Drunk murder in Grozny, shelling of Chiri-Yurt, brutal massacre of an elderly resident of Serzhen-Yurt
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Drunk murder in Grozny, shelling of Chiri-Yurt, brutal massacre of an elderly resident of Serzhen-Yurt
3 September 2023

On the night of September 3, in the Shelkovskiy district, employees of the Russian security forces abducted Lechi Khakimsultanovich Khozhaev, born in 1975, and a local resident named Khamtsuev (the employees of the HRC "Memorial" could not obtain any other information about him).

Nika Chitadze: The ruling party is not interested in Georgia getting the status of a candidate country
Politics
Nika Chitadze: The ruling party is not interested in Georgia getting the status of a candidate country
3 September 2023

A series of visits by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili to Europe, which were not coordinated with the government, and the scandal that followed them, testify to internal disagreements in the country, which, in turn, influence external political processes.