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Abubakar Yangulbaev added to the register of terrorists and extremists
Human rights
Abubakar Yangulbaev added to the register of terrorists and extremists
3 September 2023

On August 29, Rosfinmonitoring added lawyer, human rights activist, former employee of the "Committee Against Torture" Abubakar Yangulbaev, son of Zarema Musayeva, to the list of terrorists and extremists. He is a defendant in two criminal cases - on organizing extremist activity and on calls for terrorism.

The Caucasus has the lowest salaries and the highest unemployment
Economy
The Caucasus has the lowest salaries and the highest unemployment
3 September 2023

On August 28, the RIA Rating agency published a rating of regions by labor market. The bottom positions in the list were occupied by Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia. The rating was calculated based on Rosstat data on salaries, working conditions, employment and labor market capacity in 2022.

Russia is pushing Abkhazia and South Ossetia towards international recognition
Politics
Russia is pushing Abkhazia and South Ossetia towards international recognition
3 September 2023

I have sent two files to this message – 016-1 and 016-2, because I could not find one photo with three flags – Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhazian. If you can combine these three in one photo, that would be great.

Chechnya bans drone flights
Politics
Chechnya bans drone flights
3 September 2023

On July 3, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, signed a decree banning the use of civilian drones in the republic’s airspace. Chechnya has become the 59th Russian region to introduce a ban on civilian drones.

Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko added to the list of
Human rights
Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko added to the list of "foreign agents"
3 September 2023

On August 25, the Russian Ministry of Justice added Martin Kochesoko (Kochesokov), a Circassian activist and founder of the public organization "Khabze", to the register of foreign agents. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized him as a person persecuted for political reasons. Kochesoko currently lives in Turkey.
 

Kadyrov's mother is not the only one on the US State Department sanctions list
Politics
Kadyrov's mother is not the only one on the US State Department sanctions list
3 September 2023

On August 24, US President Joe Biden published a statement on the White House website on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day, in which he announced new sanctions against Russians involved in war crimes in Ukraine. This time, the sanctions list includes Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, the head of the Akhmat Kadyrov Charitable Foundation, Chechen Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev, the commander of the Akhmat police regiment Zamid Chalayev, Chechen ombudsman Mansur Soltayev, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Rostov Region Irina Cherkasova, and some other individuals. In addition, the Artek children's camp in Crimea was added to the "black list" of organizations with which American citizens and residents are prohibited from doing business.

Grozny Court Again Denies Actor Timur Debishev Torture Case
Human rights
Grozny Court Again Denies Actor Timur Debishev Torture Case
3 September 2023

On August 24, the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny once again denied the lawyers who are seeking to initiate a criminal case on the torture of Chechen actor Timur Debishev. The "Team Against Torture" has been appealing the investigator's decisions for five years.
 

In Astrakhan colony, Ingush prisoner goes on hunger strike and disappears
Human rights
In Astrakhan colony, Ingush prisoner goes on hunger strike and disappears
3 September 2023

On August 21, Ingushetia native Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, serving his sentence in IK-6 in the Astrakhan region, went on a hunger strike due to the violation of prisoners' rights. After that, his lawyer was unable to contact him.
 

Chechen arrested in Kyrgyzstan for escaping illegal prison
Human rights
Chechen arrested in Kyrgyzstan for escaping illegal prison
3 September 2023

On August 21, the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek chose a preventive measure for Chechen activist Mansur Movlaev, detained by employees of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan. He will be held in pretrial detention until October 21.
 

Human rights activists stand up for the Koran arsonist beaten by Kadyrov's son
Human rights
Human rights activists stand up for the Koran arsonist beaten by Kadyrov's son
3 September 2023

On August 18, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, journalist Eva Merkacheva appealed to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev with a request "for security reasons, urgently transfer Nikita Zhuravel to an FSIN institution in another region." We are talking about a resident of Volgograd, suspected of burning the Koran, who was transferred to the Grozny pretrial detention center.