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"Cleansing" of Urus-Martan: door-to-door searches, illegal detentions, kidnappings and extrajudicial executions
25 August 2023

Employees of the Russian law enforcement agencies blocked the city of Urus-Martan, and then, blocking the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, began to "clean up" the city.

Brother of Azerbaijani Opposition Scientist Reports Growing Pressure on Him in SIZO
Human rights
Brother of Azerbaijani Opposition Scientist Reports Growing Pressure on Him in SIZO
25 August 2023

In the pre-trial detention center, they continue to exert psychological pressure on the arrested chairman of the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party, scientist-economist Gubad Ibadoglu. This was reported by his brother Galib Togrul.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Dagestan for criticizing the war in Ukraine
Human rights
A criminal case was opened against a resident of Dagestan for criticizing the war in Ukraine
25 August 2023

A criminal case for spreading "fake news" about the Russian army was initiated against Shakhban Abakargadzhiev, a resident of the Dagestan Khasavyurt.

Abkhazia refused ex-president Medvedev's proposal to join the Russian Federation
Politics
Abkhazia refused ex-president Medvedev's proposal to join the Russian Federation
25 August 2023

“Abkhazia is not considering the option of joining the Russian Federation. The political forces of the republic stand for close and allied relations with Russia, but not for becoming one of its subjects,” said Sergey Shamba, Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia.

Next Crimean Tatars were sent to a pre-trial detention center under a terrorist article
Human rights
Next Crimean Tatars were sent to a pre-trial detention center under a terrorist article
25 August 2023

The Kyiv District Court of Crimea sent three Crimean Tatars – Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev – to jail for two months.

A native of Ingushetia, subjected to torture, went on a hunger strike in the Astrakhan colony
Human rights
A native of Ingushetia, subjected to torture, went on a hunger strike in the Astrakhan colony
25 August 2023

A native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, who is serving a term in IK-6 in the Astrakhan region, was again left without medical care during an epileptic attack. Because of this, he went on a hunger strike.

Kidnapping of a man in Argun,
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Kidnapping of a man in Argun, "cleansing" of the village of Goiskoye with illegal searches and mass detentions
24 August 2023

At about 5.45 in the city of Argun, employees of the Russian security forces, who arrived in two armored personnel carriers and a Ural truck, were taken away from apartment No. 3, located at the address: per. Zheleznodorozhny, 21, Mehdi Yakhyaevich Khamidov, born in 1951

US sanctions imposed on Kadyrov's mother and Ombudsman of Chechnya
Politics
US sanctions imposed on Kadyrov's mother and Ombudsman of Chechnya
24 August 2023

The United States imposed sanctions against Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. She heads the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation. Also on the "black list" was the Commissioner for Human Rights of Chechnya Mansur Soltaev.

Council of Europe representative calls for release of Azerbaijani opposition scientist
Human rights
Council of Europe representative calls for release of Azerbaijani opposition scientist
24 August 2023

The General Rapporteur on political prisoners of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Sunna Evarsdottir said that the Azerbaijani scientist-economist and chairman of the opposition Democracy and Prosperity Party Gubad Ibadoglu should be released.

A flash mob was held in Georgia in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine
Society
A flash mob was held in Georgia in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine
24 August 2023

A flash mob was held in Tbilisi in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine. The participants unfurled a 32-meter Ukrainian flag on the Peace Bridge, chanting the slogan "Glory to Ukraine".