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Well-known human rights activist denied mitigation of preventive measure in Azerbaijan
Human rights
Well-known human rights activist denied mitigation of preventive measure in Azerbaijan
20 August 2023

A court in Baku rejected a motion to replace detention in a pre-trial detention center with house arrest for human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The accused also asked to be taken out of the glass cage and placed next to the lawyers. However, the judge did not grant this request.

Rostekhnadzor will check the activity of filling stations in Dagestan
Society
Rostekhnadzor will check the activity of filling stations in Dagestan
20 August 2023

A special commission, headed by Alan Tsaliev, head of the Caucasus Department of Rostekhnadzor, will investigate the causes of the explosion that occurred on August 14 at a gas station in Makhachkala. Recall that the cause of it was the ignition of saltpeter.

Shelling and “cleansing” of the village of Gekhi, kidnappings of men in Shali with impunity, murders in Grozny
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Shelling and “cleansing” of the village of Gekhi, kidnappings of men in Shali with impunity, murders in Grozny
19 August 2023

On August 19–23, a “cleansing operation” was carried out in the village of Gekhi. The reason for it was the blowing up of a Russian military vehicle that led to the victims.

A resident of North Ossetia was fined for doubting the ownership of the Crimea
Human rights
A resident of North Ossetia was fined for doubting the ownership of the Crimea
19 August 2023

A fine of 45,000 rubles was imposed by a court in Vladikavkaz on local resident Vissarion Aseev under an administrative article discrediting the Russian army.

Residents of Dagestan again protested due to lack of electricity
Society
Residents of Dagestan again protested due to lack of electricity
19 August 2023

Residents of the Scientific City of Makhachkala came out and blocked the road. There is no electricity or water in their houses. A huge traffic jam formed at the entrance to the city from the village of Leninkent. Also, people came out and blocked Akushinsky Street.

Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
"Special operations" with mass robberies in Novye Atagi and Chiri-Yurt, an illegal search in the house of a resident of Urus-Martan, an APC hitting a shopping arcade in Argun
18 August 2023

In the village of Novye Atagi and the village of Chiri-Yurt, the Russian military carried out operations accompanied by mass robberies of local residents.

The North Caucasus is recognized as the worst in terms of the proportion of accident-free drivers
Society
The North Caucasus is recognized as the worst in terms of the proportion of accident-free drivers
18 August 2023

Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia took the last places in the rating of the Russian Union of Motor Insurers in terms of the share of accident-free drivers.

Second criminal case opened against critic of Chechen authorities
Human rights
Second criminal case opened against critic of Chechen authorities
18 August 2023

The investigating authorities of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against a human rights activist, a native of Chechnya, Abubakar Yangulbaev, under the article on incitement to terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the telegram channel "Caution, news".

Journalists and human rights activists asked to transfer Nikita Zhuravel from the pre-trial detention center of Chechnya, where he was beaten by Kadyrov's son
Human rights
Journalists and human rights activists asked to transfer Nikita Zhuravel from the pre-trial detention center of Chechnya, where he was beaten by Kadyrov's son
18 August 2023

A member of the HRC under the President, journalist Eva Merkacheva, turned to the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service with a request to transfer Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Kadyrov's son, from the pre-trial detention center in Chechnya to another region.

Kadyrov's associates supported his son's beating of a Russian student in Grozny's pre-trial detention center
Human rights
Kadyrov's associates supported his son's beating of a Russian student in Grozny's pre-trial detention center
18 August 2023

Deputy of the State Duma from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov publicly supported the beating of Russian student Nikita Zhuravel in Grozny's pre-trial detention center by the 15-year-old son of Ramzan Kadyrov.