In January-March 2023, the Russian authorities carried out 83 arrests in Crimea on politically motivated cases. Of these, 54 were against members of the Crimean Tatar people. In addition, 21 searches were carried out, 19 of them in the homes of Crimean Tatars.

In Udmurtia correctional colony 5, the security forces drive prisoners to suicide and torture them. Timur Tangiyev, a native of Chechnya, said this. He himself had previously reported that he had signed a confession and had been convicted following beatings.

Another political prisoner of the Crimean Tatar is being held in places of detention for a long time. The prosecutor requested 18 years for Ernest Seitosmanov in a maximum security colony. 

The share of workers under 30 years of age in total employment in Chechnya in the last year was 26.4%. This indicator rose by 6.9 per cent over the year. Dagestan also registered an increase of up to 21.1% (+2.7% YoY) and Karachaevo-Cherkessia up to 17.9% (+7.2%). 

The Southern Military Court extended the arrest for three months of Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Hajiyev, accused of financing terrorism. He has been in detention for almost four years. Two other persons, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiyev, will also remain in the SIZO.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov sentenced Rasul Baysultanov, a resident of Chechnya, to 11 years' imprisonment. He was convicted of a terrorist offence - planning an armed struggle against the authorities in Chechnya.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow arrested Timur Idalov, a lawyer from Chechnya, until June 10. He was charged under art. 318, para. 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation the day before (threat of violence against a representative of the authorities). 
At the trial, Idalov said that the accusation against him was fabricated by the FSB with the help of the investigative authorities. 

As a result of the Russian strike on the city of Slavyansk, Donetsk region, eight people were killed. 21 people were injured. Among the dead was a two-year-old child who died in the ambulance.

On April 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on electronic summonses and restrictions for draft dodgers. Before this, the bill quickly passed two readings in the State Duma and was approved by the Federation Council.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya sentenced to life imprisonment Shamil Basayev and Khattab, an alleged participant of the armed attack on a convoy of Perm OMON, a detachment of Chechen warlords, in 1999.