The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don granted the prosecutor’s request to extend the arrest to activists from Crimea Rustem Tairovu, Zavor Abdullayev, Jebbar Bekirov and Rustem Murasov. Political prisoners of the Crimean Tatars will remain in detention until 23 July.

On April 13, the Russian government gave a negative response to the amendments proposed by the Chechen parliament to the federal law “On Combating Extremist Activities” concerning collections of hadiths and works of canonical Islamic schools.

On April 13, the Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested lawyer Timur Idalov for two months for allegedly threatening the prosecutor with violence. The arrested person stated that the charges were fabricated by the investigation at the direction of the FSB.

Activist of the Azerbaijan People’s Front party Zamin Salayev is on a hunger strike for 65 days in Baku SIZO. He is in a serious condition.

Crimean Tatar citizen of Ukraine Lia Umerova from December 2022 is kept in isolation in the Russian Federation. First, at the Temporary Detention Centre for Foreign Nationals, three days of administrative detention were ordered after the Centre.

In the first quarter of 2023, more than 1.1 million foreign citizens entered Georgia. This is twice more than in the same period last year.

A lawyer from Chechnya, a native of Chechnya, Timur Idalov, was detained by the FSB in the capital. Criminal proceedings were instituted against the man for threatening to use violence against a public official (article 318, paragraph 1, CC). He was allegedly threatened by the prosecutor at the Nikulinsky District Court in Moscow, demanding that the restraining measure be reduced.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky received from the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile the Order «Honor of the Nation» and the Order of Jokhar Dudayev. This is reported on the official portal of the Head of the Ukrainian state.

Industrial District Court of Vladikavkaz found blogger Alan Hasiev guilty of «discrediting» of the Russian army and imposed a fine of 50 thousand. rubles. The administrative case was initiated by a video of a blogger in Telegram, which, according to the court, distorts and discredits the tasks of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the CRS zone.

Hasiyev himself did not admit his guilt. He was justified by the fact that he had served seven years in the FSB of the Russian Federation, and considered all the accusations to be false.

The United Kingdom imposed sanctions against 11 Russian companies and individuals, including relatives of billionaire Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov. This is his daughter Gulnara and nephew Nariman Hajiyev.