The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has published a report alleging that Georgian authorities used chemical weapons during the suppression of pro-European protests in Tbilisi in 2024. The chemical weapon in question is bromobenzyl cyanide, a chemical warfare agent dating back to World War I, also known as "kamit."
The US imposed sanctions against the head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov, their colleagues from the CBR - Kazbek Kokov and the KCR - Rashid Temrezov. Also on the list is the former president of Dagestan, acting deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Magomedsalam Magomedov.
One enterprise from the North Caucasus - located in Dagestan Botlich Radio Plant - came under sanctions. In addition, the new package of restrictions from the UK included the head of the HRC Rashid Temrezov and the CBR Kazbek Kokov. The governor of Stavropol, Vladimir Vladimir, came under sanctions from New Zealand and Australia (previously the US). The Canadian authorities have included in the «black list» Tabarik - one of the daughters of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.