In the past year, 45 cases of violence, harassment and attempts to intimidate media representatives were recorded in Georgia. This was reported by the human rights organization Transparency International – Georgia.

At least the second participant in the riots at the Makhachkala airport was accused of encroaching on the life of a law enforcement officer (Article 317 of the Criminal Code). Punishment under this article implies from 12 to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.

At 3 o'clock in the morning in the village of Gekhi, Russian servicemen in masks burst into a house (7 Budennogo St.). In one of the rooms they attacked Shamkhan Usamovich Khozkhadzhiev, who lived there.

Since December 14, a native of Chechnya, Khumaid Khaidaev, has been on a hunger strike in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Irkutsk. He protests against being fed food that is forbidden to Muslims and the cold in his cell. Previously, the court recognized Khaidaev’s torture as legal.

The Grozny garrison court sentenced Samat Suleymanov, a serviceman from Astrakhan, to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his unit without permission. However, the reason was treatment in the hospital after being beaten by fellow soldiers.

In Ingushetia, doctor and activist Bagaudin Gaitukiev was sentenced to five years of suspended imprisonment. He was accused of aiding and abetting members of an illegal armed group. He himself denied all accusations.

In Dagestan, a city district deputy from Kizilyurt, Gamzat Shikhabudinov, was detained. He is suspected of participating in a double murder 17 years ago.

The Fifth Court of Cassation in Pyatigorsk refused to overturn the verdict in the lawsuit filed by Makhachkala resident Shamil Idrisov. Previously, he was found guilty of illegal possession of a grenade and sentenced to six years. The man reported that a prohibited item was planted by employees of the Center for Specialized Execution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Crimean Tatars Servet Gaziev, Seitveli Seitabdiev, Eskender Suleymanov, Erfan Osmanov, Alim Karimov and Seyran Murtaza were transferred to Russian prisons. This was reported by the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial".

The Ministry of Emergency Situations warned of heavy snowfalls and ice in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. Due to avalanche danger, the Elbrus resort in the Kabardino-Balkaria region suspended its activities. There is also a danger of snow masses falling from the mountains of Dagestan and North Ossetia.