The Nalchik garrison court sentenced mobilized Islam Margushev to five years in prison. According to investigators, the man left the military unit in December 2022 and was found at his place of residence in April of this year.

The Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence against contract soldier from Dagestan Nurislam Magomedov. He was sentenced to six years in prison, having been found guilty of leaving his unit without permission.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili commented on the decision of the European Council to grant Georgia candidate status for accession to the European Union.

On December 15, 2011, the founder of the Chernovik newspaper, Khadzhimurad Kamalov, was killed. He was shot in Makhachkala on the threshold of the editorial office, when he went out into the street and was about to get into a taxi.

Human rights project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized Dagestan resident Shakhban Abakargadzhiev as a political prisoner. Recently, the Khasavyurt City Court sentenced him to five years in prison due to comments against the Russian army.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya recognized as legal the refusal to initiate a criminal case for the murder of the kidnapped chat moderator of the opposition telegram channel 1ADAT Salman Tepsurkaev. His whereabouts and fate have been unknown since 2020. Human rights activists are convinced that the young man was killed by security forces.

Imam Ismail Yurdamov, abducted yesterday from his home in the village of Privetnoye, Kirov region of Crimea, has been released. After the search, he was taken to the police and a report was drawn up under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Carrying out missionary activities in violation of the requirements of legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations”).

Activist from Derbent Ulker Gashimova has not been in touch for two weeks. Her fiance, the creator of the Free Eurasia telegram channel Anton Kolomitsyn, suggested that the girl was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.

The Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan sentenced local resident P. Makhmudova to one year probation. She was found guilty of public calls for extremist activities.

FSB officers detained a 34-year-old man in North Ossetia. According to investigators, he transmitted to the Ukrainian Armed Forces data on the location and routes of military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces in the “North Military District” zone. The man sent geographical coordinates, photographs and video materials.