A case has been opened against the co-author of the law on "foreign agents" for violating it
The Gunibsky District Court of Dagestan has registered an administrative case regarding the absence of a "foreign agent" marking against former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev. He had previously supported pro-government initiatives, including the adoption of the law on "foreign agents".
 
Magomed Gadzhiev, who had previously been put on the wanted list by the Russian Interior Ministry, was accused of ordering the murder of Maksud Sadikov, rector of the Makhachkala Institute of Theology and International Relations, in 2011. This was reported by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
 
In May last year, the Ministry of Justice added Gadzhiev to the register of "foreign agents". According to a message on the department's website, while outside of Russia, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with foreign sources in order to obtain foreign citizenship, and also declared his support for the Ukrainian authorities.
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Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
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On October 6, in the settlement of Mamedkala in Dagestan’s Derbent District, keys to 52 new homes were handed to families who had lost their housing due to spring flooding. The ceremony was attended by Yana Lantratova, Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, and Fedor Shchukin, the Acting Head of the Republic.
Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
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Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
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The Anna Politkovskaya Award has this year been given to 11 Russian and five Ukrainian female journalists who are imprisoned in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

 

According to the award’s founder, the international organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR), the nominations committee praised the “courage and integrity” of the laureates, who “risk their freedom and even their lives to report on the war and speak out against human rights violations, war crimes and the escalating repression of journalists, human rights defenders and anti-war activists in Russia”.
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
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A scuffle broke out in the National Assembly of Armenia on October 6 between MPs from the ruling "Civil Contract" party and the opposition "Strong Armenia" bloc.
Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
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Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
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Chechen activists Abubakar Yangulbaev and Said Dzhumaev joined a rally in support of Mansur Movlaev and Yulia Emelyanova, held as part of the "Russie-Libertés" forum in Paris. Forum participants spoke out against their potential extradition from Kazakhstan to Russia.