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Residents of Makhachkala took to the streets again due to a chronic lack of electricity
Society
Residents of Makhachkala took to the streets again due to a chronic lack of electricity
17 August 2023

In Makhachkala, people blocked the street for the fourth time in a week due to power outages. The city administration each time promises to take the situation under control, but the problems remain unchanged.

Despite serious illness, Zarema Musaeva is kept in the Grozny pre-trial detention center
Human rights
Despite serious illness, Zarema Musaeva is kept in the Grozny pre-trial detention center
17 August 2023

After numerous appeals, Zarema Musayeva managed to achieve inpatient treatment at the Republican Clinical Hospital named after. Sh.Sh. Ependiev. At the end of the course of therapy, she was returned to the SIZO in Grozny.

UN demands release of Azerbaijani political prisoner
Human rights
UN demands release of Azerbaijani political prisoner
17 August 2023

The UN Human Rights Office demands from the Azerbaijani authorities the release of civil activist and economist Gubad Ibadoglu.

Two protesters against military mobilization fined in Dagestan
Human rights
Two protesters against military mobilization fined in Dagestan
17 August 2023

Residents of Makhachkala Magomed Ubaidulaev and Murat Aligadzhiev were fined 15,000 rubles each. Their defense managed to reclassify the criminal case for participation in the September protests against mobilization for the war with Ukraine.

Inflation in the North Caucasus Federal District continued to grow
Economy
Inflation in the North Caucasus Federal District continued to grow
17 August 2023

In July, annual inflation accelerated in all regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. The strongest is in North Ossetia (by 1.5%–4.3% per annum). It is reported by Rosstat.

Alleroy's most brutal “cleansing”: indiscriminate shooting, robberies, mass detentions and “filtering” in the military unit with the use of torture
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Alleroy's most brutal “cleansing”: indiscriminate shooting, robberies, mass detentions and “filtering” in the military unit with the use of torture
16 August 2023

At dawn, the village of Alleroy, Kurchaloy District, was surrounded by military equipment. The "cleansing" began there. Several thousand military personnel took part in the operation (according to local residents, at least 7,000 people).

Azerbaijan continues to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
Politics
Azerbaijan continues to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
16 August 2023

From the very beginning of the war, Azerbaijan extended a helping hand to Ukraine and provided various types of support. Hidayat Abdullayev, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the country, stated this in his statement to journalists.

They want to sentence another native of Chechnya for participating in the death of Pskov paratroopers during the Russian-Chechen war in the absence of evidence
Human rights
They want to sentence another native of Chechnya for participating in the death of Pskov paratroopers during the Russian-Chechen war in the absence of evidence
16 August 2023

The trial of the case against Alavdi Batykaev begins in the Southern District Military Court. A native of Chechnya is accused of participating in the illegal armed formations of the "self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria."

The beating of the arrested Nikita Zhuravel by the son of the head of Chechnya will be checked in the republic
Human rights
The beating of the arrested Nikita Zhuravel by the son of the head of Chechnya will be checked in the republic
16 August 2023

In Chechnya, they will check the complaint of Nikita Zhuravel that he was beaten in the Grozny pre-trial detention center by the son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova.

Nikita Zhuravel, held in a pre-trial detention center in Chechnya, could have been beaten by Kadyrov's son
Human rights
Nikita Zhuravel, held in a pre-trial detention center in Chechnya, could have been beaten by Kadyrov's son
16 August 2023

The Chechen Instagram publics “ChP/Vainakh” and “ChP/Grozny” reported that Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in the case of burning the Koran, was beaten in the Grozny pre-trial detention center.