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President of Georgia: "There should be no Russian veto"
13 July 2023

NATO demonstrated its unity and unwavering support for Ukraine at the Vilnius summit. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili wrote about this on her Facebook account.

Erdogan said that in two years Russian troops will leave Karabakh
Politics
Erdogan said that in two years Russian troops will leave Karabakh
13 July 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that Russia will fulfill the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, military peacekeepers from the Russian Federation will remain in a number of Karabakh regions until 2025, and then they will leave them.

Attempts by the authorities to return home Chechens who fled to Ingushetia and a new kidnapping of a man in the city of Urus-Martan
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Attempts by the authorities to return home Chechens who fled to Ingushetia and a new kidnapping of a man in the city of Urus-Martan
12 July 2023

Khizir Vitaev, the head of the administration of the Sunzhensky district, issued order No. 200, in which he obliges the heads of the administrations of the villages of Sernovodsk and the village of Assinovskaya, where tough "cleansing" operations took place in early July, to take all measures to return refugees from Ingushetia.

Authorities push for Islamic banking law
Economy
Authorities push for Islamic banking law
12 July 2023

The State Duma Committee on Financial Markets recommended the adoption in the second reading of a bill on the introduction in a number of regions of an experimental legal regime for partner (Islamic) financing. It is planned that the issue will be considered on July 18.

Foreign doctors allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
Human rights
Foreign doctors allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
12 July 2023

Polish doctors arrived at a private clinic where ex-president of Georgia, political prisoner Mikheil Saakashvili is being treated. “The patient's condition is stable, our colleagues will see him, and then we will talk with you,” said Zurab Chkhaidze, director of the clinic.

KBR extended the arrest of a seriously ill pensioner accused of beating a police officer
Human rights
KBR extended the arrest of a seriously ill pensioner accused of beating a police officer
12 July 2023

The Elbrus District Court extended the detention of 66-year-old Larisa Baragunova, who suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, in a pre-trial detention center. She is accused of using violence against a police officer and calling for extremism.

Muslims of the Moscow region complained about the security forces who broke into the mosque
Society
Muslims of the Moscow region complained about the security forces who broke into the mosque
12 July 2023

In Kotelniki near Moscow, the parishioners of the mosque recorded a video message to Putin. They complained about the actions of the riot police and ask for help to punish the police officers. The latter disrupted the Friday prayer.

Discharged from the hospital, Elena Milashina published the first post after the attack
Human rights
Discharged from the hospital, Elena Milashina published the first post after the attack
12 July 2023

Journalist Yelena Milashina, who was brutally attacked in Chechnya, has been discharged from the hospital, but will remain under medical supervision. In support of this, she published a post on her Facebook account.

Shelling of the central market of Grozny, detention and beating of a resident of Roshni-Chu, shooting a car with a grenade launcher and other lawlessness
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Shelling of the central market of Grozny, detention and beating of a resident of Roshni-Chu, shooting a car with a grenade launcher and other lawlessness
11 July 2023

On July 11, 2001, at about nine o'clock, as a result of small arms fire at the central market in Grozny, Umidat Magomadova, born 1965, Khumit Bambatalieva, born 1955, Makka Isayeva, born 1954, and Madina were wounded Magomadova, born in 1972.

In June, 8 Crimean Tatars were detained in Crimea for political reasons
Human rights
In June, 8 Crimean Tatars were detained in Crimea for political reasons
11 July 2023

In total, last month, Russian security forces detained 15 residents of Crimea, including for “pro-Ukrainian graffiti” and on suspicion of collaborating with Ukrainian special services.