North-Caucasian Federal District

September 29, 2026 17:31

• The magistrate from Nalchik was convicted in a bribery case.

  The court sentenced retired magistrate Mukhamed Tembotov to nine years in a strict regime for bribery. The court secretary Marianna Karasova received eight years, and the judge's assistant Elena Rashidova was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.

September 29, 2026 16:33

• Mansur Movlaev spoke about his condition in the pre-trial detention center.

  Every time the door of the cell in the pre-trial detention center opens, it causes fear due to the threat of extradition and concerns about retribution in Chechnya, wrote Mansur Movlaev in his letter from the isolation facility. He compared the possible extradition to the Russian authorities to waiting for the execution of a death sentence.

September 29, 2026 15:34

• The serviceman was re-sentenced in Nalchik for absence from service.

  The court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Fanil Shafikov to three years and five months in prison for failing to report to his unit a week after receiving a suspended sentence for absence from service.

September 29, 2026 13:39

• The prosecutor's conclusions about the abduction of Movlaev's parents are questioned.

  Based on similar cases that occurred in Chechnya, the incident involving Mansur Movlaev's parents can be considered abduction, although the prosecutor's office stated that there was no crime, noted human rights activist Maxim Rudnev. After their release, there were no threats to Movlaev's parents, he pointed out.

September 29, 2026 12:41

• A parent complained about the dilapidated school in Dagestan's Aksai.

  The school building in the village of Aksai in the Khasavyurt district is collapsing, the windows in the classrooms are drafty, and due to the lack of water, children cannot even wash their hands after using the toilet. Appeals to the authorities have not yielded results, complained a parent.

September 29, 2026 10:46

• Drivers in North Ossetia doubted the usefulness of volunteers in combating queues at gas stations.

  Volunteers will record traffic violations in queues at gas stations and send the materials to the traffic police, said the head of the republic, Sergey Menyaylo. Drivers in North Ossetia, commenting on this information on social media, doubted the effectiveness of such a measure. They also pointed to the operating hours of gas stations as the reason for the queues and urged the authorities to address the issue of fuel availability.

September 29, 2026 09:48

• Human rights defenders urged Astana not to extradite Movlaev to the Russian authorities.

  The authorities of Kazakhstan must fulfill their obligations under international law and stop the extradition of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev and activist Yulia Emelyanova, as well as organize a corridor for them to a safe third country, stated in a collective appeal signed by 153 human rights defenders and organizations.

September 29, 2026 08:49

• The Social Fund's data on pension amounts has raised skepticism among residents of North Ossetia.

  The average pension for non-working Russians in August was 25,849 rubles, and it exceeded 30,000 rubles in 13 regions of the country, according to data from the Social Fund. Residents of North Ossetia, commenting on this information on social media, expressed doubts about the provided data, reported significantly lower pensions, and pointed out that even 30,000 rubles is insufficient given the current prices.

September 29, 2026 07:50

• The condition of the road infrastructure in Nalchik has given rise to criticism of officials.

  Constant traffic jams, lack of parking spaces, and absence of well-equipped sidewalks complicate movement at the intersection of Chernyshevsky and Zatishye streets, a local resident complained on social media. Other Nalchik residents, commenting on his complaint, pointed out parking issues and traffic organization on other streets, and criticized officials.

September 29, 2026 01:56

• The report on the persecution of Kadyrov's critics abroad angered Soltaev.

  The Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, accused the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Russia, Marianna Katzarova, of defending "extremists and terrorists" following her report on the practice of persecuting critics of the Chechen authorities abroad.

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