Explosion injures people in the capital of Chechnya

April 08, 2025 23:16

• Azerbaijan: inmates react with hunger strike to believer’s detention

  In Azerbaijan, 18 prisoners are holding a hunger strike in protest against the detention of Khayalya Gurbanova, a believer from the village of Mashtaga, who was pressured by the police. The hunger strikers are demanding apologies from policemen, while the Azeri Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) denies Gurbanova's detention.

April 08, 2025 22:16

• Humiliation of eyewitnesses to incident with Chechen natives results in series of public apologies

  Two young people and teenager’s parents publicly apologized for humiliating schoolchildren who were forced to apologize for taking photos and videos and testifying against natives of Chechnya.

April 08, 2025 18:17

• Attack on DPS checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan in Chechnya becomes at least second armed incident within six months

  The attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in the centre of Achkhoi-Martan was preceded by an attack on a service car of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia) in the Grozny District in October.

April 07, 2025 23:48

• Kadyrov boasts of blood feud for his father's death

  The murder of Suleiman Imurzaev was the fulfilment of a vow of blood feud for the death of Akhmat Kadyrov in a terror act, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

April 07, 2025 22:48

• Analysts argue about motives for removing Kadyrov’s spouse and daughters from register of legal entities

  The information in the register of legal entities is public by law, and the removal of the names of Ramzan Kadyrov’s relatives from the register may be explained by the desire to protect companies from sanctions and complicate the investigation into their activities.