Incidents

June 19, 2025 18:07

• Conflict with "Russian Community" in Moscow attracts attention in Chechnya

  Residents of the Lyublino District in Moscow have filmed a video in which they claimed that activists of the "Russian Community" tried to illegally detain Chechen children. The police were called to the venue; and the representative office of the head of Chechnya in Moscow got involved in the situation.

June 19, 2025 16:42

• Samvel Karapetyan arrested for two months

  Samvel Karapetyan, an owner of the “Tashir” Group of Companies, whose house in Yerevan was searched by officers of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia after his public speech in support of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has been accused of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order and taken into custody.

June 17, 2025 17:23

• Sochi customs officers prevent smuggling of mining equipment to Abkhazia

  Two cars, each of which was equipped with special hiding places where five crypto currency mining devices were hidden, were stopped at customs in the city of Adler.

June 16, 2025 17:53

• Protest of Armenian villagers results in detentions and female journalist beating

  Residents of the Armenian village of Kasakh tried to block the highway during their protest against the change in the bus route; law enforcers prevented them and detained 11 people. One of the policemen hit a female journalist; the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported his dismissal.

June 14, 2025 17:11

• ICRF to investigate death of a minor girl in Morozovsk orphanage

  Investigators are engaged in checking the circumstances of the death in an orphanage in Morozovsk of a 15-year-old girl who was subjected to domestic violence. Teachers and officials were aware of the teenager’s troubles, but failed to take any appropriate actions, investigation suggested.

June 14, 2025 17:07

• Human rights defenders: defendants in “Wildberries” case released due to intervention of Chechen authorities

  Defendants in a criminal case on the shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office “due to non-involvement” would not be released without the participation of the Chechen authorities, human rights defenders believe. If the three defendants who remain under arrest are also released or sign military contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), the criminal case will be suspended.

June 09, 2025 16:42

• Sources report liberation of those detained for kidnapping Schepikhin

  The Chechen law enforcers accused within the criminal case of kidnapping the blogger, Areg Schepikhin, have escaped placement into custody.

June 08, 2025 17:03

• Law enforcers’ report shows low efficiency of raid over Roma community in Volgograd Region

  Law enforcers' raids aimed to identify illegal migration in the Ilovlinsky District were inefficient and offensive; only five people out of hundreds of checked members of the Roma community received summonses to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office). The raids became a way to replenish the ranks of special military operation (SMO) fighters at the expense of naturalized migrants.

June 07, 2025 17:07

• Areg Schepikhin sent to pre-trial prison for two months

  In Moscow, a court arrested blogger Areg Schepikhin for two months in a case on calls for extremism and incitement of hatred. The court hearing was held without allowing journalists to enter the courtroom. Footage from the courtroom shows traces of beatings on the Areg Schepikhin’s face.

June 07, 2025 17:01

• Valaam Monastery dismisses priest after Alaudinov’s reaction to his words about Muslims

  Schema-abbot Gavriil, who stated in his sermon that Muslims, on orders of a mullah, could slaughter all residents of Moscow, has been dismissed from his post as the head of the Sochi stead of the Valaam Monastery. The dismissal of Schema-abbot Gavriil followed a demand for an apology voiced by Apti Alaudinov.

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