Human rights defenders ask Bush to explain his meeting with the general accused of tortures in Chechnya

September 26, 2024 20:48

• Chechen native Magomed Alkhanov sentenced in case on attack on Pskov paratroopers

  In Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced Magomed Alkhanov, a native of Chechnya, to ten years of imprisonment on the charges of involvement in the attack of a militant detachment led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab on Pskov paratroopers in 2000.

September 26, 2024 19:40

• Native of Chechnya continues trend of escapes by victims of domestic violence

  A story of a woman from Chechnya who fled domestic violence and was put on the wanted list by her relatives has continued a series of similar cases, human rights defenders note. By leaving her children in Chechnya, the woman gave the family additional leverage for blackmail, they emphasized.

September 26, 2024 18:31

• Zarema Musaeva stays in condition close to critical, her advocate reports

  Zarema Musaeva’s blood sugar has approached a critically high level, drug therapy in a penal colony is not able to help the woman, and the court has postponed for a month the consideration of the appeal against the refusal in the conditional early relief for Zarema Musaeva.

September 25, 2024 23:54

• Teenager reports violations in arson case of military commissariat in Rostov-on-Don

  The teenager convicted of arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) has stated that he had given no confession, but signed the text prepared by the investigator. The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has found no violations and upheld the sentence.

September 25, 2024 23:23

• Vladislav Bakalchuk tells about Kadyrov's role in Wildberries business

  Eight years ago, representatives of the head of Chechnya helped the Bakalchuks resolve business problems and last summer Vladislav Bakalchuk decided to contact Ramzan Kadyrov directly, Vladislav, a co-owner of Wildberries, said himself, adding that he is alive and at large thanks to support from Chechnya.