News

March 18, 2023 16:49

• Human rights defenders report about deaths of two Chechen residents after their detentions by law enforcers

  Residents of Chechnya Gilani Dukhaev and Akhmed Gataev were detained by law enforcers in late 2022, and after some time their bodies were returned to their relatives, the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” reported.

March 18, 2023 16:43

• Kadyrov promises reward for execution of participants in video about burning of page from Koran

  The leader of Chechnya promised to pay 5 million roubles for the “liquidation” of participants in the video, in which a page from the Koran was used to light a fire, and 10 million roubles for their capturing alive.

March 17, 2023 17:15

• Ingush MPs offer to deprive schools of right to define pupils' dress code

  The members of the Parliament of Ingushetia have supported the idea of making amendments to the law "On Education" that prohibit the educational establishments from restricting the pupils' right to wear clothes in accordance with their religion.

March 17, 2023 17:10

• Court abolishes Balkar nation's Council of Elders

  The public organization "Council of Elders of the Balkar People" has failed to hold congresses and keep its records, while its leader, Ismail Sabanchiev, made an extremist call; therefore, the Nalchik City Court has declared the organization liquidated.

March 17, 2023 16:08

• Resident of Ingushetia suspected of discrediting the Russian Army

  The suspect is accused of posting statements in a social network aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces; this became the reason for initiating a criminal case against him.

March 17, 2023 15:48

• Kadyrov equates those who do not want to go to Ukraine to unbelievers

  Residents of Chechnya should be ready to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine in any military unit, and the reluctance to go there indicates a lack of faith, Ramzan Kadyrov states.

March 17, 2023 15:39

• Kadyrov voices threats to participants of video about burning of Koran by militaries

  The leader of Chechnya voiced threats against people in Ukrainian military uniforms in a video who burned a page from the Koran in a fire. TikTok users considered the video staged: they pointed out an unnatural voice, the use of Russian words in Ukrainian speech, and the lack of faces in the video.

March 16, 2023 20:58

• Court returns complaint to Arsamikov's advocate

  A court in Chechnya has returned the complaint lodged by Idris Arsamikov's advocate that he was not allowed to see his client back to the advocate. The court has claimed that the advocate failed to attach a copy of his certificate, but such a procedure does not exist, the SK SOS Crisis Group has noted.

March 16, 2023 17:12

• PO demands to reconsider case of Khussein Karagulov, KBR scientist

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the republic's Supreme Court (SC) against the decision of the Nalchik Court, which acquitted the scientist Khussein Karagulov.

March 16, 2023 16:51

• FSB warns KBR woman against cooperation with foreign structures

  A female resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has transferred information abroad about the socio-political and socio-economic situation in the region, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has reported.

March 16, 2023 16:19

• Ramzan Kadyrov responds to versions about his illness

  The leader of Chechnya has announced that a device on his finger that became the subject of attention and was captured on video from a meeting with Vladimir Putin, is a prayer counter and has no medical purpose. Ramzan Kadyrov has called himself “healthy and full of strength.”

March 16, 2023 15:44

• New appointment of Kadyrov’s daughter fits into his personnel policy

  Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter Khutmat Kadyrova, like her two sisters, has taken a high position in Chechnya: she has been appointed curator of the republic’s healthcare system.

March 15, 2023 19:03

• In less than a day, petition in defence of Chechen Arsamikov gains over 500 signatures

  In less than 24 hours, the petition demanding to release Idris Arsamikov, a resident of Chechnya, gained 567 signatures. After Arsamikov's kidnapping, advocates fail to contact him.

March 15, 2023 18:50

• Implications of heavy trauma and contusion fail to help Volgograd resident to challenge his mobilization

  Nikolai Dorofeev, a resident of the Volgograd Region, tried to challenge his mobilization in court. The draft commission and the military commissariat refused to take into account his statement about the damage to the lower leg he had received in a road accident, after which some metal structure was installed on his leg.

March 15, 2023 17:48

• Mobilized locksmith from Volgograd Region demands reservation through the court

  The Volgograd Garrison Military Court has begun to considering the claim of Andrei Davydenko, who was mobilized to the zone of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. He demands that his conscription be recognized as illegal, since he had a reservation at the enterprise where he worked.

March 15, 2023 17:44

• Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia calls persecution of believers unfair

  The Urupsky District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia is considering a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Irina Perefilieva and Svetlana Gergokova, charged under extremist articles.

March 15, 2023 17:42

• Dagestani resident fined under article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  In the Akhtynsky District of Dagestan, the court imposed a fine on local resident Arsen Burzhaliev, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

March 14, 2023 23:18

• Kadyrov warns SMO participants against complaints

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has called on the military servicemen involved in the Russian special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine not to complain about their problems in social networks, but to solve them on their own.

March 14, 2023 22:16

• Prosecution slows down trial of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, has been protracted due to the absence of examination results of Gadjiev's articles, which was again requested by the prosecution.

March 14, 2023 14:38

• Court in Grozny sends contract soldier to colony for evading service

  The Grozny Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dmitry Samsonov, a contract military serviceman, to 2.5 in colony for his absence from service during the mobilization period.