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February 26, 2023 15:19

• Volgograd Region: three mobilized persons achieve delay in sending to training ground

  After their complaints to the military prosecutor, three mobilized persons in the Volgograd Region managed to delay their transfer to the training ground; they were allowed to complete their examination by the military medical commission.

February 26, 2023 15:14

• Volgograd resident fined for discrediting militaries

  A court in Volgograd has fined Alexander Moskovchenko, a local resident, finding that the phrases pronounced by him in support of Ukraine had discredited the Russian Army.

February 26, 2023 01:22

• Activist Sultanbegova detained in Krasnodar

  In Krasnodar, law enforcers have detained Alipat Sultanbegova, who, on the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, laid flowers at the monument to the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.

February 25, 2023 23:58

• Court obliges unit commander from Chechnya to consider military's report on payment for the wound

  The Grozny Garrison Military Court has obliged the commander of the military unit to consider the report lodged by Zelimkhan Ayubov, on the payment of compensation for the wound he received in Ukraine, but the unit's commend has challenged the ruling. The Southern District Military Court has upheld the first-instance judgement.

February 25, 2023 23:15

• Alaudinov, commander of Chechen special forces, discharged from hospital after poisoning

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, has been discharged from a Moscow hospital where he was treated after an attempt to poison him.

February 25, 2023 18:19

• Kadyrov awarded the title of Hero of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov is now the Hero of Chechnya, Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, has announced. This title is awarded by the head of Chechnya, as follows from the decree signed by Kadyrov.

February 25, 2023 15:31

• Lawyers describe practice of persecuting WhatsApp users for fakes

  Messages posted in public group chats can become a reason for criminal prosecution under a fake article about the Russian Army, although one's personal correspondence should not become the basis for such cases; however, such cases are known.

February 25, 2023 15:25

• Number of fighters from Caucasus perished in Ukraine exceeds death toll among law enforcers in NCFD within 11 years

  During the year of hostilities in Ukraine, at least 845 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) perished there, while during eleven years of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, the power bloc lost 480 employees.

February 25, 2023 15:17

• Volgograd teenager sentenced in case on terrorism leaves Russia

  A teenager from Volgograd, sentenced to compulsory medical treatment in a case on terrorism, left Russia together with his mother. He is put on the wanted list.

February 24, 2023 23:59

• MEPs demand Arsamikov's release

  The Group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on LGBT Rights has called on the Chechen authorities to release Idris Arsamikov, who was detained in Moscow and taken to his homeland.

February 24, 2023 23:57

• In Europe, activists hold rallies on anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation

  In Paris and Vienna, members of the Chechen Diaspora have held rallies on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes (collectively also treated as Vainakhs).

February 24, 2023 15:13

• At deportation anniversary, Kadyrov limited himself to cursing Stalin

  In Chechnya, the absence of mourning events in memory of deportation victims indicates Kadyrov's desire not to aggravate the situation on the eve of the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, analysts believe.

February 24, 2023 14:58

• At Berlinale, Malika Musaeva's film tells about Chechen women's hard fate

  Malika Musaeva's debut film "The Cage Looks for a Bird" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This is the only film from Russia and the first in the Festival history entirely in the Chechen language.

February 24, 2023 00:43

• Ingush residents honour memory of compatriots perished during years of deportation

  In Nazran, a prayer in memory of those who died during the years of the deportation ordered by Stalin was read out by the elders and the leader of the republic. Believers were reading prayers in the mosques of the republic to pay tribute to the memory of those who perished during the years of the deportation and dispensing sadaqa (charity) to the poor and large families.

February 23, 2023 23:52

• Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reacts to version of assassination attempt

  When commenting on social media users’ questions about an assassination attempt, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov promised to provide details in the nearest future. Blogger’s brother Mukhammad is alive, the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond” reports.

February 23, 2023 20:11

• Activist Yaroslav Savin hospitalized after hunger strike

  Yaroslav Savin, the secretary of the Astrakhan branch of the "Party of People's Freedom" (Parnas), was hospitalized after being released from the special detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike.

February 23, 2023 20:05

• Court refuses to consider mobilization complaints lodged by Dagestani fathers of large families

  The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court has refused to consider the lawsuits against illegal mobilization lodged by four fathers with many children, citing the lack of powers of attorney from the mobilized fathers themselves.

February 23, 2023 19:57

• Seventy-nine years since Vainakhs' deportation

  Today marks 79 years since the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. There are no official events dated for this anniversary in Chechnya.

February 23, 2023 18:48

• Rights defenders from SK SOS Crisis Group report growth of appeals for help from Northern Caucasus

  In 2022, the number of complaints about harassments due to sexual or gender identity has tripled in Northern Caucasus the SK SOS Crisis Group has informed.

February 23, 2023 16:13

• Zarema Musaeva complains about deterioration of her health in SIZO

  Long and frequent court hearings affected the health state of arrested Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of assaulting a law enforcer. The arrested woman stated that her health deteriorated in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Chechnya and her eyesight began to fade.