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November 17, 2022 23:19

• Ramzan Kadyrov announced wanted in Ukraine

  The Security Service of Ukraine (known as the SBU) has put Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, on the wanted list as a person hiding from the preliminary investigation bodies.

November 16, 2022 23:59

• Krasnodar woman accused of discrediting army for destroying propaganda leaflets*

  A woman from Krasnodar torn down propaganda leaflets with the motto reading: “We don’t leave our people in trouble.” The police considered that the woman’s actions discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

November 16, 2022 23:57

• Experts treat idea to re-educate teenagers in Chechen camp as profanation

  Short-term “military-patriotic and spiritual-moral education” of teenagers from different regions in a children’s camp in Chechnya will have no effect and may even harm children, teacher Yevgeny Yamburg and human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina point out.

November 16, 2022 16:53

• Rights defenders demand investigators' reaction to disappearance of Grozny resident

  The fate of Rizvan Dadaev from Grozny, who had confessed to being homosexual and detained in Chechnya, has been unknown for more than three months; and investigators have not yet reacted to the application about his disappearance.

November 16, 2022 16:43

• Military from Vladikavkaz sentenced to year in colony for refusal to take part in SMO

  Nikita Chereshnev, a contract military serviceman from North Ossetia, was found guilty of leaving his unit without permission and refusing to perform the "special missions" in Ukraine.

November 16, 2022 16:38

• Telegram users find apologies for comic video in Dagestan excessive

  The video clip, allegedly filmed on behalf of the armed members of the jamaat of the village of Salta, was a joke; and there is no need forcing people to apologize for it, the majority of commentators on the Telegram channel of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) believe.

November 16, 2022 16:33

• Wife of a mobilized Kuban resident states deterioration of his health condition

  Alexei Abramov, who disputes his mobilization by the military commissariat without a medical examination, is in the military operation zone, while he could not walk for several days due to pain and unable to wear a bulletproof vest, his wife Ksenia has stated.

November 16, 2022 16:27

• Kadyrov announces conditions for the end of military operation in Ukraine

  The head of Chechnya has indicated two conditions for negotiations, under which Russia could agree to end the special military operation (SMO) conducted in Ukraine. If at least one of them is not fulfilled, Ramzan Kadyrov threatened that he would personally be among the volunteers who would achieve the enforcement thereof.

November 15, 2022 23:51

• Daudov announces participation of 9000 fighters from Chechnya in battles in Ukraine

  More than 20,000 Chechen fighters have been in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, and 9000 fighters from Chechnya stay there now, the chair of the Chechen parliament reports.

November 15, 2022 23:45

• Activists express their indignation about verdict against Cheldiev and his associates

  A court’s refusal to grant complaints against the sentences of Vadim Cheldiev, Arsen Besolov, and Ramis Chirkinov outraged activists who came to Sochi to support the accused. Vadim Cheldiev was persecuted by officials and law enforcers, and he had to leave for Saint Petersburg, but he was detained there, too, his mother Nadezhda Cheldieva noted.

November 15, 2022 23:41

• USA imposes sanctions against relatives of Dagestani Senator Suleiman Kerimov

  The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against Firuza Kerimova, the wife of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, the Senator from Dagestan, their daughters Gulnara and Amina, son Said and nephew Nariman Gadjiev. Restrictions have also been introduced against Kerimov's partners.

November 15, 2022 23:20

• Mobilized Kuban residents complain about shortage of equipment and food

  The residents of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) sent to a military unit in Chechnya have complained about the shortage of everyday necessities and military equipment, the wife of one of them has informed. Relatives of mobilized men have signed an appeal to authorities asking them to provide them with clothes and ammunition.

November 15, 2022 16:08

• Kadyrov's approval of troops removal from Kherson fits into his struggle for influence on Kremlin

  The praise of Kadyrov and Prigozhin of General Surovikin for the withdrawal of troops from Kherson amid their earlier criticism of General Lapin for his similar actions near Liman is explained by "cynical intra-Kremlin squabbles" and the desire to influence President Putin, to whom Surovikin is close, political analysts believe.

November 15, 2022 15:43

• Colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Dagestani journalist, indicate falsifications in his case

  The case about financing terrorism, initiated against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, is based on testimonies of classified witnesses and those who are serving long prison terms, while other witnesses claim that unreliable information was put into their testimonies.

November 14, 2022 23:59

• Court of appeal upholds fine to female protestor against mobilization in Nalchik

  The court of appeal did not grant a complaint filed by Sakima Khushtova, a resident of Nalchik, about her fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The statements voiced by the woman at a rally against mobilization did not discredit the army, the defence pointed out.

November 14, 2022 23:57

• Members of film crew publicly apologize for their trifling video in Dagestan

  The police of Dagestan posted on the Internet a video with an apology from a foreman of a film crew and extra actors for their trifling video message on behalf of armed members of rural jamaat. In Dagestan, not all topics may be joked about, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) warns.

November 14, 2022 23:55

• Families of Chechen residents who perished in Ukraine are promised short Hajj

  The relatives of those who perished "while performing their patriotic duty in the territory of Ukraine" have a chance to perform a short Hajj with the support of the Kadyrov Fund. This was announced by the Muftiate of Chechnya amid Ramzan Kadyrov's reports about collective prayers held throughout the republic for the success of the military operation.

November 14, 2022 23:53

• Social network users criticize idea to re-educate teens from other regions in Chechnya

  A group of troubled teenagers from 15 regions of Russia have arrived in Chechnya for "military-patriotic, spiritual and moral education," the Chechen Ministry of National Policy has reported.

November 14, 2022 23:50

• Prisoners of Kalmyk colony retract their testimonies about torture

  Daud Kuramagomedov and Magomed Atimagomedov, natives of Dagestan, insist on their testimonies about torture in the colony located in Kalmykia, but eight other prisoners have retracted their testimonies.

November 14, 2022 23:48

• Kadyrov boasts that Chechen children pray for success of SMO

  Children all over Chechnya are praying for the participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who "defend religion" in Donbass, Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted. He has explained that his daughter is the initiator of such actions.