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December 07, 2022 12:33

• Law enforcers release Adler resident detained for pacifist sticker

  Policemen have detained a resident of Adler because of a pacifist sticker on his car; they demanded to remove the sticker and released him without drawing up a protocol.

December 07, 2022 12:30

• Chechen authorities greet with silence reports about possible death of blogger Tumso

  The authorities of Chechnya and the media do not comment on the possible death of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, although the assassination attempt on him two years ago caused a flurry of comments from propagandists. Lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev suggests that Tumso Abdurakhmanov is under the protection of the Swedish authorities.

December 06, 2022 17:44

• Disappearance of Chechen blogger Tumso gives rise to versions about special services' operations

  Anzor Maskhadov, who has announced the death of the blogger, is not sure of the reliability of his sources; and Shamil Albakov, a member of the Assembly of European Chechens, hopes that an operation conducted by Swedish special services is behind the Tumso's disappearance.

December 06, 2022 17:38

• Chairman of Ingush Council of Teips steps down

  Murad Daskiev, who headed the Council of Teips (family clans) of Ingushetia after the arrest of Malsag Uzhakhov, has announced his resignation.

December 06, 2022 16:30

• Appellate instance upholds compulsory treatment for author of graffiti about Putin in Rostov-on-Don

  The court of appeal has reduced by a month the term of freedom restriction of Mikhail Selitsky, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, under the case of vandalism motivated by political hostility, but upheld his compulsory psychiatric treatment.

December 06, 2022 16:25

• Police ignore ultimatum on return of books and equipment to Dagestani historian Donogo

  The equipment and information carriers confiscated during the search were promised to be returned only after their examination, but no terms of return were mentioned, Khadji-Murad Donogo said after the expiration of the activists’ ultimatum to the law enforcement bodies.

December 06, 2022 15:13

• Silence of Chechen blogger Tumso’s relatives raises doubts about his death

  Information about the murder of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov was not confirmed by either relatives or the authorities of Sweden, note journalist Mairbek Vachagaev, lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev, and Ingush journalist Isabella Evloeva.

December 06, 2022 15:00

• In Makhachkala, picket held by journalist Gadjiev’s colleague attracts attention of police and passers-by

  Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), held a solo picket in Makhachkala in support of his colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

December 05, 2022 23:34

• Chechen law enforcers publicly scold driver for dangerous driving

  In the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, law enforcers detained and reprimanded to the video recording a young man who violated traffic rules.

December 05, 2022 21:45

• Sources confirm Tumso Abdurakhmanov's murder

  Information about the murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, committed in Sweden has been confirmed by his associates.

December 05, 2022 18:16

• Kadyrov treats return of POWs as achievement of Chechen MP

  A group of prisoners of war (POWs), including an officer from Kalmykia, has returned home thanks to the competent negotiating work performed by Shamsail Saraliev, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has proudly stated.

December 04, 2022 15:10

• Forced expulsion of genies from Leyla Gireeva conflicts with Islam

  Islam envisions no forced exorcism, moreover with the use of force, Leonid Syukiyainen, an Islamic scholar, and Imam Rasul Akhmadov have pointed out after the complaint announced by Leyla Gireeva, a native of Ingushetia, about attempts by her relatives to expel genies from her with the help of violence.

December 04, 2022 15:04

• Authorities confirm deaths of 1000 residents of Southern Russia in Ukraine

  Since the start of the special military operation (SMO), authorities have confirmed the deaths in Ukraine of at least 613 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and 387 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD). Most of the casualties, 273 people, were from Dagestan.

December 04, 2022 15:00

• Subscribers of Chechen blogger Tumso alarmed by break in publications amid rumours of his murder

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov did not post any videos on his channel after November 7, when he announced the beginning of the activities of the “Voice of Chechenia” political party.

December 04, 2022 14:52

• Dagestani historian Donogo reports details of his interrogation after search

  After the search at the Khadji Murad Donogo’s house, the police asked questions about his participation in scientific conferences in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey and about his contacts there, the historian said.

December 04, 2022 14:47

• Two women from Chechnya publicly reprimanded for providing occult services

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief specialist of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, publicly reprimanded two women from Chechnya who were detained by the police for providing occult services.

December 04, 2022 14:44

• Chechnya: Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended by two months

  A court in Grozny has rejected the defence's motion to release Zarema Musaeva from custody and extended her arrest until February 12, her advocate has informed. Her son has treated her health condition as satisfactory.

December 03, 2022 19:28

• ECtHR awards compensation to native of Ingushetia for violating prisoner's rights

  Russian authorities had violated the rights of Ruslan Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, who was kept in custody under excessively harsh conditions, and must pay him 3000 euros as compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

December 03, 2022 19:23

• Moscow court would not restore "Memorial"* in register of legal entities

  The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow has refused to satisfy the claim for the restoration of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* in the state register of legal entities for the period of liquidation of the Centre.

December 02, 2022 22:24

• ECtHR awards compensation to detained participant of rally in Makhachkala

  The detention of Dagestani activist Ruslan Rasulov at an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala in October 2011 violated his right to freedom of assembly, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled.