Chechnya

May 03, 2024 19:48

• Native of Chechnya dies after being beaten in colony for life prisoners

  Arsan Mukaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of killing law enforcers, has died in his penal colony after being beaten up.

May 01, 2024 21:46

• Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case

  In Grozny, an investigator has interrogated Lena Patyaeva within the case of the murder of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by her relatives from Saint Petersburg and stopped communicating.

May 01, 2024 21:06

• Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary

  The apologies by Abu Banov, a member of the Board of Elders of Circassian People, for his words about Karachais were unlikely to be the result of coercion, as it happens in Chechnya, since forced apologies are not practiced in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), analysts have pointed out.

May 01, 2024 18:54

• On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 22 to 28, 2024, two policemen were killed and another was wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 30, 2024 18:55

• Stand-up concert spectator apologizes for his joke about Chechen women

  The spectator of the stand-up concert who said he had been "hanging out with Chechen girls" has apologized to the entire Chechen people for the thoughtless joke.

April 29, 2024 22:33

• Social media users express their scepticism about Kadyrov’s report on success of his teenage daughter

  Twelve-year-old Ashura Kadyrova has completed training courses to join the Practical Shooting Federation, Ramzan Kadyrov boasts about his daughter’s success. The achievements and awards of Ramzan Kadyrov’s children are associated with the patronage of their father, social media users note.

April 27, 2024 20:45

• Musaeva's defence denies her urgent hospitalization

  Zarema Musaeva remains in the colony for now; her advocates are seeking her transfer to a medical institution, but urgent hospitalization is out of question, the "Team Against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

April 26, 2024 23:58

• Court sides with mother of missing Chechen Movsar Umarov in her dispute with investigators

  In Grozny, a court recognized illegal the investigators’ refusal to provide Eset Umarova with all the materials of the criminal case on the disappearance of her son Movsar Umarov. The above court’s decision will allow the woman assess the investigators’ work, human rights defenders explain.

April 26, 2024 23:47

• Chechen authorities report about re-uniting of more than 2500 divorced couples

  Special commissions created on the instructions of Ramzan Kadyrov reunited 2565 divorced couples in Chechnya, the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) reported.

April 25, 2024 23:10

• Rights defenders report that relatives of British citizen detained in Chechnya are not allowed to him

  Law enforcers would not let relatives of Magomed Abubakarov, a British citizen, who was wounded during detention in Urus-Martan and charged under two criminal articles, to see him, an activist of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence* has informed.

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