Yunusov hinted at retribution of Russian military for words about "Akhmat"

A Russian soldier with the call sign "Kapter", who had been in Ukrainian captivity, was found by fighters from Bekkhan Yunusov's group with the call sign "Hades". They had previously promised "Kapter" that he "would have to pay" for criticizing "Akhmat".

As "Kavkazsky Uzel wrote, in March Ramzan Kadyrov awarded the title "Hero of Chechnya" to Bekkhan Yunusov, a detachment commander known by the call sign "Hades", a former police officer in the Moscow region, convicted of abuse of office and suspected of fraud.

Fighters from the "Aida group" as part of the "Akhmat" special forces found a Russian soldier with the call sign "Kapter", who had previously been threatened with retribution for his words about this unit. The soldier, who had been in Ukrainian captivity, publicly called the "Akhmat" fighters "TikTokers".

A photo of “Hades” with “Kapter” and a short video with him was published by the Telegram channel “Diary of the Auror Fighters”, which is run by fighters from Yunusov’s group. “Hades and call sign “Kapter”. Meeting. That same Kapter,” the caption says.

The video, which lasts only 38 seconds, contains a fragment of an interview with “Kapter”, recorded during his captivity. Answering questions about the fighters of “Akhmat”, the soldier gives them an unflattering description and uses a slang word denoting a mannered and insufficiently courageous person.

“When I come to civilian life, if someone tells me: “Look, I’m an Akhmatova member,” I’ll tell him: “Sorry, you’re not an Akhmatova member, you’re a TikTok of the army, you’re no good,” he said.

Then fresh footage of “Hades” meeting with “Kapter” is shown, which lasts only a few seconds. “Hades,” whose face is covered by a mask, sits at a table next to a fighter who looks tense and puzzled. “Greetings to everyone, with you is an ex-intelligence officer…,” says “Hades.” The recording breaks off and is replaced by the credits “Directed by Robert. B. Weide” - this widely known Internet meme is used to emphasize an awkward and unpleasant situation for the hero of the previous frames.

“Always be careful what you wish for. And remember that you have to pay for everything. And answer for it,” the caption to the video says. How exactly “Kapter” “answered” for his statements is not specified in the channel's publications.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that some people who called Akhmat fighters "tiktokers" had previously had to publicly apologize. This word, in particular, was used in July 2024 by Vladimir Romanov, who positions himself as a war correspondent. Two days after the video with such a description of the "Akhmatites", Romanov found himself "visiting the Akhmat unit", talked with its commander Apti Alaudinov and apologized for spreading "incorrect information". In August of the same year, a military man serving in the Kursk region apologized for criticizing Akhmat.

The practice of public apologies, at the instigation of Ramzan Kadyrov, has gone beyond Chechnya and spread to other regions of Russia, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The fashion for apologies: from Chechnya to the very outskirts". In Chechnya itself, residents regularly publicly apologize for various offenses and criticism of the authorities. The "Caucasian Knot" maintains a "Chronicle of Public Apologies in the Caucasus".

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