Chechnya

June 18, 2026 20:06

• Sources identified the man detained in the Skrepetsky murder case as a Chechen.

  The Georgian passport used by the man arrested in the murder of artist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky) is counterfeit, and the man himself is Chechen, a Polish publication reported, citing sources in the security forces.

June 18, 2026 13:11

• A suspect in the murder of artist Skrepetsky has been detained.

  A man with a passport issued in Georgia has been detained near Warsaw in connection with the murder of cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who ridiculed the Kadyrov family in his work.

June 18, 2026 05:48

• The whereabouts of Movlaev's parents remain unknown for about two weeks.

  The fate of Mansur Movlaev's parents, abducted in Chechnya on June 5, remains unknown. Human rights activist Maxim Rudnev has filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office regarding their abduction.

June 17, 2026 22:46

• The murder of Skrepetsky after a caricature of the Kadyrov family has prompted speculation about a Chechen connection.

  The works of the artist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who was murdered in Poland, are virtually unknown in Chechnya, but the republic's authorities could have perceived them as offensive and used his murder as a message to other critics of Kadyrov in Europe.

June 17, 2026 21:54

• Zarema Musayeva's daughter asked Aishat Kadyrova for help in freeing her mother.

  Aliya Yangulbaeva published an open letter on Instagram* addressed to Aishat Kadyrova, the eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya. In her letter, Yangulbaeva asked Kadyrova to facilitate the release of her mother, Zarema Musayeva.

June 17, 2026 20:54

• Human rights activists have called for the search for Selima Ismailova.

  The veracity of the information regarding the fate of Selima Ismailova, who was detained at a Moscow airport three years ago and forcibly taken to Chechnya, is questionable, and placing her on the wanted list could clarify her fate, human rights activists noted. However, it was only thanks to a widespread campaign that security forces took even formal action regarding Seda Suleimanova's disappearance.

June 17, 2026 19:19

• Skrepetsky's acquaintances are convinced that his murder was politically motivated.

  Those close to the artist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who was murdered in Poland, are certain the murder was politically motivated. The prosecutor's office has voiced several unspecified theories. In his paintings and publications, the artist harshly ridiculed not only the authorities of Russia, Belarus, and Chechnya, but also Ukraine and the Russian opposition.

June 17, 2026 12:10

• The murder of the author of the Kadyrov cartoons has drawn attention to his work.

  The death of artist Robert Kuzovkov has only heightened interest in his work and given new resonance to the themes he explored in his work, social media users noted, commenting on the murder of the author of the Kadyrov cartoons.

June 16, 2026 01:59

• The author of the Kadyrov cartoons was killed in Poland.

  A Russian artist who drew caricatures of Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska.

June 15, 2026 09:56

• A rally in support of Movlaev took place in Vienna.

  Activists held a rally in Vienna in support of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev. They appealed to Kazakhstani authorities not to extradite him.

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