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June 18, 2026 03:49

• Three soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

  Teymur Musayev and two of his fellow countrymen from the Suleiman-Stalsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,992 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

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 20:00

• The court ordered the former minister of Karachay-Cherkessia to pay more than three million rubles.

  The Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ordered former Finance Minister of Karachay-Cherkessia Rustam Elkanov to pay 3.7 million rubles in damages to the region's budget.

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 17:29

• The helicopter crash case in Dagestan has reached court.

  The criminal investigation against the head of the flight test complex and the test pilot accused in the crash of a Ka-226 helicopter in the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, which resulted in the deaths of five people, has been completed. The criminal case has been referred to court for consideration.

June 17, 2026 16:39

• A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in a military operation.

  Soltan Batyrov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 589 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

June 17, 2026 15:00

• A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit and drug trafficking.

  A military court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Stanislav Yemelyanov to 20 years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without leave, theft, and drug trafficking.

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.

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