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An orphan from Volgograd is interviewed by Eldar Fiziev, the head of the Association for the Protection of Orphans' Rights. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7F0S30AIfA

19:41, 27 February 2023

Orphan from Volgograd complains about problems with obtaining housing

Alexander, a resident of Volgograd, has complained that after graduating from the orphanage, through the fault of the school administration, he found himself without a registration, and that authorities for a long time failed to provide him with housing due to him by the law.

18:59, 27 February 2023

Makhachkala resident fined for pacifist publications

A court in Makhachkala has imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles on Zaur Radjabov, a local resident, finding his pacifist posts in social networks to be discrediting Russian militaries.

15:19, 26 February 2023

Volgograd Region: three mobilized persons achieve delay in sending to training ground

After their complaints to the military prosecutor, three mobilized persons in the Volgograd Region managed to delay their transfer to the training ground; they were allowed to complete their examination by the military medical commission.

The Code of Administrative offences of Russia. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

15:14, 26 February 2023

Volgograd resident fined for discrediting militaries

A court in Volgograd has fined Alexander Moskovchenko, a local resident, finding that the phrases pronounced by him in support of Ukraine had discredited the Russian Army.

Alipat Sultanbegova. Photo from Alipat Sultanbegova's page on Facebook

01:22, 26 February 2023

Activist Sultanbegova detained in Krasnodar

In Krasnodar, law enforcers have detained Alipat Sultanbegova, who, on the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, laid flowers at the monument to the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.

23:58, 25 February 2023

Court obliges unit commander from Chechnya to consider military's report on payment for the wound

The Grozny Garrison Military Court has obliged the commander of the military unit to consider the report lodged by Zelimkhan Ayubov, on the payment of compensation for the wound he received in Ukraine, but the unit's commend has challenged the ruling. The Southern District Military Court has upheld the first-instance judgement.

Apti Alaudinov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDcCMNpgNrA

23:15, 25 February 2023

Alaudinov, commander of Chechen special forces, discharged from hospital after poisoning

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special unit, has been discharged from a Moscow hospital where he was treated after an attempt to poison him.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

18:19, 25 February 2023

Kadyrov awarded the title of Hero of Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov is now the Hero of Chechnya, Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Press, has announced. This title is awarded by the head of Chechnya, as follows from the decree signed by Kadyrov.

Svetlana Kuzevanova. Photo: Vadim Kantor / ASI https://www.asi.org.ru

15:31, 25 February 2023

Lawyers describe practice of persecuting WhatsApp users for fakes

Messages posted in public group chats can become a reason for criminal prosecution under a fake article about the Russian Army, although one's personal correspondence should not become the basis for such cases; however, such cases are known.

Chechen soldiers. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

15:25, 25 February 2023

Number of fighters from Caucasus perished in Ukraine exceeds death toll among law enforcers in NCFD within 11 years

During the year of hostilities in Ukraine, at least 845 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) perished there, while during eleven years of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, the power bloc lost 480 employees.

A queue for border control. Screenshot from the video posted on the ICTN YouTube channel https://youtu.be/o-k_mDNaTjo

15:17, 25 February 2023

Volgograd teenager sentenced in case on terrorism leaves Russia

A teenager from Volgograd, sentenced to compulsory medical treatment in a case on terrorism, left Russia together with his mother. He is put on the wanted list.

Idris Arsamikov. Photo https://www.kavkazr.com/a/bytj-geem-dlya-nih-uzhe-prestuplenie-zaderzhannogo-v-moskve-urozhentsa-chechni-peredali-kadyrovtsam/32274445.html

23:59, 24 February 2023

MEPs demand Arsamikov's release

The Group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on LGBT Rights has called on the Chechen authorities to release Idris Arsamikov, who was detained in Moscow and taken to his homeland.

23:57, 24 February 2023

In Europe, activists hold rallies on anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation

In Paris and Vienna, members of the Chechen Diaspora have held rallies on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes (collectively also treated as Vainakhs).

The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people. Screenshot of the video by the user vainakh38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmb-WX0OI0

15:13, 24 February 2023

At deportation anniversary, Kadyrov limited himself to cursing Stalin

In Chechnya, the absence of mourning events in memory of deportation victims indicates Kadyrov's desire not to aggravate the situation on the eve of the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, analysts believe.

A screenshot from the "The Cage Looks for a Bird" trailer posted on Kira Kovalenko's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHElcLzJR7M

14:58, 24 February 2023

At Berlinale, Malika Musaeva's film tells about Chechen women's hard fate

Malika Musaeva's debut film "The Cage Looks for a Bird" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This is the only film from Russia and the first in the Festival history entirely in the Chechen language.

A monument complex in memory of the victims of the deportation of Ingushes. Photo by Anzhela Matieva

00:43, 24 February 2023

Ingush residents honour memory of compatriots perished during years of deportation

In Nazran, a prayer in memory of those who died during the years of the deportation ordered by Stalin was read out by the elders and the leader of the republic. Believers were reading prayers in the mosques of the republic to pay tribute to the memory of those who perished during the years of the deportation and dispensing sadaqa (charity) to the poor and large families.

Screenshot of the photo from Tumso Abdurakhmanov's Telegram channel posted on February 23, 2023 https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/5337

23:52, 23 February 2023

Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reacts to version of assassination attempt

When commenting on social media users’ questions about an assassination attempt, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov promised to provide details in the nearest future. Blogger’s brother Mukhammad is alive, the Chechen human rights association “Vayfond” reports.

Yaroslav Savin. Photo from his personal account on the "VKontakte" https://vk.com/savinparnas

20:11, 23 February 2023

Activist Yaroslav Savin hospitalized after hunger strike

Yaroslav Savin, the secretary of the Astrakhan branch of the "Party of People's Freedom" (Parnas), was hospitalized after being released from the special detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike.

The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court. Photo http://mgvs.dag.sudrf.ru

20:05, 23 February 2023

Court refuses to consider mobilization complaints lodged by Dagestani fathers of large families

The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court has refused to consider the lawsuits against illegal mobilization lodged by four fathers with many children, citing the lack of powers of attorney from the mobilized fathers themselves.

The deportation of Chechens to Kazakhstan. Photo: https://tengrinews.kz

19:57, 23 February 2023

Seventy-nine years since Vainakhs' deportation

Today marks 79 years since the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. There are no official events dated for this anniversary in Chechnya.

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