Chechnya

May 04, 2025 13:39

• Relatives of Chechens, who escaped from being sent to Ukraine, kidnapped, opposition Telegram channel reports

  The NIYSO Chechen opposition Telegram channel reports about at least six kidnapped residents of the republic, who, being subjected to pressure, agreed to go to Ukraine. After one of them escaped, law enforcers captured two of his relatives.

May 04, 2025 13:34

• Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov reports about delays in issuing of refugee documents in Germany

  The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has for the third time invited Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov for a security questioning required to obtain refugee documents. The man points out that such security questionings in Germany are primarily directed at people from Chechnya and that he has not been able to obtain his documents for a year and a half already.

April 30, 2025 19:54

• Soltaev's intervention in brawl involving Chechen teen indicates Ombudsperson’s abuse of power

  The role of Mansur Soltaev, Chechen Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) in the case of a teenager accused of beating up other minors in the city of Tver is essentially limited to political and administrative pressure on investigators and concern for his fellow countryman’s interests.

April 30, 2025 14:13

• Zarema Musaeva’s detention period extended

  According to the ruling of the Shali District Court, Zarema Musaeva will remain in custody in the case on disrupting the operation of the penal colony until August 26. The defence will lodge an appeal against the above ruling of the Shali District Court.

April 29, 2025 16:38

• Over 3000 demand from ICRF to investigate Seda Suleimanova’s case

  More than 3000 applications have been sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) demanding that the disappearance case of Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen native, be investigated under the federal control. Seda's friend continues seeking justice for her, although she is almost certain that the girl is dead.

April 29, 2025 15:55

• Maria Smelaya seeks to find her son after court ruling

  An investigator promised to "bring" her son to Maria Smelaya, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), when she receives a court ruling obliging to return her son to her. Maria intends to file an application on searching her child, whom his father had earlier taken to Chechnya.

April 28, 2025 13:02

• Kadyrov boasts about mentioning "Akhmat" in Kremlin

  The head of Chechnya has reacted to Putin's mentioning of two "Akhmat" units in the list of the units that took part in battles in the Kursk Region, dedicating a separate post to this in his Telegram channel. Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the "Akhmat" special-purpose troops, reported that the unit has not yet changed its location.

April 25, 2025 23:58

• Shahada case against Chechen native sets dangerous precedent for Muslims

  The arrest of a Chechen native for placing the text of the shahada on the windshield of his car threatens all Muslims in Russia, who may also be subject to persecution. An Islamic scholar should act as an expert in the case, experts suggest.

April 25, 2025 23:17

• Girl’s death in Kaspiysk highlights problem of violence against children

  Cases of violence against children in Northern Caucasus have become more public and attract people’s attention, but their number is not decreasing, since cruelty and beating children “for educational purposes” have been considered in society as a norm.

April 25, 2025 16:30

• Victory of businesswoman Tatiana Kim in lawsuit over “Wildberries” share outlines limits of Ramzan Kadyrov’s influence

  The court’s decision in favour of Tatiana Kim (Bakalchuk), who got the share of her former husband Vladislav Bakalchuk in the “Wildberries” Company, has demonstrated the limits of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s influence outside Chechnya.

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