An aggressive advocate of "women's morality" has been brought to trial in Chechnya.

A resident of Chechnya's Vedensky District beat a man who had come to a stadium with his wife, declaring that women should not be in public places. After being detained by police, he also struck a law enforcement officer.

The case against Akraman Elmurzaev, accused of battery and violence against a law enforcement officer (Articles 116 and Part 1 of Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code), has been submitted to the Vedensky District Court of Chechnya.

Another resident of the Vedensky District, whom Elmurzaev met at the stadium on the evening of April 17, was also beaten. The man was with his wife; the couple had been running together. Akraman Elmurzaev confronted the stranger, claiming that he "should not allow his wife to be in places where strange men are present," according to a statement from the court's press service today, which was brought to the attention of Mediazona*.

The man tried to avoid a confrontation, but Elmurzaev punched him in the face. The victim contacted the police. The next day, April 18, Elmurzaev was summoned to the police station, where the victim, "citizen X," was also present.

In the deputy chief's office, where a police officer was planning to conduct a "preventive conversation," Akraman Elmurzaev "continued to display aggression" toward both the victim and the security officer. "After another remark directed at him, Elmurzaev struck the police officer once with his right fist in the left temple," the court's press service reported.

The accused is currently in custody. According to the counterparty verification database, in 2022, Akraman Murzaev headed the Moscow construction firm MRKH Stroy, founded by a Turkish citizen. Caucasian Knot also reported that in October 2025, Ramzan Kadyrov's aide, Amir Sugaipov, promised to conduct "explanatory talks" with girls who don't cover their hair, as well as with their parents. That summer, four women's clothing stores in Grozny were closed at the request of the authorities, whose social media advertising was deemed inappropriate.

In 2017, the online community page "Carthage" published photos of Chechen women without headscarves or in "inappropriate clothing," sometimes with links to relatives who were called upon to "deal with" the girls for their behavior. This public page was added to the registry of banned resources, but continued to operate behind closed doors, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Carthage: Traditions and Bullying in Chechnya and Dagestan".

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