Chechnya

June 26, 2026 09:36

• The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture reminded us of the need to protect the rights of victims.

  Authorities prefer to keep torture under wraps, and in cases that do come to light, it can take years to bring law enforcement officers to justice, according to stories from torture victims in southern Russia. The "26 Rubles Against Torture" campaign, timed to coincide with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, has already raised over 800,000 rubles.

June 26, 2026 01:42

• Chechnya and Dagestan received additional funds to address the consequences of the floods.

  The Russian government has allocated an additional 2.5 billion rubles for flood relief in Dagestan and Chechnya. The funding will be used for hydraulic engineering work.

June 25, 2026 05:56

• Residents of the North Caucasus Federal District republics have noticed a rise in fuel prices.

  Authorities in the North Caucasus regions have not announced gasoline sales limits, but have reported on measures to prevent shortages. The situation is most acute in Dagestan, where the most significant increase in gasoline prices has been observed.

June 25, 2026 01:49

• Lawyers considered it possible to release Murdiev from the prison

  Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev is in quarantine in a Volgograd pretrial detention center, but his sentence expires within the next three weeks. His defense doesn't rule out the possibility that Murdiev could be released before reaching the Kamyshin Correctional Colony.

June 24, 2026 16:56

• Two people convicted of attacking Pskov paratroopers refused to admit guilt.

  The court sentenced Arslan Taushev and Rasul Koshmanbetov to lengthy prison terms, finding them involved in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya. The defendants denied their guilt.

June 24, 2026 11:16

• Authorities have acknowledged that at least 9,300 soldiers from southern Russia were killed in Ukraine.

  At least 4,628 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,672 soldiers from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

June 24, 2026 08:17

• A native of Chechnya was deported from Lithuania.

  Lithuanian authorities deported a Chechen native after denying him an extension of his refugee status, despite him having lived legally in the country for more than 20 years.

June 24, 2026 00:56

• A second Chechen resident has been charged under the article on searching for extremist materials.

  The Achkhoy-Martan Court in Chechnya received an administrative case against a local resident accused of searching for prohibited materials online. His case marks the fifth known instance of this statute being applied in Russia and the second in Chechnya.

June 23, 2026 11:50

• Social media users compared Skrepetsky's murder to the high-profile cases of Nemtsov and Politkovskaya.

  Boris Nemtsov and Anna Politkovskaya didn't mock the government in their satirical drawings, but they too became victims of contract killings. Artist Semyon Skrepetsky joins the list of people whose actions and positions led to their tragic deaths, according to social media users.

June 23, 2026 09:51

• A rally in defense of the rights of Vainakh refugees took place in the Finnish capital.

  Representatives of the Vainakh diaspora held a protest in Helsinki demanding that Finnish authorities not allow biased treatment of refugees from Chechnya and Ingushetia when making immigration decisions.

All articles