Chechnya

June 09, 2025 16:42

• Sources report liberation of those detained for kidnapping Schepikhin

  The Chechen law enforcers accused within the criminal case of kidnapping the blogger, Areg Schepikhin, have escaped placement into custody.

June 09, 2025 14:27

• Demand to bring Apti Alaudinov to responsibility voiced before religious procession in Moscow

  Orthodox activists have voiced a request to reinstate Schema-Abbot Gavriil, who was dismissed after his statements about Muslims, in the Valaam Monastery and to give a legal assessment to the Apti Alaudinov’s words about the Orthodox priest.

June 08, 2025 17:15

• Alaudinov apologizes to priest with reservation

  Apti Alaudinov, Commander of "Akhmat" Special Forces, has apologized to Schema-Abbot Gavriil "purely because of his age." At the same time, he expressed outrage that the people who demanded an apology to the priest failed to react to Gavriil's statements about Muslims.

June 07, 2025 17:07

• Areg Schepikhin sent to pre-trial prison for two months

  In Moscow, a court arrested blogger Areg Schepikhin for two months in a case on calls for extremism and incitement of hatred. The court hearing was held without allowing journalists to enter the courtroom. Footage from the courtroom shows traces of beatings on the Areg Schepikhin’s face.

June 07, 2025 17:01

• Valaam Monastery dismisses priest after Alaudinov’s reaction to his words about Muslims

  Schema-abbot Gavriil, who stated in his sermon that Muslims, on orders of a mullah, could slaughter all residents of Moscow, has been dismissed from his post as the head of the Sochi stead of the Valaam Monastery. The dismissal of Schema-abbot Gavriil followed a demand for an apology voiced by Apti Alaudinov.

June 07, 2025 16:53

• Russian MoJ declares Ruslan Kutaev* a foreign agent

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included Chechen human rights defender Ruslan Kutaev*, who lives abroad, in the register of foreign agents.

June 06, 2025 18:53

• Social media users point to high cost of sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha

  Social media users treat the prices of sacrificial animals on the Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayram) holiday as too high; and not everyone agrees with the call of the Chechen Mufti not to sell animals’ skins. The charitable funds of the republics of Northern Caucasus have reported on the free distribution of animal meat and food packages.

June 06, 2025 15:16

• Call to execute Schepikhin voiced by “Akhmat” special forces fighters

  When commenting on the statements of blogger Areg Schepikhin about Chechens and Muslims, fighters of the “Akhmat” special forces claimed that the incitement of ethnic hatred during military operations should be punishable by death.

June 06, 2025 15:08

• Four Tatarstan residents found guilty of attack on military personnel in Chechnya

  A court has sentenced four residents of Tatarstan to long terms of imprisonment in a case on the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya in 2000.

June 05, 2025 16:46

• Criminal case of extremism and hatred incitement opened against Schepikhin

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has initiated a criminal case against Areg Schepikhin, a blogger, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow. Today, they plan to choose a freedom restriction measure for his kidnappers.

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