North Caucasus

June 09, 2025 19:03

• Activist urges Melikov not to admit beach development in Kaspiysk

  In her video appeal to Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, Patimat Guseinova has asked to revoke the permit for the construction of a hotel complex in the territory of the city beach in Kaspiysk.

June 09, 2025 16:45

• Man accused of murdering Stavropol Vice-Mayor arrested

  The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol has placed the man accused of killing Zaur Gurtsiev, First Deputy Mayor of Stavropol, and his acquaintance into custody.

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 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.

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