North-Caucasian Federal District

April 28, 2025 15:30

• Eight Dagestani residents sentenced to prison terms in airport riot case

  A court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced eight Dagestani residents to long terms of freedom deprivation, finding them guilty of taking part in the riots held at Makhachkala Airport.

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 28, 2025 12:51

• Detention of Yakhya Magomedov outrages social media users

  Social media users have expressed their outrage over the detention of Yakhya Magomedov, the Imam of the Khasavyurt Central Mosque. They recalled his confrontation with the Muftiate and drew parallels with the criminal prosecution of Imams in Ingushetia.

April 26, 2025 18:27

• State of emergency introduced due to flood cancelled in Makhachkala

  The authorities of Makhachkala have cancelled the state of emergency that was introduced after heavy rainfall due to the flooding of streets and houses.

April 26, 2025 18:21

• Residents of eight Dagestani villages remain without electricity

  Specialists have restored power supply to four Dagestani villages; residents of eight dwelling settlements remain in the zone of emergency power outages after bad weather.

April 26, 2025 18:09

• Ombudsperson acquires key role in transfer of Makhachkala Airport rioters to their homeland

  The appeal of the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) to transfer the convicted participants in the riots organized at the Makhachkala Airport to Dagestani colonies is of particular importance, since the provision of the law on serving a sentence in the region of inmate’s residence is often not enforced.

April 26, 2025 18:01

• Cassation Court cancels decision on compensation for activists of “Marem” shelter

  In Pyatigorsk, the Fifth Cassation Court has cancelled the decisions on compensation for employees of the “Marem” shelter in Dagestan.

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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