A man was kidnapped in Dagestan, rights defenders report

May 26, 2024 23:04

• Leila Gatagazheva again placed under house arrest

  Despite the fact that the decision to transfer Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, under house arrest was made in her favour, it still violates the law, since the investigation period has ended and she could not have been given a preventive freedom restriction measure at all.

May 26, 2024 22:52

• Chechen Parliament supports Daudov's appointment

  Chechen parliamentarians (MPs) have unanimously supported the appointment of Magomed Daudov as chairman of the government of the republic (Premier); he himself has announced this in his Telegram channel.

May 26, 2024 21:36

• Adler resident arrested for eight days for extremist comments

  A court in Adler has imposed an administrative punishment in the form of eight days of arrest on a local resident for his comments in a social network, which were treated as extremist.

May 26, 2024 20:36

• Historians assess prospects of Nalchik resident's demands to stop Stalin glorification

  In modern Russian realities, any initiatives demanding to stop Stalinism rehabilitation are useless and can lead to repressions against authors of such demands, Pavel Polyan has suggested in his comment on the appeal of Oleg Kelemetov, a Nalchik resident, to parliaments of North-Caucasian republics.

May 25, 2024 20:57

• Rights defenders treat mass kidnappings as instability sign in Chechnya

  Some of the 80 persons kidnapped after the arson of a car associated with Adam Kadyrov have already been released, human rights defenders have informed, adding that the mass kidnappings amid high-profile resignations indicate an unstable situation in Chechnya and are caused by law enforcers' desire to demonstrate their importance.