A Chechen soldier accused Divnich of insulting him based on his nationality.

Blogger Maxim Divnich reported that a participant in the conflict in the Luhansk basin, Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev, accused him of insults based on ethnicity. Divnich called the accusations false, noting that witnesses had suddenly emerged who confirmed them.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, demanded an apology from blogger and MMA fighter Max Divnich for denigrating the Akhmat special forces and Alaudinov himself by including a fighter of Chechen origin who started the conflict in Luhansk in the Akhmat special forces. Later, Alaudinov spoke about the need to toughen penalties for inciting ethnic hatred. Alikhan Bersayev, a participant in the conflict at the Luhansk pool who identified himself as an Akhmat fighter, was detained in Krasnodar Krai. The detention was carried out by Chechen Interior Ministry officers, according to Apti Alaudinov, head of the Akhmat special forces, who had previously claimed that the fighter had been sent to the front lines. Divnich posted a video about the conflict at the Luhansk pool on his Telegram channel. He claimed that he had gotten into a conflict with Chechen serviceman Alikhan Bersayev because he behaved inappropriately toward women. The blogger also claimed that Bersayev had identified himself as an Akhmat special forces fighter. In one of the published videos, which the "Caucasian Knot" is not posting due to the abundance of profanity, a participant in the conflict shouts: "You'll still find out what 'Akhmat' is."

Blogger Maksim Divnich reported today on his Telegram channel that he attended a confrontation in Luhansk with Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev regarding the Luhansk swimming pool conflict.

 "Bersayev put forward the following story: I approached him and began insulting him based on his nationality, and immediately hit him. I insulted him very harshly, using the worst possible language. I told him he was lying, and he smirked at me. "I understand that he wants to defend himself because he faces long sentences, because he also left the unit," Divnich stated. Divnich pointed out that "some third-row witnesses, about five people," were found who "saw everything." "They're doing a lot of work. That is, a person sitting in a pretrial detention center has witnesses, not one, not two, not three. That is, someone is working to exonerate this character." In his opinion, extensive resources are being deployed to "make me the culprit."

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