North-Caucasian Federal District

December 18, 2025 18:17

• The court confiscated the property of a former deputy from Kabardino-Balkaria.

  Land and a plot of land worth over 16 million rubles, acquired with unverified income, have been confiscated from a former deputy of the village of Gerpegezh in Kabardino-Balkaria.

December 18, 2025 17:16

• The court found no violation of the law in Shamilov's statements about the sale of Dagestan lands.

  The Soviet Court of Makhachkala dismissed the administrative case against Magomed Shamilov, chairman of the independent trade union of employees of the internal affairs and prosecutor's offices. Experts found no evidence of incitement to hatred or hostility in his statements against the sale of Gunib's lands. Shamilov and Dagestani activists considered the court's decision fair.

December 18, 2025 15:20

• The murder of a schoolboy in Odintsovo has sparked discussions about Russia's national policy in North Caucasus Federal District public groups

  The nationalist nature of the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik boy in a school near Moscow demonstrated the failure of nationalities policy in Russia. The "Russian Community" condemned the incident, but users of Dagestani and Chechen Telegram channels pointed out the contribution of such groups in perpetuating Islamophobia as a norm for years.

December 18, 2025 14:29

• A Chechen fighter was killed in a military operation.

  Mehdi Zuzayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 254 Chechen fighters have been officially recognized as killed.

December 18, 2025 00:08

• Residents of Dagestan criticized a report on energy sector improvements

  The Dagestan Ministry of Energy reported positive trends in the republic's electricity supply. Telegram channel users called the situation catastrophic, while Makhachkala residents reported ongoing power outages.

December 17, 2025 21:40

• Kadyrov's words underscored the political nature of Musayeva's persecution

  Kadyrov's statement that Zarema Musayeva was detained because of the Yangulbayev family's work on social media confirms the political nature of her persecution, but in the current reality, the Chechen leader's confession will not lead to a review of Musayeva's sentences, human rights activists noted.

December 17, 2025 18:19

• The leaders of a Kalmyk prison colony received lengthy sentences in the case of a terrorist cell

  Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.

December 17, 2025 17:59

• Kadyrov's representatives in Europe have been legalized in Germany as refugees

  Chechens Timur Dugazayev and Khusein Agayev, having received German citizenship as refugees, maintained contact with Kadyrov's inner circle and represented his interests in Europe, and also made numerous trips to Chechnya. Dugazayev returned to the republic after the imposition of US sanctions, but Agayev remains in Germany.

December 17, 2025 11:54

• The court has authorized the seizure of the homes and cars of detained Ingush tax officials

  The Moscow District Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's request to forfeit the homes and foreign cars of Magomed and Ilyas Kushtov, employees of the Ingush Federal Tax Service, suspected of abuse of power resulting in multimillion-dollar damages.

December 17, 2025 08:56

• Residents of a Dagestani village complained of regular power outages

  Regular power outages and low voltage in the electrical grid are creating problems for residents of the Dagestani village of Verkhneye Kazanishche, and appeals to the authorities have been unsuccessful.

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