Russia

June 20, 2025 17:30

• Remains of domestic violence victim, murdered in Chechnya, buried

  The remains of Kristina Kokova, who had complained of domestic violence after moving to her husband in Chechnya and was killed, have been buried in the town of Lobnya near Moscow. The victim's former father-in-law, who confessed to the murder, is now in the special military operation (SMO) zone.

June 20, 2025 17:28

• Teenager arrested in Stavropol under terrorism case

  The court has arrested a 17-year-old resident of Mikhailovsk, suspected under the article on organizing terrorist activities. The teenager is accused of social media posts and faces 15 to 20 years in penal colony.

June 20, 2025 14:04

• Apti Alaudinov personally apologizes to Schema-Abbot Gavriil

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” special forces, personally apologized to Schema-Abbot Gavriil for his words about the priest’s mental abilities. Schema-Abbot Gavriil has stated that he had “no disagreements” with Apti Alaudinov after their personal meeting. The priests has also noted that his statement about Muslims was “misunderstood.”

June 20, 2025 14:02

• Kuban MP suspected of extorting money from soldier’s widow

  A parliamentarian from the Dinsky District of the Krasnodar Territory has been detained on suspicion of extorting money from a widow of a deceased military man for the evacuation of her husband’s body from the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine.

June 19, 2025 18:15

• Social media users are sceptical about Alaudinov's proposal for mobilization

  Alaudinov's calls for mobilization are absurd, and if it is so necessary, it should start with the families of Chechen leadership and authorities, social media users have suggested.

June 19, 2025 18:07

• Conflict with "Russian Community" in Moscow attracts attention in Chechnya

  Residents of the Lyublino District in Moscow have filmed a video in which they claimed that activists of the "Russian Community" tried to illegally detain Chechen children. The police were called to the venue; and the representative office of the head of Chechnya in Moscow got involved in the situation.

June 19, 2025 16:49

• Human rights defenders: police pretend to be searching for Seda Suleimanova

  The appearance of a Seda Suleimanova’s wanted card in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) database actually only indicates that the law enforcement bodies are simulating their activities. When a criminal case is instituted, all active actions to search for a missing person are being carried out at the discretion of an investigator from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

June 19, 2025 16:46

• Journalist Nizfa Arshba* refuses to disclose her sources to Abkhazian State Security Service

  At a trial on a lawsuit against the State Security Service of Abkhazia, Abkhazian journalist Nizfa Arshba* called the compensation in the amount of five million roubles demanded by her adequate. The journalist also refused to disclose the sources of her posts. Representatives of the defendant’s side withdrew their statement on readiness for a settlement agreement.

June 19, 2025 16:42

• Samvel Karapetyan arrested for two months

  Samvel Karapetyan, an owner of the “Tashir” Group of Companies, whose house in Yerevan was searched by officers of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia after his public speech in support of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has been accused of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order and taken into custody.

June 18, 2025 18:24

• Refusal to exclude “Memorial”* from foreign agents register upheld

  The Moscow appellate court has rejected the complaint against the court ruling refusing to remove the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* from the register of foreign agents.

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