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The switch to a single-level model of self-government is unfit for the republics of Northern Caucasus, as it breaks the established political alignments. However, even in the event of a transition to a new model, the negative effect for the republics of Southern Russia will be less than for other regions.

In May 2025, six persons fell victim to armed and terrorist attacks committed in Northern Caucasus: four civilians and two law enforcers perished; and two law enforcers and four civilians were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Dokku Djantemirov, who serves his life sentence in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, has asked to be transferred to a penal colony in the territory of Chechnya, where his relatives live.

As part of the reform of local government in Chechnya, 17 municipal districts will be created, and the urban districts of Grozny and Argun will also be preserved, the Chechen Ministry of Finance reports. Social media users suggest that the reform will result in job cuts and difficulties for citizens in obtaining official documents.

Law enforcers publicly reprimanded teenage drivers from the Gudermes District of Chechnya for violating traffic rules. Social media users have recalled that Adam Kadyrov, a son of the leader of Chechnya, drives a car, although he is also under 18.

Northern Caucasus has a widespread practice, when, in order to preserve the family’s honour, parents of drug-addicted sons marry them off without warning the brides about the problem.

The extradition from Austria to Russia of the Chechens who had sought asylum in order to avoid forced mobilization poses a threat to their safety, analysts believe.

Detentions of suspects in the attack of Basaev’s and Khattab's militants on Russian militaries in 1999 and 2000 were conducted in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Astrakhan Region and Stavropol Territory. The suspects – Radjab Khasaev, Arsen Koldasov, Batyr Arsanov and Rasul Takhtamirov – have been arrested.

The authorities of Austria have extradited to Russia two natives of Chechnya who requested asylum and complained about forced mobilization.

When explaining the appearance of the Orthodox cross on the flag of the “Akhmat” special forces, Apti Alaudinov has emphasized that initially, the unit consisted only of Chechen. However, at present, natives of Chechnya make up only 25% of the personnel in the “Akhmat” units, while 50% of the fighters are Russians, and the rest are of other nationalities.

As part of the second phase of exchange of prisoners of war (POWs), agreement on which were reached at Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul, 307 Russian POWs returned to their homeland.

The administration of the Russian Presidential has forwarded the appeal demanding an efficient inquiry into Seda Suleimanova’s disappearance to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Activists said they were disappointed with this answer, while Telegram users found it predictable.

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, has received the status of an asylum seeker in Kazakhstan. In his appeal to natives of Chechnya and residents of Kazakhstan, Mansur Movlaev asked for help and support to prevent his extradition to Russia.

Russia has only one coat of arms (emblem) and it has crosses, Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary has stated in his comment on different types of the coat of arms – with crosses and diamonds on the Kremlin website. The discussion about the image of crosses in the Kremlin website arose after the son of the head of Chechnya received his award against the background of a coat of arms without crosses.

The activists who gathered in Vienna have called on the Croatian authorities not to allow the expulsion of arrested natives of Chechnya to Russia.