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In May 2025, the leader of Chechnya stated that he asked to be released from the post. However, on the other day, Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that he was misunderstood. Over the past ten years, the leader of Chechnya has announced his desire to resign at least seven times and remained in office.

The kidnappings of relatives of those Chechen residents who fled from being sent to Ukraine are consistent with the practices of republic's authorities to force them to sign military contracts and punish the relatives of those guilty.

The decision of the Russian authorities to deport Azer Badamov, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, has been made after his harsh statements addressed to Russian State Duma member Nikolai Valuev.

When commenting on a question from a Chechen news agency concerning rumours about his possible resignation, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that he “asks on his own will” to be relieved of his post.

In the period from January 1 to April 30, 2025, at least 10 people suffered during the on going armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Eight were killed and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has for the third time invited Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov for a security questioning required to obtain refugee documents. The man points out that such security questionings in Germany are primarily directed at people from Chechnya and that he has not been able to obtain his documents for a year and a half already.

The role of Mansur Soltaev, Chechen Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) in the case of a teenager accused of beating up other minors in the city of Tver is essentially limited to political and administrative pressure on investigators and concern for his fellow countryman’s interests.

According to the ruling of the Shali District Court, Zarema Musaeva will remain in custody in the case on disrupting the operation of the penal colony until August 26. The defence will lodge an appeal against the above ruling of the Shali District Court.

More than 3000 applications have been sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) demanding that the disappearance case of Seda Suleimanova, a Chechen native, be investigated under the federal control. Seda's friend continues seeking justice for her, although she is almost certain that the girl is dead.

An investigator promised to "bring" her son to Maria Smelaya, a resident of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), when she receives a court ruling obliging to return her son to her. Maria intends to file an application on searching her child, whom his father had earlier taken to Chechnya.

The arrest of a Chechen native for placing the text of the shahada on the windshield of his car threatens all Muslims in Russia, who may also be subject to persecution. An Islamic scholar should act as an expert in the case, experts suggest.

Cases of violence against children in Northern Caucasus have become more public and attract people’s attention, but their number is not decreasing, since cruelty and beating children “for educational purposes” have been considered in society as a norm.

The court’s decision in favour of Tatiana Kim (Bakalchuk), who got the share of her former husband Vladislav Bakalchuk in the “Wildberries” Company, has demonstrated the limits of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s influence outside Chechnya.