Chechnya

August 26, 2026 17:33

• The Moscow City Court kept blogger Remeslo in custody.

  The native of Nalchik, blogger Ilya Remeslo, failed to have his arrest in the case of spreading fakes about the army recognized as illegal.

August 26, 2026 14:06

• Lawyers pointed to the risk of Patyaeva's arrest after the picket in Grozny.

  The protocol on repeated violations of the rules for holding public events may lead to a stricter punishment for Elena Patyaeva, including administrative arrest, lawyers indicated. In Chechnya, there is virtually no practice of solitary pickets, and a local participant in such an action and her family would face more severe consequences, noted Svetlana Gannushkina*.

August 26, 2026 06:29

• Adam Kadyrov's list of awards has been supplemented with the medal of the Ministry of Defense of Abkhazia.

  The 18-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov, has been awarded the medal of the Ministry of Defense of Abkhazia "For Combat Brotherhood."

August 25, 2026 21:40

• The journalist arrested for a comment about Dudayev complained about pressure in the pre-trial detention center.

  Arrested in June 2026 for publicly justifying terrorism, journalist and author of the Telegram channel "Nothing will happen in Mari El" Alexey Seregin* reported that he is not receiving letters. He also complained about his poor psychological state.

August 25, 2026 13:29

• Patyaeva shared details of her detention in Grozny.

  Activist Elena Patyaeva reported that the security forces who detained her in Grozny behaved correctly, and one of the police officers, after a conversation about the disappearance of Seda Suleymanova, noted that there are many such stories.

August 25, 2026 03:42

• Blogger Remeslo has been returned to the pre-trial detention center.

  Lawyer and blogger Ilya Remeslo, whose criticism of the President of Russia surprised the head of "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov, was returned from a psychiatric hospital back to the pre-trial detention center.

August 24, 2026 20:18

• Elena Patyaeva left Chechnya

  After being released from the police department in Grozny, Elena Patyaeva left Chechnya as soon as she had the opportunity.

August 24, 2026 17:44

• The anniversary of Akhmat Kadyrov was marked by hundreds of events and criticism of the cult of personality.

  On the 75th anniversary of the birth of Akhmat Kadyrov, several politicians made statements, and the authorities of Chechnya organized hundreds of events, charitable and public actions, to mark the anniversary. At the same time, one reader complained about road closures due to the ceremonial event, while critics of the Chechen authorities pointed to the imposition of a cult of personality around the former head of the republic.

August 24, 2026 00:59

• Patyaeva faced the threat of arrest after the picket in Grozny.

  Chechen security forces drew up a protocol against Lena Patyaeva for repeated violations of public event rules, threatening her with up to 30 days of arrest or a large fine. The single picket that Patyaeva held demanding an investigation into the murder of Seda Suleymanova does not require approval, the activist and her lawyer reminded.

August 23, 2026 18:00

• The security forces released Patyaeva from the police department in Grozny.

  Lena Patyaeva was released from the police department in Grozny after a picket demanding an investigation into the murder of her friend Seda Suleymanova.

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