Chechnya

January 16, 2026 22:22

• Information about a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov has spread across Chechen social media.

  The motorcade of Ramzan Kadyrov's third son was involved in a traffic accident in Grozny. Adam Kadyrov and his entourage were injured, sources claim. Official media outlets subsequently refuted reports of UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev's death in the accident.

January 16, 2026 19:35

• Arrested Aidiev dismissed from his post as head of the Lak Resettlement Department

  Dagestan's Head, Sergei Melikov, has dismissed Magomed-Gadzhi Aidiev, head of the Dagestan government's department for resettlement of residents of the Novolaksky District and restoration of the Aukhovsky District.

January 16, 2026 16:42

• One of Movlaev's Kazakh lawyers has had his license revoked.

  A court in Kazakhstan has disbarred Murat Adam, one of the defense attorneys for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev. Adam called the decision politically motivated and intends to appeal it.

January 16, 2026 10:56

• Baimuradova's friend is seeking the release of her body for burial.

  Three months after her death, the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova remains in the morgue. Armenian authorities are not releasing it to her friend. He said he identified her literally by the color of her manicure, because "there was nothing else to identify."

January 16, 2026 08:56

• Anna Smirnova only managed to temporarily return her children who had been taken to the North Caucasus Federal District.

  Anna Smirnova, a resident of the Moscow region, found her sons in North Ossetia, whom her ex-husband had previously hidden in Dagestan and Chechnya. In December 2025, she managed to retrieve the children, but two weeks later, their father took the boys again to an unknown location. Bailiffs reopened enforcement proceedings.

January 16, 2026 01:28

• Chechen deputies approved the promotions of Akhmed Dudayev and Akhmat Kadyrov.

  At its first meeting since the beginning of the year, the Chechen parliament agreed to appoint Ramzan Kadyrov's eldest son and Akhmed Dudayev, head of the Chechen Ministry of Nationalities and Information, as deputy prime ministers of the republic.

January 15, 2026 22:12

• Khamzat Dadaev's relatives managed to avoid being sent to the front.

  Security forces in Chechnya kidnapped four relatives of Khamzat Dadaev, who lives abroad, and forced them, including a minor, to sign military contracts. However, after widespread publicity, they were allowed to return home. Human rights activists were not informed of any cases of minors being sent to the front.

January 15, 2026 21:29

• Human rights activists called Mankieva's statement about domestic violence a priority.

  The Ingush Investigative Committee reported on a criminal case based on a woman's complaint "about unlawful actions by relatives." Aina Mankieva's complaint of sexualized domestic violence is a priority, as returning to the republic as part of the theft investigation would put Aina in danger, as was the case with Seda Suleimanova, human rights activists noted.

January 15, 2026 01:34

• A girl who fled Ingushetia was detained in Moscow.

  Aina Mankieva, from Ingushetia, who claimed she would be in danger upon returning home, was detained by police in Moscow. Law enforcement officials refused to allow Aina's lawyer to see her, human rights activists reported.

January 14, 2026 23:30

• Health has become the main topic of Kadyrov's statements.

  Over the course of three days, the head of Chechnya stated three times that he was experiencing no health problems and dismissed reports that he needed medical attention as fake.

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