Chechnya

May 15, 2026 16:16

• Saraliev reported on the prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

  The first stage of a major prisoner exchange took place today with Ukraine. Chechen State Duma Deputy Shamsail Saraliev reported that 205 prisoners of war returned to Russia.

May 15, 2026 03:46

• Security forces in Chechnya have been holding Belkisa Mintsayeva for the second month.

  Chechen native Belkisa Mintsayeva, who came to the republic under pressure from security forces, has been held in a police station for 32 days without procedural status.

May 14, 2026 21:01

• Over 35,000 rubles have been raised in two days for gifts for Zarema Musaeva.

  Since May 12th, more than 35,000 rubles have been raised for food parcels for Zarema Musayeva. 300,000 rubles are needed to provide her with everything she needs for six months.

May 13, 2026 07:26

• The extension of Movlaev's arrest has been appealed amid international outcry.

  An appeal has been filed against the extension of Mansur Movlaev's extradition detention. He faces torture in Chechnya if extradited to Russian authorities. The Human Rights Committee and the UN Special Rapporteur called for the extradition of the Chechen native to be suspended.

May 12, 2026 21:39

• Human rights activists have launched a fundraising campaign for Zarema Musaeva.

  Human rights activists are raising 300,000 rubles to purchase medications and nutritional products for Zarema Musayeva. This amount will provide the political prisoner with everything she needs for six months.

May 12, 2026 20:59

• The court refused to request testimony from a security officer in the Kardashov murder case.

  A witness in the case against Chechen security officials Aziev and Yusupov, who spirited Alexei Kardashov, the manager of a Khasavyurt pharmacy, from Dagestan to Chechnya, told the court he remembers nothing. Kardashov's mother's lawyers requested the witness's testimony in the pharmacist's murder case, but the court refused.

May 12, 2026 02:51

• 300 people were evacuated from a high-rise building in Grozny due to a fire.

  A fire broke out in a high-rise building on Sadaeva Street in Grozny, hospitalizing several people with carbon monoxide poisoning and evacuating 300 people. The fire has been extinguished, and residents have been relocated to rented apartments while repairs are carried out.

May 11, 2026 19:36

• Canadian authorities have imposed sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov's mother.

  Five Russian companies and 23 Russian individuals, including the mother of Chechen leader Aimani Kadyrova, were placed on Canada's sanctions list. Canadian authorities cited the "ideological indoctrination and militarization of Ukrainian children by Russian authorities" as the reason.

May 11, 2026 00:00

• The Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Chechnya passed without large-scale events.

  Events marking the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Chechnya were not large-scale; officials reported the distribution of meat from sacrificial animals in Grozny and Lugansk.

May 10, 2026 23:01

• Mansur Movlaev's arrest has been extended.

  A Kazakh court extended the pretrial detention of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev, who faces extradition to Russia, by two months. Neither Mansur nor his lawyers were present at the hearing.

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