Ingushetia

August 06, 2026 20:27

• Anxiety and low education have become the reason for the "witch hunt" in the North Caucasus.

  Witchcraft is forbidden in Islam, but vigilantism is unacceptable, the imams stated while commenting on the murder of a resident of Ingushetia. Low education in Islam and anxiety in society have become factors that provoke aggression, emphasized a Caucasian studies expert and a psychologist. Even if the defense of the accused in the murder proves that the victim was engaged in witchcraft, this will not be a mitigating circumstance, the lawyer is convinced.

August 05, 2026 08:49

• The authorities have recognized at least 9550 fighters from southern Russia as killed in the military operation.

  At least 4755 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4795 military personnel from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

August 05, 2026 06:51

• The founder of the project "Caucasus Without a Mother" reported threats and pressure.

  The founder of the human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother" Lydia Mikhalchenko reported threats and insults against its employees, as well as the blocking of the project's page on social media.

August 05, 2026 00:57

• The serviceman was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for failing to report to his unit.

  The court in Nalchik sentenced Kazimir Chotchaev to five years in prison, finding him guilty of being absent from service for more than one month.

August 04, 2026 20:08

• Human rights activists revealed details of the beating of Ibrahim Tochiev.

  Law enforcement officers who conducted a search in the home of Ingush resident Ibrahim Tochiev inflicted dozens of blows to his head and body; the Investigative Committee is conducting a check based on his appeal, human rights activists reported. Publicly, the head of the Investigative Committee did not respond to Tochiev's appeal.

August 03, 2026 16:49

• The sources named witchcraft as the reason for the murder of the man in Ingushetia.

  Three residents of Ingushetia have been detained for the murder of a resident of Sunzha, reported the Investigative Committee. The detainees claim that the man cast a spell on the brother of one of them, a source reported.

August 02, 2026 06:53

• Ingush activists pointed out to Kalimatov the threat of collapse of the medieval towers.

  A group of women from Ingushetia recorded a video appeal to the head of the republic, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, demanding to save the medieval complex "Towers of Two Rivals" in the Dzheirakh district, which is threatened with collapse due to the crumbling rock on which it was built.

July 31, 2026 19:08

• A resident of Ingushetia is under investigation due to a comment on social media.

  Law enforcement officers discovered a "positive assessment of the actions of militants" in a comment left on social media by a laborer from the village of Nesterovskoye.

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