Situation in Chechnya one day before elections

October 17, 2024 22:37

• Rauf Arashukov apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov

  An Internet page of Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, has posted an apology to Ramzan Kadyrov and a request for help addressed to him.

October 17, 2024 21:30

• Peskov refuses to comment on Kadyrov's threats against Senator and MPs

  Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, has refused to comment on Ramzan Kadyrov's words threatening a blood feud against Senator, Suleiman Kerimov, and State Duma MPs, Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov.

October 17, 2024 20:03

• Zakhar Zaripov, convicted for appeal to Kadyrov, hospitalized

  Zakhar Zaripov, who was convicted for appealing to the head of Chechnya, was hospitalized from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) with stage four cancer.

October 17, 2024 19:50

• MP Barakhoev denies accusation of preparing attempt on Kadyrov

  Bekkhan Barakhoev, a Russian State Duma MP from Ingushetia, has stated that he had nothing to do with the preparation of the assassination attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 16, 2024 23:56

• In Belgium, verdict against Chechens highlights danger of radicalization of diaspora’s members

  In Belgium, a court sentenced a native of Chechnya and his wife to long terms of imprisonment for preparing a terror act. At the same time, two other defendants got suspended sentences, and one more defendant was acquitted. The authorities of Belgium and other European countries are fighting religious radicals not effectively enough.