Interethnic relations

August 06, 2024 19:18

• Natives of Caucasus claim increased discrimination when visiting Turkey

  Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

August 05, 2024 22:15

• Astrakhan deputy fined for post with Hitler's quote

  A court in Astrakhan has fined Oleg Shein, a deputy of the Regional Duma, treating his post with a quote from Hitler's book as distribution of extremist materials. The deputy himself has treated the court ruling as illegal and pointed out that the court had disregarded the context of his post.

July 12, 2024 21:52

• Analysts comment on Kadyrov’s dispute with ICRF’s chair Bastrykin

  Statements voiced by Alexander Bastrykin regarding the migration policy and the religious overtones of the terror acts in Dagestan caused astonishment among Muslims, political analyst Ali Magamadov notes. A dispute between Ramzan Kadyrov and Alexander Bastrykin highlighted the claims of the leader of Chechnya to be the defender of all Muslims, a former teacher from Grozny believes.

May 28, 2024 16:34

• Social media users surprised by skinhead’s apology for loving a Chechen girl

  A young man, who introduced himself in a video circulated on social media as a skinhead who fell in love with a Chechen girl, recorded a new video in which he apologized to the Chechen people. The apologies caused confusion among many social media users.

April 23, 2024 16:23

• SMO participants demand from authorities to react to beating of schoolgirl from Dagestan

  The Prosecutor’s Office for Saint Petersburg should check the video showing a schoolgirl from Dagestan being beaten by her schoolmates, the Ombudsman of Dagestan emphasizes.

March 04, 2024 18:31

• Deletions from Putin's speech stress Kadyrov's desire to please Muslims

  Ramzan Kadyrov has removed the approval of Judaists from Putin's speech so as not to cause discontent among Muslims amid the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, analysts have pointed out.

December 22, 2023 19:31

• Orientalists and activists comment on idea of teaching Arabic in schools in Caucasus

  Although the proposal to introduce Arabic into the school curriculum is politically motivated, it will be received positively in the republics of Northern Caucasus, where many parents of schoolchildren want their children to study Arabic.

December 11, 2023 19:58

• Muscovite detained in Krasnodar for laying a pig's head at monument to Kadyrov

  Dmitry Kudryashov has been detained in Krasnodar after in October laying a pig's head at the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow.

November 26, 2023 13:16

• Number of administrative cases against Makhachkala rioters exceeds 500

  Dagestani courts have received administrative cases against 515 people, on whom protocols had been drawn up on various offenses committed during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala.

November 23, 2023 17:38

• Forty accused in case on unrest in Makhachkala remain in custody

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan received 44 complaints about the arrests of the persons accused in the case on riots at an airport in Makhachkala. Out of those 44, 40 complaints were dismissed.

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