Interethnic relations

March 11, 2023 03:43

• Residents of Dagestan and Chechnya reject version of discrimination in “Wildberries”

  When commenting on the information about discrimination against natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in the “Wildberries” Company, employees of pickup points in Dagestan and Chechnya said that they never encountered prejudice during their employment with the “Wildberries” Company.

November 25, 2022 06:10

• Kadyrov's declaring jihad was one of the reasons for creation of "Turan" battalion in Ukraine

  The appearance in the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the battalion of the Turkic nations named "Turan" has nothing to do with Turkey and the Turkic countries. The battalion commander's polemic with Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, stems from religious not ethnic differences, analysts believe.

October 12, 2022 23:57

• Human rights defender urges Prosecutor’s Office to intervene in detained Ingush native’s case

  In his appeal to the Russian General Prosecutor and the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov noted that Issa Gazdiev, a resident of the Maiskoye village in North Ossetia, was accused, like other Ingush natives had been accused earlier, of a murder committed 30 years ago.

September 06, 2022 14:51

• Ban on wearing hijabs at Astrakhan university angers Chechen authorities

  Female students of the Astrakhan Medical University have complained that they are forbidden to attend classes in hijabs. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has instructed Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, to take the issue under his personal control.

July 28, 2022 11:48

• Caucasian scholars dispute about motives for Ilyaskhanov's apology for incident in Nizhnevartovsk

  Members of the Chechen community in the city of Yugra have forced Arthur Ilyaskhanov, a native of Dagestan, to publicly apologize for his statements on behalf of Chechens, Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert, and Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, have pointed out.

March 22, 2022 13:30

• Court denies lawsuit of comedian Idrak Mirzalizade against Russian MIA

  A Moscow court has denied the lawsuit lodged by Idrak Mirzalizade, a stand-up comedian, against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) with a demand to declare illegal his ban to enter Russia for 14 years. In his lawsuit, Mirzalizade asked to reduce the entry ban down to a year.

February 23, 2022 14:52

• Protesters in Yerevan put forward claims to Armenian authorities because of visit of Azerbaijani MPs

  Opponents of the visit to Armenia of the Azerbaijani delegation, which arrived to participate in the meeting of the "Euronest" Parliamentary Assembly, held two protest actions in Yerevan.

January 15, 2022 21:44

• Armenian public figures demanded from authorities to treat pogroms in Baku as genocide

  The pogroms of Armenians in Baku 32 years ago became the third act of massacres of Armenians in the 20th century, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. Armenian authorities should recognize the Baku pogroms as genocide and convey to the world community that this tragedy caused the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian public figures, Grigory Aivazyan and Larisa Alaverdyan, have stated.

November 18, 2021 23:49

• Speaker of Chechen parliament criticizes Ingush Council of Teips

  Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, accused the Ingush Council of Teips of provocation in connection with the declaration about the land at the border between the two republics and announced his willingness to meet his opponents. Magomed Daudov repeated the Ramzan Kadyrov’s threat to “take off pants” voiced against those dissatisfied with the position of the Chechen authorities.

November 17, 2021 15:47

• Police get interested in third Ingush-Ossetian conflict in 12 days

  In the village of Dachnoe, Prigorodny District, a fight broke out, which became the third conflict since November 4 with the participation of Ossetians and Ingushes. The fighters dropped their mutual claims, but the police will examine the incident, the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

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