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October 21, 2022 18:05

• Head of Chechnya reports on his children's return to Grozny

  Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the return of his daughter and three sons to Chechnya after their voyage to the special operation zone.

October 21, 2022 17:55

• Video of Kadyrov's talk to Ukrainian POWs sparks lawyers' questions

  If the video of the meeting of the head of Chechnya with Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) was recorded without their consent, then this violates the POWs' rights, and the transportation of them is unacceptable without the escort of the military police, lawyers pointed out.

October 21, 2022 17:50

• Kadyrov claims that POWs were brought to Grozny by his children's decision

  Three Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) have been brought to Grozny by decision of the children of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed.

October 20, 2022 23:55

• Video about participation of Kadyrov’s sons in battle provokes ironic comments in social media

  The “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) posted a video report in which minor sons of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov are depicted staying in a trench. In their comments, social media users considered the video an element of PR steps for the leader of the republic.

October 20, 2022 23:47

• No forecasts on timing of mobilization in Dagestan possible due to information vacuum

  The mobilization quota of Dagestan and the number of residents of the region already called up for the military service are not made public, so it is impossible to estimate the timing of the completion of the mobilization in the republic, analysts point out.

October 20, 2022 17:41

• Activist Roman Taganov tells about problems with medical care at SIZO

  The staff of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) has ignored the detainees' complaints about feeling unwell and rendered no help to on e of them even during his heart attack, Roman Taganov, an activist from Adygea, has stated.

October 20, 2022 17:34

• Kadyrov boasts of his sons' participation in hostilities

  Akhmat, Eli and Adam Kadyrov provided fire cover for the advancing Chechen fighters, Ramzan Kadyrov has reported, posting a video of his sons firing grenade launchers and a machine gun from behind a bush.

October 20, 2022 16:00

• Amid mobilization, interest of Chechen companies in women's CVs has grown

  In late September, Chechen companies began inviting women to interviews by 11% more often than earlier in the month, the "HeadHunter" group of companies has informed. Instagram* users have attributed this dynamics to men's mobilization.

October 20, 2022 15:56

• Dagestanis demand apology for fashion show in Makhachkala

  The organizers of the fashion show in Makhachkala should apologize to Muslims of Dagestan, a group of Makhachkala townspeople has stated. The store, at the opening of which the fashion show was held with the participation of young men in effeminate images, should not exist, a Russian State Duma MP from Dagestan has stated.

October 19, 2022 23:34

• Practice of punishment by sending to front spreads beyond Chechnya

  The case of sending to the front a resident of Novocherkassk, who apologized for damaging patriotic banners, was a continuation of the practice begun in Chechnya of sending men to the zone of the special military operation after their criticism of the mobilization, human rights defenders pointed out.

October 19, 2022 23:26

• Chechen law enforcers report to Kadyrov’s children about trophies in Ukraine

  The children of the leader of Chechnya, who went to the zone of the special military operation, have been shown the trophies captured in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ramzan Kadyrov has assured that his sons are ready “to join the battle right now.”

October 19, 2022 23:18

• Dagestani gay Magomed Askhabov complains about investigators' inaction after torture

  Two months have passed since Magomed Askhabov filed a complaint about being tortured when at the rehabilitation centre (rehab) in Khasavyurt, where he was forcibly kept and "treated" for his homosexuality, but there has been no reaction. Askhabov filed a complaint with the court.

October 19, 2022 17:00

• PO reacts to activist's complaint about construction in Makhachkala park

  The coordination of the documents that allow the improvement of the territory adjacent to the kindergarten in the Lenin Komsomol Park has been cancelled, the Makhachkala Prosecutor's Office (PO) has stated in response to the appeal by Madina Ibragimova, an activist of the "City Is Ours" movement.

October 19, 2022 16:54

• Lawyers discuss damage of patriotic banners in Novocherkassk

  The suspect of damaging banners in Novocherkassk can be prosecuted under a criminal article on discrediting the actions of Russian militaries, especially if his relevant statements are found on the Internet, Evgeny Chernousov, a lawyer, is sure.

October 19, 2022 16:50

• Head of Ingushetia announces payments to families of those mobilized

  One-time payments of 100,000 roubles will be paid to each family of those mobilized from Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of the republic, has announced.

October 19, 2022 16:44

• Social media users distrust statement of Dagestani leader about soonest end of mobilization

  Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan, has announced that the partial mobilization will be completed in republic in the near future. Local residents note on Instagram* that the mobilization ends with the decision of the President of Russia, not the leader of the region.

October 19, 2022 16:38

• Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognizes independence of Ichkeria

  The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law recognizing the independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and recognized its territory as temporarily occupied by Russia. This decision was supported by 287 members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

October 18, 2022 20:05

• Kadyrov reports his kids' trip to Donbass

  Three Ramzan Kadyrov's sons have starred in the propaganda video story by the "Grozny" TV Channel from Mariupol, and posed for the photos taken by the press service of the head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), who presented their sister Aishat Kadyrova with an order.

October 18, 2022 18:06

• Altan Ochirov, former employee of Elista Mayoralty, sentenced to three years for "fakes about Russian Army"

  The court sentenced Altan Ochirov, a former employee of the Mayoralty of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, to three years of freedom deprivation after finding him guilty of spreading fakes about Russian militaries. Ochirov refused to plead guilty and intends to appeal against the verdict.

October 18, 2022 18:03

• Activist Yuri Kostyuk extradited from Russia to Belarus

  Without waiting for the appeal's outcome, court marshals have extradited Yuri Kostyuk, an activist, who had requested asylum in Russia, from Sochi to Belarus. This was reported by the Belarusian "Viasna" (Spring) human rights centre in its Telegram channel.