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November 15, 2022 23:51

• Daudov announces participation of 9000 fighters from Chechnya in battles in Ukraine

  More than 20,000 Chechen fighters have been in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, and 9000 fighters from Chechnya stay there now, the chair of the Chechen parliament reports.

November 15, 2022 23:45

• Activists express their indignation about verdict against Cheldiev and his associates

  A court’s refusal to grant complaints against the sentences of Vadim Cheldiev, Arsen Besolov, and Ramis Chirkinov outraged activists who came to Sochi to support the accused. Vadim Cheldiev was persecuted by officials and law enforcers, and he had to leave for Saint Petersburg, but he was detained there, too, his mother Nadezhda Cheldieva noted.

November 15, 2022 23:41

• USA imposes sanctions against relatives of Dagestani Senator Suleiman Kerimov

  The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against Firuza Kerimova, the wife of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, the Senator from Dagestan, their daughters Gulnara and Amina, son Said and nephew Nariman Gadjiev. Restrictions have also been introduced against Kerimov's partners.

November 15, 2022 23:20

• Mobilized Kuban residents complain about shortage of equipment and food

  The residents of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) sent to a military unit in Chechnya have complained about the shortage of everyday necessities and military equipment, the wife of one of them has informed. Relatives of mobilized men have signed an appeal to authorities asking them to provide them with clothes and ammunition.

November 15, 2022 16:08

• Kadyrov's approval of troops removal from Kherson fits into his struggle for influence on Kremlin

  The praise of Kadyrov and Prigozhin of General Surovikin for the withdrawal of troops from Kherson amid their earlier criticism of General Lapin for his similar actions near Liman is explained by "cynical intra-Kremlin squabbles" and the desire to influence President Putin, to whom Surovikin is close, political analysts believe.

November 15, 2022 15:43

• Colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Dagestani journalist, indicate falsifications in his case

  The case about financing terrorism, initiated against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, is based on testimonies of classified witnesses and those who are serving long prison terms, while other witnesses claim that unreliable information was put into their testimonies.

November 14, 2022 23:59

• Court of appeal upholds fine to female protestor against mobilization in Nalchik

  The court of appeal did not grant a complaint filed by Sakima Khushtova, a resident of Nalchik, about her fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The statements voiced by the woman at a rally against mobilization did not discredit the army, the defence pointed out.

November 14, 2022 23:57

• Members of film crew publicly apologize for their trifling video in Dagestan

  The police of Dagestan posted on the Internet a video with an apology from a foreman of a film crew and extra actors for their trifling video message on behalf of armed members of rural jamaat. In Dagestan, not all topics may be joked about, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) warns.

November 14, 2022 23:55

• Families of Chechen residents who perished in Ukraine are promised short Hajj

  The relatives of those who perished "while performing their patriotic duty in the territory of Ukraine" have a chance to perform a short Hajj with the support of the Kadyrov Fund. This was announced by the Muftiate of Chechnya amid Ramzan Kadyrov's reports about collective prayers held throughout the republic for the success of the military operation.

November 14, 2022 23:53

• Social network users criticize idea to re-educate teens from other regions in Chechnya

  A group of troubled teenagers from 15 regions of Russia have arrived in Chechnya for "military-patriotic, spiritual and moral education," the Chechen Ministry of National Policy has reported.

November 14, 2022 23:50

• Prisoners of Kalmyk colony retract their testimonies about torture

  Daud Kuramagomedov and Magomed Atimagomedov, natives of Dagestan, insist on their testimonies about torture in the colony located in Kalmykia, but eight other prisoners have retracted their testimonies.

November 14, 2022 23:48

• Kadyrov boasts that Chechen children pray for success of SMO

  Children all over Chechnya are praying for the participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who "defend religion" in Donbass, Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted. He has explained that his daughter is the initiator of such actions.

November 13, 2022 02:23

• Astrakhan: Director General of state TV Channel fired after posting in social network

  Angelina Radchenko, the head of the "Astrakhan 24" TV Channel, was fired after placing a post in the "VKontakte" social network that possesses signs of xenophobia and inciting hatred, Alexander Khinshtein, a Russian State Duma MP, has informed.

November 13, 2022 02:19

• Rizvanov accused of financing terrorism tells court about working with Abu Umar Sasitlinsky

  Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, who is accused, along with Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev, of financing terrorism, has stated during interrogation that he became a co-founder of the Fund at the suggestion of the preacher, Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, but only formally participated in the activities of the "Ansar".

November 12, 2022 23:05

• Prosecutor demands long prison terms for law enforcers involved in beatings at Makhachkala SIZO

  The state prosecutor has demanded to sentence Daud Davydov, a former head of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) to 13 years in prison, and two of his subordinates to nine years; they figure in the case of beating up detainees and extorting money and property.

November 12, 2022 23:00

• Dagestani sisters tell details of their escape from home

  The four young women from Dagestan who reported their escape from domestic violence have narrated in their interview that they had planned to run away since childhood; and the fear that they would be subjected to family pressure and restrictions for the rest of their lives was a trigger of their final decision.

November 12, 2022 22:54

• Kadyrov reports about sending a group of fighters to Ukraine

  A new group of volunteers left for the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, and all of them were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reported.

November 11, 2022 14:35

• "Glasnaya" project tells story of Chechen woman escaping from domestic violence

  The Chechen woman, who had resisted years of violence from her husband and father, has managed to leave the republic and Russia with her four children, the "Glasnaya", a social media project which fights gender stereotypes and defends women's rights, has informed.

November 11, 2022 14:31

• Krasnodar pacifist deputy resigns in protest

  Igor Azarov has left for Serbia in protest against the military operation in Ukraine and announced his resignation as the City Duma deputy.

November 11, 2022 14:27

• Official data on compensations suggest the level of losses during the SMO

  Based on the amount of compensations paid for the deaths and wounds of participants in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, as well as on the data on the ratio of those who perished to those wounded, it can be assumed that more than 15,000 families received compensations for the deaths of their relatives, analysts of the "We Can Explain" Telegram channel believe.