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The denunciation returned to the informer: Nalchik native Ilya Remeslo was arrested for allegedly spreading
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The denunciation returned to the informer: Nalchik native Ilya Remeslo was arrested for allegedly spreading "fake news" about the army
17 July 2026

On the morning of July 17, blogger and lawyer Ilya Remeslo, a native of Nalchik and one of the most prominent pro-government authors of recent years, was arrested in St. Petersburg. He is charged with disseminating knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article is classified as a serious crime and carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison.

Prison colony instead of the front: contract soldier in Chechnya sentenced to 2.5 years for refusing to return to the war
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Prison colony instead of the front: contract soldier in Chechnya sentenced to 2.5 years for refusing to return to the war
17 July 2026

The Grozny Garrison Military Court sentenced contract soldier Tamerlan Dudaev to two and a half years in a penal settlement for refusing to return to the war against Ukraine. The Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence.

New technology to improve Chechen-language speech synthesis
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New technology to improve Chechen-language speech synthesis
15 July 2026

Scientists from the Chechen Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with specialists from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have developed a technology that enables speech synthesis systems to correctly pronounce words in the Chechen language. This innovation will allow voice assistants, digital announcers, and other digital services to read texts aloud with greater accuracy. The *Chechnya Segodnya* newspaper reported the development, citing the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

Menyaylo calls for withdrawal of North Ossetia language bill
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Menyaylo calls for withdrawal of North Ossetia language bill
14 July 2026

North Ossetia–Alania Head Sergey Menyaylo has criticized a draft law on the republic’s state languages after it introduced the terms “Literary Iron” and “Literary Digor.” According to the regional leader, these provisions are the “pitfalls” that risk dividing society, whereas the law should unite the people of the republic and strictly comply with the Constitution.