On May 2, the administration of the Shamilsky district published a video with an apology from a woman who had previously published a video about the sale of stewed meat in the regional center, allegedly stolen from the military.
On May 3, the press service of the Russian president reported that the Kremlin was attacked by two drones. After this, regional leaders, one after another, began to introduce bans on the use of drones. Legislative and technological measures have been added to administrative measures, but UAVs continue to fly over Russian territory.
On May 7, the online publication Kavkaz.Realii reported on another fine for distributing extremist materials. Derbent resident Artur Taibov was fined 1 thousand by the court for posting a song by Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev on social networks.
On May 9, in the village of Shin-Mer in Kalmykia, a memorial was opened to the indigenous residents of the Bagshin-Shebener clan, who became victims of the mass deportation of Kalmyks in 1943.
The words are carved on the memorial stone: “To the Bagshin-Shebenerites who went through the horror of Stalin’s repressions on Siberian soil in 1943-1957. And it’s scary to remember, and it’s impossible to forget...”
On May 11, the Nalchik City Court added the Cherces YouTube channel, owned by a Circassian activist from Kabardino-Balkaria, head of the Khase movement, Ibragim Yaganov, to the register of prohibited materials.
On May 15, the International Day of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service, activists from the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Austria held a picket demanding asylum for Chechens fleeing mobilization in their homeland.
On May 15, the RIA Rating agency published summary data on the socio-economic situation of Russian regions based on the results of 2022. Four republics of the North Caucasus - Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria - were in the bottom ten in this ranking.
On May 16, the Nazran District Court imposed a fine on two Astrakhan colonies - IK-8 and IK-10 - for failing to provide the requested materials on disciplinary proceedings against prisoner Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. According to human rights activists who went to court, he was denied treatment and was wrongfully placed in a punishment cell.
On May 18, the human rights project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized as political prisoners the Ossetian Covid-dissidents Vadim Cheldiev, Ramis Chirkinov and Arsen Besolov, convicted in the case of the rally on April 20, 2020 in Vladikavkaz.
On May 19, a judge of the 1st Eastern District Military Court in Khabarovsk removed his wife and public defender Aisha Mutaeva from the court hearing in the case of Apti Visaev, accused of preparing a terrorist attack. The woman is prohibited from attending the trial until the verdict. The reason was video recordings allegedly made by her in court and published on social networks.
On May 21, in honor of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Caucasian War, Circassian activists held a traditional procession to the Tree of Life monument in Nalchik. This year’s action was spontaneous - the authorities, under a formal pretext, refused to sanction the place and time of the procession.
On May 22, the Central District Court of Volgograd chose a preventive measure for 19-year-old student Nikita Zhuravel, who admitted that he had burned the Koran. The investigation of the criminal case and the person under investigation was transferred to Chechnya.
On May 22, the Supreme Court of Adygea approved the verdict against 39-year-old Igor Korotkov, who was found guilty under the criminal “article on fakes” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”).
On May 23, a court in Grozny for the third time refused to recognize Salman Tepsurkaev’s widow Elizaveta B. as a victim in a criminal case in connection with his abduction. The investigation into his case has been suspended.
On May 25, a regional court in Western Kazakhstan, having considered the appeal of Elista resident Igor Sandzhiev, who fled mobilization, decided to deport him back to Russia. The man is convinced that he will face a long sentence in his homeland for desertion, and intends to continue to seek refugee status in Kazakhstan.
On May 25, a trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia took place in Moscow. It was planned to sign important documents, including those related to unblocking transport communications in the South Caucasus. However, the meeting lasted only 20 minutes and nothing was signed.
On May 26, the FSB and the Investigative Committee of Russia announced the detention of three former militants from the so-called “Kabardian jamaat” in Kabardino-Balkaria. According to investigators, Anzor Batyrov, Aslanbek Kazanchev and Taimuraz Nakusov, as part of the group of Shamil Basayev and Khattab, participated in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000.
On June 14, the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System of Russia (Rosstatistics) updated information on the provision of the population with doctors working in state and municipal medical organizations. According to these data, of all the North Caucasus regions, the Chechen Republic has the fewest doctors. In May, their number was 28 people per 10 thousand population.
On June 15, in the Akhmatovsky District Court of Grozny, arguments began between the parties in the case of Zarema Musaeva, the mother of Chechen opposition activists Yangulbaevs. The prosecutor said that Musaeva’s guilt in fraud and assault on a police officer had been proven, and requested 5 and a half years in prison for her.
On June 16, Crimean Tatar activist Ansar Osmanov was sentenced to 20 years of strict regime for “preparing for a violent seizure of power” (Article 30, Part 1, Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and “organizing the activities of a terrorist organization” (Article 205.5). Other Crimean Tatars, members of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia, but is allowed abroad, including in Ukraine, also received long sentences.
On June 22, debates began in the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don in the trial of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, accused of financing terrorism. The prosecutor requested 19 years of strict regime for him. He demands that the same terms be set for programmer Kemal Tambiyev and the head of the Ansar charitable foundation, Abubakar Rizvanov, who are involved in the case together with Gadzhiev.
On June 30, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow extended the detention of Crimean Tatar Lenya Umerova, suspected of espionage. The 25-year-old girl, a citizen of Ukraine, was detained in December when she came to Russia to visit her sick father.
At night, Russian aviation fired 18 cruise missiles into Ukraine. 4 people died. In Pavlograd, 40 people were injured, including three children, and 19 high-rise buildings were damaged.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces received another package of military assistance from Germany: the IRIS-T anti-aircraft complex, eight Zetros trucks and two forklifts.
The owner of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, released a video in which he showed the corpses of PMC soldiers and blamed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov for their deaths. According to him, soldiers are dying due to lack of ammunition.
Kyiv was attacked by kamikaze drones "Shahed", the Odessa region - by X-22 missiles. There is destruction, no casualties reported. Six people were wounded during the shelling of Balakleya and Nikopol.
The Russian FSB announced that it had prevented a drone attack with explosives on a military airfield in the Ivanovo region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian army is using phosphorus bombs in Bakhmut.
At night, an air raid alert was declared throughout Ukraine. In Odessa, a warehouse containing humanitarian aid was destroyed as a result of a missile attack.
Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the fighters of the Wagner PMC never received the ammunition promised by the Ministry of Defense.
The military court of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sentenced a serviceman who refused to participate in the war in Ukraine to 2.5 years in a penal colony.
The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports the retreat of the Russian 72nd motorized rifle brigade near Bakhmut. Yevgeny Prigozhin fears encirclement of the Wagnerites due to their exposed flanks.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, local authorities claim.
At night, Russia again fired cruise missiles at Kyiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces reports 29 missiles shot down by air defense forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the defeat of the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system during the shelling of Kyiv. The Ukrainian military does not confirm this information.
In Crimea, a train carrying grain derailed as a result of sabotage.
Prominent Chinese diplomat Li Hui visited Kyiv.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the armed group was “thrown back” from the Belgorod region to the territory of Ukraine. The Russian Volunteer Corps claims that it did not suffer losses during the invasion of Russia.
Ukraine said it shot down all the drones that attacked its territory during the night.
The Russian Ministry of Defense published a video of an attack by Ukrainian surface drones on the Black Sea Fleet reconnaissance vessel Ivan Khurs.
At night, Russia shelled the Ukrainian city of Dnepr, the Donetsk and Nikolaev regions, and Ukraine – the Belgorod region. A drone was shot down in Krasnodar, causing destruction.
During the night over Kiev, Ukrainian air defense shot down more than 40 enemy drones. It is reported that this was the most massive drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, namely with Shahed loitering munitions.
The Russian army is advancing in the Marinka area in the vicinity of Donetsk, near Bakhmut and near Makeyevka and Novoselovsky in the Lugansk region.
Ukrainian troops are ready for a counteroffensive. The President of Ukraine stated this in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Saturday. “We firmly believe that we will succeed,” Zelensky said in an interview. - I don't know how long it will take. Honestly, this could go either way, completely different ways. But we're going to do it, and we're ready."
The Ukrainian armed forces launched a counteroffensive on five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction. Six mechanized and two tank battalions are involved. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the night of June 6, the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was broken. The dam is located upstream of Kherson along the Dnieper in the village of Novaya Kakhovka. The local population is being evacuated from flooded areas. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for what happened.
After the break of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam, more than 1,800 buildings were flooded. Tons of machine oil could have gotten into the Dnieper. Experts speak of a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe.
The water level in the flooded city of Novaya Kakhovka is decreasing. 900 people were evacuated. Eight are missing.
The Energodar mayor's office advises residents to leave the city due to the uncontrollable situation at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
The Russian Volunteer Corps announced the capture of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region.
Ramzan Kadyrov criticized Yevgeny Prigozhin for the wording in which he described Kadyrov’s men. The head of Chechnya also hinted at Prigozhin’s dishonesty in supplying the army and disloyalty to Vladimir Putin.
The Pentagon announced a new $2 billion aid package to Ukraine.
The head of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, refused to obey the order of the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, who demanded that the fighters of all “volunteer formations” sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the southern direction. However, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said that partners have high expectations from the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Ukrainian drones attempted to attack the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region.
The Center for National Resistance in Ukraine reported that Russian authorities in the occupied territories are putting pressure on the local population, forcing them to receive Russian passports.
Ukraine reported the liberation of 8 settlements in the Berdyansk and Melitopol directions.
Yevgeny Prigozhin reported that 32 thousand former prisoners returned to Russia from the front.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the authorities will not persecute the “Wagnerites” who participated in the rebellion, “taking into account their front-line services.”
In Rostov-on-Don, the Wagnerites are preparing to leave the city.
On June 23, the owner of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who initially gained fame as Putin’s cook, announced that he was starting a “march of justice” and was going to reach Moscow. He did not talk about overthrowing the government; it seemed to be only about holding the leadership of the Ministry of Defense accountable.
On June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Dagestan city of Derbent, where he held a meeting on the development of tourism in the North Caucasus and talked with people in the city park. Against the backdrop of events related to the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, this visit and its stated purpose - to discuss tourism - according to observers, only served as an excuse to broadcast important political signals.
Most often, the word “halal”, which means “permissible” in Arabic, is used in relation to food, especially when discussing the suitability of a particular type of meat for Muslims. At the same time, halal is also a huge certification industry that is developing both in Russia and around the world. Today in supermarkets and markets with the “halal” sign you can find not only meat.
On May 2, the Shamilsky District administration published a video with an apology from a woman who had previously made public a video about the sale of stewed meat in the district center, allegedly stolen from the military.
On May 19, a judge of the 1st Eastern District Military Court in Khabarovsk removed Apti Visaev's wife and public defender Aisha Mutaeva from the trial of Apti Visaev, who is accused of preparing a terrorist attack. The woman was banned from attending the trial until the verdict. The reason was video recordings allegedly made by her in court and published on social networks.
On May 21, in honor of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Caucasian War, Circassian activists held a traditional march to the Tree of Life monument in Nalchik. This year, the event was spontaneous – the authorities refused to sanction the place and time of the march under a formal pretext.
