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Father of Teenager Who Attacked Traffic Police Post in Chechnya Kidnapped
Human rights
Father of Teenager Who Attacked Traffic Police Post in Chechnya Kidnapped
11 April 2025

Eldar Khumashev, the father of the 17-year-old teenager who attacked a traffic police post in early April, was kidnapped in Moscow and taken to Chechnya. His limbs and ribs were broken, the opposition Telegram channel NIYSO reports. His brothers were kidnapped along with the man.

A resident of Stavropol faces up to three years in prison for lighting a cigarette at the Eternal Flame
Society
A resident of Stavropol faces up to three years in prison for lighting a cigarette at the Eternal Flame
11 April 2025

A man was detained in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol. He is suspected of desecrating symbols of the military glory of the Russian Federation and rehabilitating Nazism (Part 3, Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). He faces up to three years in prison.

Tourist flow has increased in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District
Tourism
Tourist flow has increased in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District
11 April 2025

In 2024, tourist spending in the North Caucasus increased by 17% and reached 17.4 billion rubles. This was reported by Sber analysts.

Opposition movement members report kidnapping of their relatives in Chechnya
Human rights
Opposition movement members report kidnapping of their relatives in Chechnya
11 April 2025

Activists of the NIYSO movement reported that Chechen security forces kidnapped six of their relatives. This happened after members of the organization published material about the body of a teenager killed in an attack on a traffic police post being put on display in the city of Achkhoy-Martan the day before.

The Kremlin is skeptical about the information about the body of the murdered teenager being put on public display
Society
The Kremlin is skeptical about the information about the body of the murdered teenager being put on public display
10 April 2025

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov called the reports about the body of the young man who shot a policeman in the Chechen city of Achkhoy-Martan being put on public display "not credible".

Kadyrov's son, like his other relatives, uses passports with other names
Politics
Kadyrov's son, like his other relatives, uses passports with other names
10 April 2025

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov, who holds several important positions and has dozens of state awards, uses passports with other names during foreign flights. This was reported by the publication "Agency".

A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for “discrediting the army”
Human rights
A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was fined for “discrediting the army”
10 April 2025

The Nalchik City Court fined Shakhin Shikhmuradov 30 thousand rubles for publicly discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. A local police officer filed a complaint against him.

Aliyev spoke about attempts to put a
Politics
Aliyev spoke about attempts to put a "puppet" in the presidential chair
10 April 2025

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that interference in the country's elections was carried out "through very simple tools."

A Georgian citizen who fought for Ukraine was sentenced to a long term
Human rights
A Georgian citizen who fought for Ukraine was sentenced to a long term
10 April 2025

A Russian court sentenced Georgian citizen Georgy Goglidze to nine years in prison. He was found guilty under the article on mercenarism (part 3 of article 359 of the Criminal Code).

The body of a teenager accused of killing a police officer was put on display in a square in Chechnya
Politics
The body of a teenager accused of killing a police officer was put on display in a square in Chechnya
10 April 2025

In Achkhoy-Martan, where an attack on traffic police officers had previously taken place, the body of the attacker was put on display in a square for everyone to see. The Baza Telegram channel reports that the teenager's body was taken to the city street and to the local administration building. Presumably, this is Eskerhan Khumashev.