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Deputy Commander of Chechen OMON Platoon Arrested in Moscow
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Deputy Commander of Chechen OMON Platoon Arrested in Moscow
20 September 2024

A Moscow court has arrested Umar Chichaev, deputy commander of the Chechen OMON platoon "Akhmat-1" of the Russian Guard Directorate, until November 18. He is involved in the case of the shooting at the Wildberries office.

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Politics
Kadyrov "advertised" the Cybertruck's work in the combat zone
20 September 2024

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported that two more Tesla Cybertracks with machine guns on the roof were sent to the combat zone with Ukraine.

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A member of the "SVO" from Vladikavkaz was sentenced to a penal colony for murder
20 September 2024

The Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence of Aslan Salamov, a resident of Vladikavkaz who fought in the "SVO" zone. He received one and a half years in a penal colony for murder.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner has had his 11-year sentence approved
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner has had his 11-year sentence approved
20 September 2024

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal against the 11-year sentence for Crimean Tatar activist and cook Yashar Shikhametov. Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov spoke about his grave physical condition.

The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected the statement of the Armenian Prime Minister about the CSTO
Politics
The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected the statement of the Armenian Prime Minister about the CSTO
20 September 2024

Yerevan is deliberately spreading misinformation that the CSTO did not protect Armenia, this is not true. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.

Former Chechen Prime Minister Calls for Darwin's Theory to Be Removed from School Curriculum
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Former Chechen Prime Minister Calls for Darwin's Theory to Be Removed from School Curriculum
20 September 2024

Darwin's theory of evolution should be removed from school textbooks because it contradicts religious education and contributes to the spiritual decay of children. This was stated by Muslim Khuchiev, assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and former head of the Chechen government. He addressed the corresponding proposal to the Minister of Education of Russia Sergei Kravtsov.

A resident of Dagestan was released from the status of
Human rights
A resident of Dagestan was released from the status of "extremist" and removed from the police register
19 September 2024

A court in Dagestan sided with local resident Rasul Batyrov and excluded him from the preventive registration lists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the category of "extremist". The man emphasized that he had never been brought to administrative or criminal liability, and that he was put on the preventive register since 2021 to improve statistics and because he is a practicing Muslim.

MEPs call on Azerbaijani authorities to release economist Gubad Ibadoglu
Human rights
MEPs call on Azerbaijani authorities to release economist Gubad Ibadoglu
19 September 2024

The European Parliament has called for the criminal case against economist and activist Gubad Ibadoglu and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan to be dropped.

Chechen human rights activist accused of failing to report himself as a foreign agent
Human rights
Chechen human rights activist accused of failing to report himself as a foreign agent
19 September 2024

The Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow registered an administrative case on the activities of a "foreign agent" without reporting himself against a native of Chechnya, director of the human rights organization Human Rights Center Ichkeria ("Center for Human Rights - Ichkeria") Aslan Artsuyev.

Dagestani blogger recognized as a political prisoner
Human rights
Dagestani blogger recognized as a political prisoner
19 September 2024

The human rights project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial" recognized a native of Dagestan, the author of the YouTube channel "Wild paratrooper" Askhabali Alibekov as a political prisoner. In March 2023, the former military man was sentenced to one year and two months in prison for "discrediting" the Russian army.