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Crimean Tatar missing in Crimea arrested by security forces
Human rights
Crimean Tatar missing in Crimea arrested by security forces
12 June 2023

The FSB detained and interrogated the Crimean Tatar Eldar Mensitov all night, and the next day he was arrested for 15 days for disobeying the police. However, according to his lawyer, he was not even on the street where Mensitov allegedly resisted law enforcement officers.

Chechnya has set an all-Russian record for reducing the number of marriages
Society
Chechnya has set an all-Russian record for reducing the number of marriages
12 June 2023

Over the four months of 2023, the number of newlyweds in Chechnya has almost halved (from 1,587 to 892), which is the largest drop in Russia as a whole.

Activist from Dagestan sent home without documents after arrest in Moscow
Human rights
Activist from Dagestan sent home without documents after arrest in Moscow
12 June 2023

Ulker Gashimova, a 23-year-old activist from Derbent, detained in early May at Sheremetyevo Airport, was sent by plane to Dagestan after serving two administrative arrests. After landing, the FSB officers took away her documents.

Representation of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria opened in Ukraine
Politics
Representation of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria opened in Ukraine
12 June 2023

An official representation of the CRI government appeared in Kyiv. It contains Ukrainian and Ichkerian flags, portraits of heroes and participants in the Russian-Chechen wars.

Grozny, Agishti, Mahkety, Valerik:
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Grozny, Agishti, Mahkety, Valerik: "sweeps" with kidnappings and murders
11 June 2023

On the night of June 11, 2001, in the village of Katayama, Staropromyslovsky District, Grozny, the Russian military, who arrived on three armored personnel carriers, conducted the so-called address special operation.

In the Kharkov region, Russians fired at rescuers while extinguishing a fire
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
In the Kharkov region, Russians fired at rescuers while extinguishing a fire
11 June 2023

The Russian military attacked rescuers who were working at the site of a fire in the Kharkov region.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the leadership of Chechnya, Ingushetia and the KKR in recruitment of contract workers
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the leadership of Chechnya, Ingushetia and the KKR in recruitment of contract workers
11 June 2023

Since the beginning of May, more than 13,500 people have been accepted for military service under contract. человек, which is 3.1 times higher than the April indicator. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Pankov.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner asked for 18 years in prison
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner asked for 18 years in prison
11 June 2023

In the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor asked Ansar Osmanov, an activist of the Crimean Solidarity movement, to be sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony. The Crimean Tatar is accused of participating in the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir.

The head of Chechnya criticized Prigozhin
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The head of Chechnya criticized Prigozhin
10 June 2023

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 bloody
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
The bloody "routine" of the Russian military in Chechnya: repeated "clearings", kidnappings and murders
10 June 2023

At dawn on June 10, 2001, Russian units blocked the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th districts of Grozny and detained local residents for several hours. In total, according to eyewitnesses, more than 150 people of different ages - from minors to pensioners - were captured.