During the annual "Year in Review" press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to a question about support for young families, noted the tradition of early marriages in the North Caucasus. He said he believed this was "right" and suggested "following their example," citing Ramzan Kadyrov's large family.
After a criminal case was opened for “justifying terrorism,” KBR native Zalina Marshenkulova was put on the federal wanted list. According to investigators, she posted publications in the public channel of the Telegram messenger that justified the murder of the Russian “military correspondent” Vladlen Tatarsky.
In her Telegram channel “Women’s Power,” Marchenkulova published several posts about Tatarsky’s death, in which she called him a “zombie” and a “bandit,” citing Tatarsky’s quote about the war against Ukraine: “We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone we need.” . Everything will be as we like.”
The activist also called sympathy for the death of “a cannibal, an aggressor, a former robber, who supported the murders in Ukraine, which did nothing to anyone, hypocrisy.”
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a St. Petersburg cafe where a meeting with the pro-government military commander Vladlen Tatarsky was taking place. As a result, Tatarsky died. Security forces detained St. Petersburg resident Daria Trepova as the perpetrator of the action. In January 2024, she was sentenced to 27 years in prison.