Russian authorities have designated the Chechen opposition channel NIYSO as "extremist."

Rosfinmonitoring has included the Chechen opposition movement NIYSO ("Justice") in its list of organizations involved in "extremist" activities. The initial ban was imposed by the Supreme Court of Chechnya in September 2025.

According to Russian authorities, NIYSO, founded in August 2022, advocates for the separation of Chechnya from Russia and the creation of an independent Republic of Ichkeria, considering the current authorities in Grozny to be an occupation force. In the spring of 2025, according to NIYSO, Chechen authorities began confiscating property and forcibly removing relatives of movement members from the republic.

Last week, NIYSO reported on a possible traffic accident in Grozny, in which Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, was injured. As a reminder, on January 16, Adam Kadyrov, either leading or in a motorcade in Grozny, collided at high speed with a car that had entered an intersection on a green light. Following the accident, he was first taken to the Republican Hospital in Grozny and then transferred to Botkin Hospital in Moscow. Chechen authorities have officially remained silent about the incident, and Adam Kadyrov has disappeared from public view since the accident.

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