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Mufti of Moscow urged Muslims to refrain from protests after security forces raids on mosques
Society
Mufti of Moscow urged Muslims to refrain from protests after security forces raids on mosques
18 July 2023

In recent days, calls have been actively disseminated on the Internet among Muslims to go to a rally on July 21. The reason was the OMON raids in religious communities that took place in the Moscow region.

KChR, Ingushetia and Chechnya were among the leaders in infant mortality
Society
KChR, Ingushetia and Chechnya were among the leaders in infant mortality
18 July 2023

The average Russian infant mortality rate for the six months of 2023 was 4.1 per thousand births. At the same time, in the North Caucasus Federal District this figure is 4.7 - the highest among the federal districts.

Power structures of Chechnya and Omsk responded to the disappearance of the ex-policeman
Human rights
Power structures of Chechnya and Omsk responded to the disappearance of the ex-policeman
18 July 2023

Detained two months ago while trying to leave Russia for Kazakhstan, 20-year-old ex-silovik from Chechnya Yasin Khalidov is not kept in the police department of the Shali district of Chechnya.

Ukraine thanked Azerbaijan for humanitarian aid
Politics
Ukraine thanked Azerbaijan for humanitarian aid
18 July 2023

Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Elena Kondratyuk thanked the President of Azerbaijan for the order to provide another humanitarian aid to her country in the amount of $7.6 million.

Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation spoke negatively about the invasion of security forces in mosques near Moscow
Society
Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation spoke negatively about the invasion of security forces in mosques near Moscow
18 July 2023

The Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin sent a letter to the head of the Presidential Administration of Russia about the recent blasphemous actions of the security forces in mosques in the cities of Kotelniki and Dzerzhinsky near Moscow.

Instead of the ex-head of Dagestan, a member of Kadyrov's entourage has been appointed representative of the Russian Federation in Islamic countries
Politics
Instead of the ex-head of Dagestan, a member of Kadyrov's entourage has been appointed representative of the Russian Federation in Islamic countries
18 July 2023

The former head of Dagestan, Ramzan Abdulatipov, was dismissed from his post as Russia's permanent representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). He has held this position since 2019.

The case against the alleged members of the Basayev and Khattab detachments was submitted to the court
Human rights
The case against the alleged members of the Basayev and Khattab detachments was submitted to the court
17 July 2023

The investigation of the criminal case against a resident of Chechnya Vakhit Khamzatkhanov and a resident of the Stavropol Territory Takhir Begeldiyev has been completed.

Residents of Dagestan are put on police records because of their beards and visiting mosques
Human rights
Residents of Dagestan are put on police records because of their beards and visiting mosques
17 July 2023

In Dagestan, an active campaign is still underway to register citizens with the police as extremists.

Kidnapping in Mesker-Yurt and murder in Urus-Martan - two crimes and two hopeless criminal cases
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Kidnapping in Mesker-Yurt and murder in Urus-Martan - two crimes and two hopeless criminal cases
17 July 2023

On July 17, 2001, at about nine o'clock in the village of Mesker-Yurt, members of the law enforcement agencies in masks, who had arrived in an armored personnel carrier, took away Im-Eli LomEmievich Saidakhmetov from their home.

Ukrainian-Chechen battalion shot down a Russian military truck in the Belgorod region
Politics
Ukrainian-Chechen battalion shot down a Russian military truck in the Belgorod region
17 July 2023

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published a video in which in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, Chechen-speaking fighters shoot at an army truck with the “Z” symbol.