In Ingushetia, two residents suspected of involvement in the murder of a general in Moscow have been detained
Batuhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev have been detained in Ingushetia. They are suspected of involvement in the murder of the chief of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant. This was reported by a number of Telegram channels. There is no official confirmation of this information.
 
According to the security forces, the suspects, on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services, registered the rental of the apartment in which the perpetrator of the terrorist attack was located and provided him with transportation. According to the investigation, both are members of an Islamist organization of followers of the religious movement of Batal-Khadzhi Belkharoev.
 
Lieutenant General of the RCBZ of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kirillov was killed in Moscow on December 17, 2024, as a result of an explosion at the entrance to his house. The investigation believes that he was killed on the instructions of the SBU. The alleged perpetrator, Uzbek citizen Akhmad Kurbanov, was soon detained.
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Anna Politkovskaya was killed on 7 October 2006. Her articles, written from behind Chechnya’s blood-soaked information wall and barbed wire, became a voice of truth — the truth about what residents of the republic were experiencing as they became a convenient and powerless collective victim of the global “fight against international terrorism”.
Anna Politkovskaya’s name laid out in flowers in Oslo
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Anna Politkovskaya’s name laid out in flowers in Oslo
7 October 2026

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European Parliament Demands Withdrawal of Lawsuit to Ban Opposition Parties in Georgia
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European Parliament Demands Withdrawal of Lawsuit to Ban Opposition Parties in Georgia
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In a draft resolution, the European Parliament has called on Georgian authorities to immediately withdraw the constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban opposition parties. The document is set for a vote on October 8, following a debate on the country's political situation taking place in Strasbourg on October 7.
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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov congratulated Vladimir Putin on his birthday and stated that the Russian president's name holds "special significance" for the Chechen people. According to Kadyrov, the region will "never forget" the support Putin extended to his father—Chechnya’s first president, Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov—"at a time when the future of the Chechen Republic depended on the decisions being made."