Chechnya

May 30, 2026 02:55

• The authenticity of Mintsayeva's video message has raised doubts among human rights activists and lawyers.

  The video of Belkisa Mintsayeva, who, after a month and a half of detention by security forces, declared herself fine, raises questions, particularly about why she didn't inform the human rights activists who were assisting her that she didn't need help.

May 29, 2026 13:37

• Kungaev's death sparked debate about the fairness of Budanov's punishment.

  Social media users noted that Colonel Yuri Budanov's sentence for the kidnapping and murder of Elza Kungaeva was lighter than that of Yusup Temirkhanov, who killed Budanov, calling such court decisions unfair. They expressed condolences over the death of the girl's father, Visa Kungaeva.

May 28, 2026 22:23

• The Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya published a video with Belkisa Mintsayeva.

  Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Akhmed Dudayev published a short video featuring Belkisa Mintsayeva, who had been out of contact for a month and a half after being detained by security forces.

May 28, 2026 21:14

• A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia has been accused of attacking a Perm riot police unit in Chechnya.

  The Vedensky District Court of the Chechen Republic has begun hearing the criminal case against a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia accused of an armed attack on a Perm riot police convoy in 2000. The court's website lists a criminal record for Yusup Krymshakhalov, a man with the same name who is serving a life sentence for the Moscow apartment bombings.

May 28, 2026 15:58

• The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has accepted a request to investigate the actions of security forces against Mintsayeva.

  In response to an appeal by State Duma Deputy Ksenia Goryacheva, the Russian Prosecutor's Office reported that the republican agency had been instructed to conduct an investigation. The Chechen Prosecutor's Office reported that the appeal had been accepted for review.

May 27, 2026 23:58

• A Grozny family reported pressure from security forces over their apartment.

  Security forces detained several people throughout the day, demanding they provide documents for their apartment in Grozny. After they were given photographs of the documents, they threatened to take the keys. A woman claiming to be an assistant to State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov is attempting to seize the apartment. Four complaints to the Investigative Committee have gone unanswered.

May 27, 2026 04:27

• The Chechen diaspora in Europe ignored Soltayev's call to speak out against LGBT*

  Two weeks ago, Chechen Ombudsman Mansur Soltayev issued a call for representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Europe to participate in anti-LGBT* protests, but no one responded.

May 27, 2026 01:22

• Elsa Kungaeva's father has passed away.

  The father of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen woman killed by Colonel Budanov, died in Norway. Visa Kungaev is buried in his ancestral village of Tangi-Chu, where soldiers kidnapped Kungaeva in the spring of 2000.

May 25, 2026 19:59

• Facebook* users considered the beating due to "women's morality" to be contrary to Chechen traditions.

  The arrest of a Chechen man who beat a man who came to the stadium with his wife occurred only because of his subsequent assault on a police officer. As for the man and his wife, they did not violate local customs, social media users noted.

May 25, 2026 00:59

• The deputy asked Bastrykin to intervene in Mintsayeva's fate.

  The Investigative Committee must review the grounds for Belkisa Mintsayeva's detention in Chechnya, as the kidnapping charge in this case is inconsistent with law enforcement practice, State Duma Deputy Nina Ostanina stated in a letter to the head of the Investigative Committee. She requested information on Mintsayeva's whereabouts and condition, as well as a mitigation of her pretrial detention.

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