Chechen

Kadyrov described Novaya Gazeta reporters as “enemies of our faith and our homeland” in a speech he delivered at the main mosque in the Chechen capital of Grozny shortly after news of the crackdown broke.

Magomed Tushayev, a Chechen warlord who played a role in the anti-LGBTQ crackdown in his homeland, on Saturday died during a skirmish with the Ukrainian military’s elite Alpha Group outside of Kyiv.

Magomed Tushayev, a Chechen warlord who played a role in the anti-LGBTQ crackdown in his homeland, on Saturday died during a skirmish with the Ukrainian military’s elite Alpha Group outside of Kyiv, the country’s capital.

Reports indicate Chechen authorities forced the brothers to make “apology videos” after they were tortured.

Chechen authorities in April 2020 arrested two brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, after they made a series of posts on Osal Nakh 95, a Telegram channel that Kadyrov’s opponents use.

A year ago at a public meeting Kadyrov accused the NGO and its JMG lawyers of being “enemies of the Chechen people.”

But Chechen leader Kadyrov does not think that Committee Against Torture was needed in Chechnya.

Outside, again, tensions have not been this high in the Chechen capital for years.

On it a young beardless man speaks Chechen and Arabic with a soft accent.

In 2012 Chechen authorities reported turnout at 99.55 percent.