Kabarda–Balkaria
Veteran of Russian war in Ukraine arrested for murder of elderly woman in Nalchik
A resident of Nalchik who returned from the full-scale war in Ukraine has been accused of beating an 87-year-old woman to death.
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North Caucasus
A ‘peculiar PR stunt’: how a fatwa on polygamy caused controversy and confusion in Russia
Multiple marriages have existed in the North Caucasus for centuries, raising the question, why was a fatwa needed in the first place?
Chechnya
Little change after regional elections across North Caucasus
The United Russia party of President Vladimir Putin has won parliamentary majorities in two North Caucasus republics following elections which saw all current regional MPs keep their seats. Voting began on 6 September for local elections throughout Russia, including in several parts of the North Caucasus. These included the election of MPs to the parliaments of Kabarda-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. Separately, the heads of Kabarda-Balkaria and Ingushetia were elected by the local
Beslan School Siege
Putin visits the North Caucasus
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday visited Kabarda–Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Chechnya, reportedly for the first time in over a decade. Putin visited Beslan in the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Beslan School Siege on 1 September, and the Russian University of Special Forces in Grozny. The Russian president had last visited North Ossetia in 2008, four years after the siege of the No. 1 School in Beslan by a group of armed North Caucasian militants led by Chechen guerrilla
Kabarda–Balkaria
Russian police question parents of second Circassian activist in a month
Russian police have questioned the parents of an exiled Circassian activist from Kabarda–Balkaria. On 6 August, RFE/RL reported that police visited the home of Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko’s parents. Kochesoko is the head of the Circassian organisation Khabze, and is currently based in Turkey. ‘According to them, they came formally to look around and ask questions, that they are obliged to do this, that this is an order from above’, Kochesoko told OC Media. While Kochesoko st
Kabarda–Balkaria
Recrimination after parents refuse to stand for Russian anthem in Kabarda–Balkaria
A member of the Russian State Duma has demanded that several people who did not stand for the national anthem in Kabarda–Balkaria be punished. On Friday, Andrei Kartapalov, who chairs the Duma Defence Committee, published footage purportedly at a graduation ceremony in the Russian republic. It showed several attendees, including children, remaining seated during the Russian national anthem. Kartapalov later cited media as saying that some of them ‘covered their ears with their hands’ as t
Kabarda–Balkaria
Feminist blogger from Kabarda–Balkaria charged with justification of terrorism
Russia has charged a feminist activist from Kabarda–Balkaria with ‘justifying terrorism’ over comments she made on social media. Russia’s Investigative Committee pressed charges against journalist and feminist activist Zalina Marshenkulova on 10 April. Baza, a Telegram news channel, reported that Marshenkulova was charged after commenting on the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian pro-war blogger who was assassinated in Saint Petersburg earlier this month in an explosion that injured more
