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Ramzan Kadyrov and Magomed Daudov. Image via social media.

Kadyrov confidant Magomed Daudov steps down as speaker of Chechen Parliament

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The Chair of Parliament of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, has announced he is stepping down suddenly and without explanation. Nicknamed ‘Lord’, Daudov was seen as a close confidant of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. ‘After a meeting with the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, I decided to resign as Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic,’ he announced during a parliamentary meeting. Daudov devoted a post on Telegram announcing his decision

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Daudov claims Chechen border demarcation completed as Daghestan remains silent

by OC Media

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The speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has announced the completion of controversial border demarcations with Chechnya’s neighbouring Russian republics. The announcement came during a meeting between Daudov and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on Monday. He said that the border with Daghestan was ‘already fixed’, and that there was ‘no problem’ from the Chechen side. He said that even the boundaries of individual settlements in Chechnya had been added to the federal

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Daghestani man awarded compensation for unlawful prosecution

by OC Media

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A court in the Russian Republic of Daghestan has awarded a local man ₽800,000 ($12,000) in compensation for moral damages over his illegal criminal prosecution. The Sovietsky District Court in the Daghestani capital, Makhachkala, awarded the money to local resident Sultakhan Ibragimov. Ibragimov was cleared of two counts of murder by the Supreme Court of Daghestan in October 2017. Shamil Magomedov, a lawyer from Russian rights group Memorial who represented Ibragimov in court, told OC Med

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Chechen parliament chair Daudov in spat with Daghestani historian over new Chechen border tower

by OC Media

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The chair of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has entered into an online spat with Daghestani historian Zurab Gadzhiyev over the construction of a traditional watchtower on the Chechen-Daghestani border. Daudov responded angrily to a statement by Gadzhiyev that the watchtower was built by Chechnya on the territory of Daghestan’s Botlikh District. ‘What is this? Another “road sign” […] Or a memorable gift for the anniversary of the events of 1999?’ wrote Zurab Gadzhiyev, a historian

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Residents of Daghestan demolish Chechen road sign at the border near Kizlyar

by OC Media

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People from the Russian Republic of Daghestan have dismantled a road sign reading ‘Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya’ near the entrance to the Daghestani city of Kizlyar. The next morning, chair of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov visited the scene and the authorities of Daghestan convened an emergency meeting. The sign was dismantled on the night of 10 June. One resident of Kizlyar told OC Media that people first noticed the sign the previous day. According to Daghestani historian Zu

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Chechnya’s Daudov visits Daghestan for border talks

by OC Media

•5 min read

The chairman of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, has visited Daghestan to open official border talks between the two Russian republics. This was the first official visit by the Chechen authorities since the appearance of a map on the Chechen parliament’s website in November caused consternation in Daghestan, as it showed a part of Daghestan’s territory as being a part of Chechnya. On Monday, Daudov met with the head of Daghestan, Vladimir Vasilyev, the speaker of the Daghestani parli

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Chechen dissident YouTuber denied asylum in Poland

by Shota Kincha

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Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a popular Chechen YouTuber and an ardent critic of the Chechen government has been denied political asylum in Poland. Abdurakhmanov told OC Media that his request was turned down ‘based on the recommendation of Poland’s Internal Security Agency — who identified me as a threat to their country’. ‘Of course, they are not explaining why exactly I am a threat’, he added. Abdurakhmanov wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday that the Polish authorities had ‘declined t