North Caucasus
As Russia further restricts the internet, what does the future hold for the North Caucasus?
The North Caucasus has been facing various internet blockades for several years. Can things really get any worse?
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Daghestan
Controversy on Telegram after Daghestani man detained for shooting at a wedding
The authorities have described it as a ‘fairly routine incident for the region’.
North Ossetia–Alania
Officials in North Ossetia ordered to use Russian Max messaging app
This follows Russian authorities banning calls via WhatsApp and Telegram.
Daghestan
Daghestan residents regain access to Telegram
The messaging app has been ‘unofficially’ unblocked in Daghestan, but not in the neighbouring republic of Chechnya.
1adat
Chechen security forces ‘threaten to kill’ families of Telegram channel admins
Chechen security forces have reportedly visited and threatened to murder the relatives of individuals associated with the NIYSO Telegram channel, shortly after Kadyrov announced a crackdown on critics of the government. A representative of the team behind the channel told RFE/RL that the security forces had come to the homes of their relatives, and threatened to kill their fathers, brothers, and male cousins. NIYSO is an anti-government Telegram channel covering events in Chechnya which fr
