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Grozny Airport 100% ready to transport pilgrims

Grozny Airport 100% ready to transport pilgrims

Grozny’s international Severny Airport is ready to serve pilgrims during the small Hajj (Umrah), director-general of the airport, Alvi Shahgiriyev said during a meeting with the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Chechnya, …

Free app to help in learning Chechen language

Free app to help in learning Chechen language

The developmental application IQ Bera will help children learn the Chechen language. The mobile application includes 14 thematic classifiers (body parts, animals, birds, and so on) that help the child learn to pronounce words in the …

Chechnya choses writers of the year

Chechnya choses writers of the year

In Grozny, Chechen writers were awarded at the National Library of Chechnya. Earlier, most of the republic's literary critics supported the candidacies of writers Said-Khamzat Nunuev and Adam Akhmatukaev. Minister for …

Restoration of medieval fortress nears completion in Chechnya

Restoration of medieval fortress nears completion in Chechnya

26 residential and 7 military towers of the Sharoi historical and architectural complex were repaired, unique petroglyphs and solid arched openings were restored. Currently, the decorative finishing is being carried out, the roofs are …

Kadyrov: criminal underworld wiped out in Chechnya

Kadyrov: criminal underworld wiped out in Chechnya

Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Wednesday that his forces have killed six suspected militants, including a warlord accused of organizing a 2011 suicide attack at a Moscow airport. Kadyrov said that troops under his …

Crown Prince from UAE helps Chechnya to fight COVID-19

Crown Prince from UAE helps Chechnya to fight COVID-19

Chechnya received humanitarian aid in the fight against coronavirus from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The aircraft with masks, anti-plague suits, protective gowns and tests arrived at the Grozny airport, the republican …

3.7-point earthquake hits Chechnya-Dagestan border

3.7-point earthquake hits Chechnya-Dagestan border

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 was recorded on the border of Dagestan and Chechnya, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Dagestan reports. The head of the seismic station of the Russian …

Chechnya to receive over 67 mln rubles for sports facilities

Chechnya to receive over 67 mln rubles for sports facilities

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the allocation of over 67 mln rubles to Chechnya, which won the Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the Caucasus, for sports facilities in the region. Such a government order is …

Unidentified persons attack traffic police post in Chechnya

Unidentified persons attack traffic police post in Chechnya

Two unidentified individuals have attacked a traffic police post in Chechnya’s Kurchaloy District. They were killed by reprisal fire, a law enforcement source said. "Two civilians attacked a traffic police post in …

Petrol station burns in Argun

Petrol station burns in Argun

In Argun, Chechnya, one of five tanks at a petrol station caught fire. Rescuers who arrived at the scene are extinguishing the fire, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry informs. "At 18.10, a call was received …

Over 15,000 cases of COVID-19 infection detected in Russia

Over 15,000 cases of COVID-19 infection detected in Russia

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 15,150, the highest during the entire pandemic, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday. According to the crisis center, …

Four militants eliminated in Chechnya's Grozny

Four militants eliminated in Chechnya's Grozny

 Two police officers were killed on Tuesday in a shootout with militants in the capital of Russia’s southern region of Chechnya, the republic’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on social media. The National …

Car hits cow in Grozny district

Car hits cow in Grozny district

Yesterday, a foreign car crashed into a cow in the Grozny region, the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chechnya informs. The emergency call was received at 18:00. The traffic police found that at …

Five most original and unusual dishes of the Caucasus

Five most original and unusual dishes of the Caucasus

Continuing the conversation about Caucasian cuisine, which is inextricably linked with the habits and character of the peoples of the Caucasus, it is impossible not to mention the dishes that often remain in the shadow of world-famous …

FSB detains 42 underground gunmakers in 12 Russian regions

FSB detains 42 underground gunmakers in 12 Russian regions

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has conducted a massive special operation to intercept underground gunmakers, detaining 42 individuals and uncovering 22 clandestine arms upgrading workshops equipped with 3D-printers, the FSB Public …

North Caucasus registers fourth earthquake in month

North Caucasus registers fourth earthquake in month

This morning, another tremors were regisered in Chechnya, the website of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences informs. The earthquake occurred at 4:06 in the Itum-Kalinsky region, 6 km north of Itum-Kali …

Chechnya’s Kadyrov announces sanctions against Pompeo

Chechnya’s Kadyrov announces sanctions against Pompeo

Head of Russia’s Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has banned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from entering the region, he told a meeting in Grozny on Friday. On July 20, the US State Department unveiled visa sanctions against …