The event was reported by pro-war channels on the Telegram, disseminating video of the incidental online — it was made with a camera that was most likely on a police officer's chest. The subject was besides taken up by Agency Service.
Judging from the recording, the event took place right at the Military Motor Inspectorate (WAI) station, and there were besides Rosgwardia officers and military MPs. However, they did not decide to intervene as Chechnya beat up their friend, as if nothing had happened.
The video shows how a military police officer explains to a man with a name tag “Talib” that the driver in custody broke traffic regulations and refused to show documents. However, ‘Talib’ did not accept this explanation. “You never break regulations?” he asked. After the negative answer, the conversation ended.
A fewer minutes later, however, a man in the black Toyota Land Cruiser came to the scene, who introduced himself as “older”.
— He asked the police officer. After this “Talib” started beating him even erstwhile he was on the ground. “What is this disrespect?!” shouted an outraged Chechen soldier immortalized on video. At the end of the material, the attacker turned to an MP. “ Show us disrespect again, and we will see. You asked for it. You've wanted this for a long time, fuck.
According to the Agency website, the man who introduced himself as an “older” is simply a 35-year-old Ruslanbek Tovzajew from Piervomajskaja, Chechnya. In 2013, he was a associate of the peculiar Branch of the Ministry of Interior of Chechnya, in 2021 this unit was converted into ‘Achmat’ Battalion.
Ahmed Dudayev, Minister of National Policy of Chechnya, publically expressed his want to Tovzayev for his birthday. According to social media The military maintains close relations with Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov And his closest relatives. The opposition Chechen channel Niyso wrote on Telegram that until mid-2023 Towzajew directed the protection of Kadyrov's nephew Hamzat.
The attacker named "Talib" is simply a 34-year-old Shaman Sowbanov, besides native to Piervomajskaja. Since 2019, he has been publishing photos in military uniform on social media.
Not the first time.
This was not the first specified argument between Chechen and Russian military — akin incidents in Russian regions and in Moscow-occupied territories of Ukraine happen regularly. For example, in June, a video appeared on the network, on which 1 of the fighters of the “Achmat” unit shoots a grenade launcher towards a store in Sużda in the Kursk region.
On 3 June, Chechen safety forces kidnapped blogger Areg Szczepichin at the Jarosławski Station in Moscow. He previously spoke negatively about Chechens and Islam. Vaccin was beaten, but shortly — the fact that the case became public — was released. Police officers stopped the attackers, but they rapidly fired them, and the blogger himself went into custody.
In August 2024, surveillance cameras recorded Chechen militants looting a telecommunications lounge in Głuszkowo in Chicken circuit.
In January, hackers from the Cyber opposition (Cyberresistance) group published data demonstrating the existence of an informal network of Kadyrov representatives in Russia that helps Chechens avoid criminal responsibility. The investigation has shown that the strategy operates with the support of high-ranking people in Moscow, who cares about keeping the Russians frightened of cadirs.
