Week of February 24-March 1 passed without victims of North-Caucasian conflict

During the week from February 24 to March 1, 2020, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no casualties and victims were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its materials and information from other open sources.

Special and counterterrorist operations

On Friday, February 28, dozens of law enforcers raided the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Mobile police posts were deployed on both sides of Omarov Street and at the exit from the mosque into Gagarin Street. Law enforcers stopped believers' cars, and wrote down personal data of drivers and passengers. They explained the raid by the operation "Debtor" aimed to reveal tax and other debtors, but there were no court marshals with them. No information was disseminated about any detainees and those taken to the police station.

Kidnappings

On February 26, it became known that in the evening of February 22, the four residents of the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan District, kidnapped on February 5, returned home after a 10-day arrest in Grozny. They were kept in a special detention centre in Grozny, where they were placed on February 12, accused of disturbing the public order. It is unknown where they were kept on February 5-12.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 3, 2020 at 01:52 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.