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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay compensation to relatives of 20 persons, who disappeared during special operations in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

In the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Chechen republic's mass media are constantly reporting about the charity events held by the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund. This is a typical activeness of the Fund during Ramadan, although such a scale is not typical for charitable funds in other Muslim regions of Russia.

The "Rosobrnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervising Education and Sciences) has allowed Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia to transfer those unified state exams (USE) of high school graduates, which coincide with the celebration of Uraza-Bayram. However, critics of this decision point out that passing the exams on reserve dates will reduce graduates' chances to enter the budget-funded departments of universities and eliminates a possibility of re-passing the required exams.

Human rights defenders believe the postponement of a court hearing on the conditional early relief (CER) of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, raised questions about the delay in the trial and the orientation on the Oyub Titiev's release.

At the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, the jury has unanimously declared Movsur Khasaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yekaterinburg resident Ashot Arutyunyan, to be innocent.

The complaint lodged by Maxim Lapunov about torture in Grozny was the first case of persecution based on one's sexual orientation in Chechnya that has reached the European Court of Human Rights.

After numerous complaints addressed to Chechen authorities, the problems of the residents of the village of Kenkhi, Sharoi District, remain unresolved.

The head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has offered to apply US sanctions to the entire ministry; and the commander of the "Terek" SOBR (special quick-response regiment) has linked the sanctions with the regiment's successful fight against terrorism. By their statements, law enforcers reconfirmed their loyalty to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, local residents believe.

The publication of the video in which Akhmat Kadyrov, Ramzan's father, is disrespectful of Christians and non-believers, has provoked criticism of Tumso Abdurakhmanov by some social network users. They have urged the blogger to "leave the dead alone."

The sanctions against the "Terek" special squadron and Chechen law enforcers reflect an intention to complicate cooperation in countering terrorism or fear of detachment's operations in the Arctic, the Russian Embassy to the United States has stated. Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage have perceived the law enforcers' inclusion into the sanctions list with irony, residents of Chechnya say.

The "Terek" rapid-response squadron, its commander Abuzaid Vismuradov and the Chechen officer Ruslan Geremeev have been put on the US "Magnitsky List" of sanctions.

Through the programmes "Special Talk" and "Social Advocate", the authorities respond to communal problems in Chechnya, local residents said. The programmes with the participation of officials are intended to show authorities' democracy against the background of the criticism exhibited by the popular blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, members of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations believe.

On September 5, 2016, Chechen journalist Zhalaudi Geriev, working for the 'Caucasian Knot', was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony on charges of drug possession. Prior to his arrest, on April 16, 2016, Geriev was kidnapped by armed men on his way to the airport after he had already bought an airline ticket and registered online. After kidnapping law enforcers confiscated his phones and backpack, which allegedly contained drugs. The armed men then took the journalist to the forest and questioned him, tying his hands and putting a plastic bag over his head.

Zhalaudi Geriev is a Chechen journalist and a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot". On September 5, 2016, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment on the charge of drug possession. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" recognized Zhalaudi Geriev as a political prisoner.

The claim of the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) concerning an attack on law enforcers in Chechnya is intended to make it easier for militants to recruit new supporters after defeats in Syria and Iraq, analysts suggest.