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At least 25 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala, whose whereabouts were unknown after they had been kidnapped by law enforcers in January, are being kept in a Chechen detention facility and charged with involvement in the militant activities.

Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 17-23, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In Chechnya, special commissions have reunited 2395 divorced couples, the administration of the head of the republic has reported. Commentators in the social networks have doubted the strength of marriages restored at authorities' demand.

The growth of prices in Chechnya ahead of the Eid al-Fitr has led to a significant increase in people's expenses for the festive table and gifts, local residents have complained. They have felt that the prices of meat, vegetables and fruits had risen sharply.

Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) in Chechnya, has threatened to take cars away from violators of traffic rules, explaining this by the intensified measures during the celebration of the Eid al-Fitr.

The Interpol has stopped searching for Dagestani preacher Israil Akhmednabiev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky), treating the arguments of Russian law enforcers in his case as unconvincing. However, this decision will not affect the course of criminal cases initiated against his fund in Russia, human rights defenders have noted.

The Court of Cassation lifted the ban on the publication of the “Sahih al-Bukhari”* book amid the statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov, who is trying to position himself as the main defender of Muslims in Russia, religious experts Dmitry Mikulsky and Alexander Sotnikov point out.

Rustam Buluev, Ruslan Namatov, and Arthur Ushaev, former employees of the antiterrorist centre of Chechnya, were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on the charges of committing a terror act in the village of Znamenskoye in 2005.

The Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has refused to reduce the prison term of five year appointed to Murad Dadashev, a native of Dagestan, for his posts in the Internet. Dadashev himself has rejected his authorship of the posts.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has cancelled the decision of the court, which for the 13th time recognized as lawful the refusal to institute a criminal case on the torture of Timur Debishev, an actor from Chechnya. Human rights defenders called the above court’s decision rare for Chechnya and encouraging for them.

Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement about the need to return to the front line for Chechen fighters released from the Ukrainian captivity are aimed at preventing surrendering of fighters and fit into the Stalinist traditions, when captivity was considered a disgrace, human rights defenders point out.

There is no ventilation in the cell of the Khabarovsk SIZO (pre-trial prison); there is a terrible smell, and it's impossible to sleep on a thin mattress, Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, who is accused of plotting a terror act, has stated.

In late 2022, the oppositional Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, became aware of the impending assassination attempt ordered by Chechen authorities.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, announced that five Chechen fighters earlier captured by the Ukrainian armed forces returned to Grozny. The Chechen leader did not meet them, saying that Chechen fighters should have no reason to be captured and that those who returned should again go to the front line.