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Today, the police and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya have issued a sharp condemnation of members of the Yangulbaev family, and top-ranking Chechen officials have addressed curses and insults to the family, threatening retribution. The indignation was provoked by the statements about Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.

The beating of Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chair of the “Mekh-Kkhel” public organization, may be connected with a public appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov concerning a dispute over border territories, the Ingush activist himself suggests.

The Kremlin does not have the opportunity and plans to delve into the validity of the claims against Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the persecution of the Yangulbaev family: this is the prerogative of the law enforcement bodies, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov declares today.

In Saint Petersburg, passers-by supported the demand to stop the criminal proceedings in Chechnya against Zarema Musaeva and release her, says an activist, who held a picket in defence of the arrested woman.

Two natives of Chechnya have been detained in a case on an attack in Nazran on Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chair of the “Mekh-Kkhel” public organization. An attacker himself, a former OMON (riot police) fighter, has been put on the wanted list, a source reports.

Abubakar Yangulbaev has publicized his video message to his mother, Zarema Musaeva, who was arrested in Chechnya, expressing his confidence in her innocence. Visitors to the Dagestani Instagram public who have watched the video expressed their support for Yangulbaev and condemned the violence against the elderly woman.

In the city of Nazran, Sarazhdin Sultygov, a co-chairman of the NGO "Mekkh-Kkhel", was attacked in his apartment by two men.

The institution of criminal proceedings against Zarema Musaeva, who was forcibly taken to Chechnya, was expected, and the woman would be kept in Chechnya in order to put pressure on her son, says human rights defender Igor Kalyapin.

Ibragim Yangulbaev, a son of Zarema Musaeva, has been put on the federal wanted list in a criminal case on justification of terrorism, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

The newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” called on Alexander Bastrykin, the chief of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to launch an investigation into a criminal case against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov under the article on incitement to hatred. A complaint to the ICRF has been filed in connection with the fact that Ramzan Kadyrov ranked Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, and Elena Milashina, a journalist of the “Novaya Gazeta”, as accomplices of terrorists.

The temporary suspension of the "Firdaws" is due to a minor error in paying taxes, Aishat Kadyrova, the head of the fashion house and the daughter of the head of Chechnya, has explained. The clothes designed by the "Firdaws" are very expensive and have become a status symbol in Chechnya; therefore, reports on the "Firdaws" tax problems looks unbelievable, Grozny townspeople have noted.

Posters accusing Igor Kalyapin, a rights defender, of supporting terrorists have appeared in the doorway and the door of the apartment of his elderly mother in Nizhny Novgorod. Igor has suggested that posters are a consequence of Ramzan Kadyrov's statement.

Muslim Baitaziev, the Chechen Minister of Tourism, has criticized local bloggers for not advertising the region's tourist sites, and put forward bills when offered free visits to the sites to later advertise the in their blogs. Social media users expressed bewilderment at the claims, noting that blogging is also a job that deserves payment.