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Law enforcers used force to enter the shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala, where Khalimat Taramova was hiding; it follows from the video posted on the Telegram.

Law enforcers broke into an apartment shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala in civilian clothes, without presenting any warrants, the human rights group “Marem” claims.

Chechen authorities will have to impose severe restrictions related to coronavirus in case the republic shows low vaccination rates, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

A head of the region should pay no attention to adolescents' offensive posts that appear in social networks, the readers of the Chechen Instagram have pointed out in connection with another public apology to Ramzan Kadyrov. Their opponents, including the plenipotentiary of the head of Chechnya, have called for punishing Kadyrov's offenders with community works.

Everything is in order with Khalimat Taramova, says Russia’s Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova. She refers to the information from the Chechen Prosecutor’s Office and the administration of the leader of the republic.

For the second year in a row, the authorities of Saudi Arabia restrict pilgrimages from other countries to Muslim shrines in Mecca and Medina in connection with the pandemic. According to religious leaders of Northern Caucasus, there are holy places in the republics of Northern Caucasus, for example, graves of prominent Islamic figures, and visiting those places are a good deed, but that will not replace a pilgrimage to Mecca, Medina, and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

A hideout with artillery shells, mines and a grenade launcher has been liquidated in the vicinity of Grozny region.

Ruslan Zakriev, a Chechen science fiction writer, went to court with a demand to recognize himself as a co-author of the film "Avatar". His legal representatives intent to attract the film director, James Cameron, to the case consideration and demand to recover 10 million roubles (USD 15,000) in Zakriev's favour as compensation for moral harm.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg gave 10 days to Russian authorities to answer the questions on the case of Khalimat Taramova, a Chechen girl, who, according to human rights defenders, was forcibly taken to Chechnya from the Makhachkala shelter for victims of domestic violence. The publicity helped to avoid a tragedy, but now the girl's fate is in her relatives' hands, human rights defenders believe.

In their comments under a video report released by the “Grozny” TV Channel, social media users noted that Khalimat Taramova behaved unnaturally during the video and could hardly answer the questions sincerely. Internet users doubt the young woman’s statement about the observance of her rights in Chechnya.

During the week of June 7-13, 2021, at least one person was injured in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No killed were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Human rights defenders were involved in Khalimat Taramova's abduction, while Chechen law enforcers acted within the framework of the law, said Akhmed Dudaev, Minister for Nationalities' Matters of Chechnya. He reiterated the thesis of the Chechen and Russian authorities that there are no members of sexual minorities in the region.

Three video clips have been posted on the Instagram of the "Marem" project, which allegedly show the man who took testimony from Khalimat Taramova shortly before her detention and extradition to Chechnya. It was he who had informed Chechen law enforcers about the girl's whereabouts at the Makhachkala shelter, social network users have suggested.