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During the week from April 26 to May 2, 2021, one person died during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On Sunday (May 2), solemn services in Orthodox churches in the regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in honour of the Easter were held with believers present. The services were held in compliance with the sanitary and epidemiological requirements due to the coronavirus, the Dioceses have informed. The pandemic have strengthened religiosity of 8% of Russians, sociologists have found out.

The “Project” online edition’s account on Instagram has been assigned the status of a deceased person. Journalists associate the incident with the people who are dissatisfied with the edition’s investigation into the activities of the persons affiliated with Ramzan Kadyrov.

On April 29, the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention presented the report "North-Caucasian Muslims in Russian Jails: Human Rights, Adaptation Strategies, Risks of Radicalization and Post-Liberation Reintegration" in the online mode.

Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, moderators of a Telegram chat, who are under arrest in Chechnya, will receive state protection in connection with the threat of “honour killings.” The state has recognized the reality of the threat to the arrested brothers’ lives, advocate Alexander Nemov emphasizes.

Authors of the study “Old Age in Russia” mentioned Chechnya among the six regions with the most acute problems among the elderly people. In terms of the number of the elderly people with incomes below the minimum subsistence level, Chechnya is ahead of Kabardino-Balkaria.

After the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that the unemployment rate in the region has almost halved since late 2020, Instagram users point out there is no real decline in the unemployment rate in Chechnya.

Today, the Supreme Court of Chechnya has refused to grant an appeal filed by the defence against the decision to arrest Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev. Advocates from the “Russian LGBT Network” insist that the Ismail Isaev’s term of detention expired weeks before the decision on his arrest.

Any negotiations on the disputed territories on the Ingush-Chechen border are better than confrontation, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in their comments on the prepared meeting of leaders of "Mekhk-Khel" with Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

In the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, the police personnel were vaccinated against coronavirus infection without finding out if some of them had any contraindications, a local resident reports.

The Grozny court has again refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by human rights defenders against investigators' refusal to prosecute the head of Chechnya for threats against journalists and social networks users, Mikhail Benyash, an advocate, has stated.

Coaches and tournament organizers, who are affiliated with the leader of Chechnya and who do not want to upset him, often arrange victories of Kadyrov’s sons, Chechen human rights defenders suggest.

Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, agreed with the proposal of the leaders of the Ingush movement “Mekhk-Kkhel” to discuss the issue of the disputed lands. The official pointed to Pyatigorsk as the meeting place.