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The number of appeals for legal assistance from women of Northern Caucasus who suffered from domestic violence has doubled during the period of self-isolation. According to the report prepared by the "Legal Initiative" and human rights organizations, not all victims of domestic violence addressed doctors and the police, but appeals to the law enforcement bodies did not help the victims.

In Chechnya, inspectors of the road police (known as GIBDD) carry out raids and fine drivers who violate the rules for transporting children. Car owners who have four or more children in their families are technically unable to install the required number of child seats in their cars, residents of the republic note.

The presenter Aiza Anokhina, who told about her father's work for special services and his involvement in the death of Djokhar Dudaev, has caused a threat of blood feud on her whole family. The videos with apologies will not affect this situation, residents of Chechnya believe.

The practice of public condemnations and apologies adopted in Chechnya is humiliating for residents of the republic, and it increases their discontent with the policy of the authorities, note human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina and political analyst Ali Magomedov after the Chechen law enforcement bodies had posted a new video with apologies.

The investigation into the Ramzan Kadyrov's connections with big businesses did not cause any public outcry in Chechnya, since local residents have long been aware of the scheme of earnings for regional leaders, notes Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.

Over the 11 years, during which the murder of Natalia Estemirova remains unsolved, the flow of appeals from residents of Chechnya to human rights defenders has decreased significantly amid the deterioration of the situation with human rights violations, claim colleagues of the murdered journalist. They associated the above fact with strengthening of the atmosphere of fear in the Chechen Republic.

In Chechnya, law enforcers and employees of budget-funded organizations were instructed to write laudatory comments about the actions of the republic's authorities and ridicule criticism thereof.

Residents of Dagestan travel to Chechnya by buses, while taxi drivers agree to bring people only to the border, where residents of other regions must present a certificate stating that they are not sick with coronavirus. In recent days, policemen are no longer demanding such certificates from all passengers; therefore, the queues on the border have decreased, drivers inform.

TV presenter Aiza Anokhina, a former wife of rapper Guf (Alexei Dolmatov), apologized for an interview in which she shared her memories of the life during the war in Chechnya.

A new mosque in the Chechen village of Makhkety in the Vedeno District was named in honour of Kadyrov Sr. at a request of the villagers, the authorities announced. Some villagers admitted that they would prefer a different name for the mosque, and users of the social network criticized officials for yet another manifestation of Chechnya's "Akhmatization."

The public apologies of fathers of the Chechen residents detained for violating traffic rules have humiliated older men, Instagram users have noted.

The statements about a severe punishment of the Chechen blogger, Zelimkhan Zelimkhanov, for assaulting his opponent, Svyatoslav Kovalenko, may turn out into mere words. Whether Zelimkhanov will be punished depends on how close he is to Kadyrov, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

The head of Chechnya and his retinue get access to assets worth hundreds of millions US dollars with the help of nominee business owners, in return for providing them help in settling conflict situations. This is stated in the investigation of the edition named "Project".