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On January 3, Chechnya held religious events in honour of the holy Kunta-Khadji Kishiev revered in the republic. Some residents of Chechnya and Instagram users believe that Kishiev's person has been largely mythologized.

Chechen authorities should not spend money on New Year festivities, some Instagram users believe. They and other social network users, and residents of Chechnya have criticized participants in the New Year celebrations.

The "Edelweiss" Judo Sports Club in Chechnya has announced the creation of the "Akhmat" Club, for which the "Edelweiss" will play the role of the youth staff. This new renaming of the sports club did not surprise local residents, but caused their criticism.

Arthur Beterbiev, the light heavyweight champion in professional boxing versions of IBF and WBC, intends to refuse from defending his title in China in a fight with the Chinese, Meng Fanlong, because of this country's policy regarding Muslim Uyghurs.

The eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya has opened her "Paris" restaurant in the building of the closed city library of Grozny, where NGO activists used to gather in early 2000s, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Instagram users have noted that the restaurant was opened amid unemployment and money deficit in Chechnya.

Over 120,000 people gathered in central Grozny on the New Year's Eve, the Chechen authorities have reported. Employees of budgetary organizations had to participate in festivities under the threat of layoffs, Grozny residents have told.

On the eve of New Year, in the capital of Chechnya, law enforcers visited houses of city residents and warned them of responsibility for drinking alcoholic beverages on the New Year's Eve, residents of Grozny reported.

Modern Chechen young people perceives the Russian army not as a participant of the military campaigns in the republic, but as a chance to avoid the fate of unemployed people by gaining the right to serve at the law enforcement bodies, explain experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In December 1994, many Russian citizens, who could not evacuate from the city to their relatives, fell victims to the assault of Grozny, eyewitnesses of the events of 25 years ago assert.

The assault on Grozny, launched by Russian militaries on December 31, 1994, was remembered by the endless shooting and awareness of the outbreak of a real war, eyewitnesses of those events told the "Caucasian Knot".

Theologians and law enforcers have scolded Petimat Suleimanova, a resident of Urus-Martan, for the provision of occult services, as it follows from the new plot of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). Despite the authorities' efforts, the demand for sorcerers' services is not weakening in the republic, Instagram users have stated.

In the city of Grozny, law enforcers conduct night raids by visiting houses and detain people who seem suspicious to them, resident of the city report. The law enforcement bodies introduced a round-the-clock operation regime on the eve of the New Year holidays, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya explains.

During the week of December 23-29, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No killed or wounded 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.