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Large wedding trains of many carts or cars are a traditional element of almost any Chechen wedding party, Khasan Bakaev, a historian, believes. People tend to imitate the republic's leadership by motorcade scales and driving style, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has stated.

Kadyrov's threats addressed to social network users were followed by a jokingly designed post of Alikhan Tsakaev, the police head of the city of Argun, on the Instagram about the efficiency of a "pistol safety-stop click" and a "bullet in the leg" as methods of influencing people's attitudes and behaviour. In the realities of Chechnya, such a post is not perceived as a joke, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

The leader of Chechnya counted about ten active critics and accused them of permanent attempts to misinterpret his phrases. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, threats to beat and kill people comply with the adat norms and should not be taken literally.

On air of the Chechen TV, a resident of the Naur District has repented of violating traffic rules while trying to oust another car of the wedding motorcade off the road. Local residents treat his public repentance as excessive.

The police of the Gudermes District have rebuked the detained young people for using psychotropic substances and alcohol. The respective video was disseminated in social networks, which has humiliated the detainees, local residents and Instagram users have stated.

Police posts on the Chechen border are needed for security, the experts, Andrei Serenko and Ruslan Gereev, believe. Alexander Perendjiev, a political analyst, thinks that Ramzan Kadyrov's calls to eliminate all the block posts in Northern Caucasus were just populism.

The opening by Chechnya of law enforcers' posts on the border with Dagestan less than a year after Ramzan Kadyrov offered to remove all the checkpoints in Northern Caucasus was treated by social network users as inconsistent. Local residents fear that the new posts will complicate the traffic among the republics. Chechen authorities have explained the measure by the need to control the border section with Dagestan.

In Chechnya, public sector employees are still being obliged to join the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, despite a refutation voiced by the republic's authorities, local residents say. Membership in the ruling party will not give anything to ordinary employees, but it can serve as a sign of person's loyalty, emphasize political analysts.

The Kadyrov Foundation allocated awards of 50,000 roubles to each of 134 families in which boys were born on the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Such attention to the births of boys has caused criticism among local residents. In the Chechen society, the attitude to the births of sons in families has already changed, experts confirm.

References of the Council of Teips of Ingushetia to documents and maps a hundred or more years old are untenable, since the settlement borders of Caucasian nations have changed dramatically over the past time, Chechen historians assert.

Abdurrakhman Dimashkiya, a Lebanese theologian, who posted a video criticizing the Mufti of Chechnya for oppressing Salafis in the republic, has convincingly stated his position, some social network users have agreed. Their opponents have objected stating that the Chechen people need no protection from Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage.

Sasha Tileks, an author of parody videos, apologized in public for a story, in which rapper Timati resorted to the help of the leader of Chechnya to solve the problems of the "Black Star" company. Instagram users laughed at the blogger who called Ramzan Kadyrov a "global personality."

The complaints were voiced after Magomed Daudov had been appointed the secretary of the regional branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, local residents say. Ramzan Kadyrov declared the reports of public sector employees were rumours and mentioned as an example the non-partisan head of the Chechen Ministry for Public Health.

Residents of Chechnya have doubted the officials' reports about the high level of trust in Putin and Kadyrov. According to their stories, many are afraid to express their opinions. Residents of Chechnya cannot feel free, and this is reflected in opinion polls, sociologists have noted.