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Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, refused to give an assessment to the threatening statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting in the Chechen government. Dmitry Peskov never comments on Ramzan Kadyrov's statements, journalists note at a briefing.

Islam Kadyrov has appeared in Kenkhi only once after Ramazan Djalaldinov's video appeal, but his only action was to intimidate local state servants; but the villagers' main problems remained unresolved for the fourth year in a row.

The comments of Chechen officials, who justify torture, are elements of the programme aimed to intimidate the opposition-minded youth, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

At a meeting with the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to reveal authors of negative materials about the republic and social network users, who comment them. This demand looks like another threat of persecution for the right to have one's own opinion, Galina Arapova, a media lawyer, believes.

Said-Magomed Chapanov, an advocate of the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his colleague, Ravil Tugushev, have flown to the city of Chita to defend the interests of the Tyumen conscript, Ramil Shamsutdinov, who is accused of killing his eight comrades-in-arms.

For activities in Chechnya, a traditional healer should have a medical education diploma and get permission from a special commission, the Ministry for Public Health of Chechnya announces. The initiative of the authorities will result in hidden charges for healers, suggest local herb healers.

Contradictory statements voiced by a woman from Chechnya about an alleged murder of her daughter will certainly affect the reputation of the family, Ruslan Kutaev and Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya believe.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has called on his ill-wishers and critics to weigh up their words before writing anything. A video with his statement and a comment thereon were posted on his Instagram page by Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Press Minister.

In his interview, Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, has apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov and his comrades, but not to the people who suffered from his actions, the residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated. Internet users have expressed indignation that Ramzan Kadyrov's official has not been punished.

Isa Ibragimov, Chechen Minister for Youth Affairs, in his comments on the apologies of Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, has in fact justified the use by the latter of an electric shocker (stun gun) against detainees, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

After a complaint to President Putin about the bureaucratic arbitrariness in the village of Kenkhi, Islam Kadyrov came to the Sharoi District of Chechnya and threatened local public sector employees. This has been reported today by Ramazan Djalaldinov, an author of the complaint.

Amid the events organized by the authorities on the National Unity Day, many residents of the southern regions of Russia said they did not understand the meaning of the holiday. Some of them recalled with nostalgia the celebration of November 7, and residents of Ingushetia considered it more appropriate to pay tribute to the memory of victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.

A resonance video reporting about a murder by an uncle of a teenage girl caught while behaving inappropriately is a lie, says a mother of the child. The woman confessed that she herself had disseminated the information. The incident will negatively affect the fate of the disgraced teenage girl, residents of Chechnya believe.

Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, has admitted that his treatment of detained Grozny residents was "inadequate and inappropriate." However, he explained his actions by consequences of his grave traumas.