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16:54, 30 September 2019
The authorities of Grozny have decided to merge two sections of the Oktiabrsky district and name the new dwelling settlement after General Ortsu Chermoev, a participant in the Caucasian War on the side of the Tsarist Russia. Local residents have criticized this idea.
16:49, 30 September 2019
Beslan Dadaev, a convicted native of Chechnya, said that in his colony in Karelia he was not allowed to pray. According to his sister, Dadaev was beaten up, placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) and prevented from making ablutions because he refused to cooperate with the colony administration.
13:20, 30 September 2019
Resonant appointment of the former DPR's leader the acting city manager in Elista; miners' strike in Georgia; ECtHR's decisions on complaints filed by relatives of disappeared residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia and Azerbaijani activists; public apologies of four wedding party participants in Chechnya; change of the protest form by Afghan War veterans in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 23-29, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
11:24, 30 September 2019
The participants of the awarding ceremony named after Doctor Aishat Magomedova, the founder of the Women's Charity Hospital in Makhachkala, named the major women's problems in Northern Caucasus: domestic violence, honour killings, female genital mutilation, lack of high-quality medical care and unemployment.
12:16, 29 September 2019
Investigators treat Alim Begiev, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), as the organizer of the fundraising scheme for militants in Syria and Iraq. He was allegedly involved in the transfer of millions of roubles to militants through the republics of Northern Caucasus.
10:44, 28 September 2019
Two more wedding participants criticized by Ramzan Kadyrov for breaching Chechen customs have posted their video apologies on the Internet. Kadyrov improves his rating by using Chechens' traditionalism of condemning such behaviour, said Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.
08:38, 28 September 2019
Investigators have four times refused to initiate a criminal case on the application of Timur Debishev, an actor of the Grozny theatre, who claimed torture after his detention.
22:15, 27 September 2019
The Prosecutor's Office found no violations in the eighth investigator's refusal to investigate the kidnapping of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in Chechnya. The journalist himself doubts that any checks were carried out at all on the complaint about his kidnapping.
21:52, 27 September 2019
Users of social networks criticized Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, for using bad language on a video selfie made while waiting for an opponent on the border with Ingushetia.
17:49, 27 September 2019
The leader of Chechnya instructed his subordinates to search for users of social networks who disseminated false information about victims of a fire in a Grozny shopping and entertainment centre or expressed malicious joy about the incident.
13:15, 27 September 2019
A complaint filed by Anzor Gubashev, sentenced in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder, about the prison administration's demands to interrupt namaz (prayer) when a warder appears is justified, confirm experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". However, the prisoner can perform namaz in non-canonical form, the experts note.
23:02, 26 September 2019
To erect a monument to participants of the Chechen wars in Khankala is incorrect in relation to residents of the Chechen Republic who lost their relatives and friends, believe people from Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
17:59, 26 September 2019
A resident of Chechnya publicly apologized for a joking communication with his bride at a wedding party. Ramzan Kadyrov demanded to expel from the republic the men who violated the wedding traditions of the Vainakh people.
11:16, 26 September 2019
The fight against sorcerers raises the rating of Chechen leadership amid the support of this campaign by many Muslims, Akhmet Yarlykapov, an Orientalist, believes. Chechen authorities are trying to extend their influence onto the sphere of occultism, demonstrating their intention to totally control the whole society, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes.
10:52, 26 September 2019
Relatives' concerns about the fate of Ramzan Akhyadov, accused of terrorism and extradited to Chechnya, are not ungrounded, since in his homeland, he may be subjected to torture and illegal prosecution, rights defenders believe.